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The MBA Online (MBAO) program provides today's students with the tools necessary to become leaders in the workplace of tomorrow. The MBAO pools the impressive resources and diverse perspectives of accredited University of Texas System institutions. Students will find a highly skilled, statewide team of professors presenting an interactive curriculum. The program offers the choice of a general management degree, but also offers an option of three finance courses as electives.

• General Management Degree
• General Management Degree with Finance Emphasis

(For a listing of the courses required for the program, click on each option listed above. To find out when the courses will be offered, link to the course catalog, select the program and click search. Catalog search results will return the schedules for at least two semesters, but not all programs are scheduled that far in advance.)

All of the participating UT System universities are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. UT Arlington, UT Dallas, UT El Paso, UT Pan American, UT Permian Basin, UT San Antonio, and UT Tyler are also accredited by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.) 

UTMB offers a concurrent enrollment program. While UT Dallas contributes courses to the UT TeleCampus MBA Online program, they offer a Global MBA Online program following a different degree plan.

Sandia National Laboratories' regular employees have the opportunity to pursue an online MBA from the University of Texas System. Link here for more information.

GetEducated.com awarded the University of Texas System's MBAO program with a "Best Buy Distance MBA Award" in their survey of accredited AACSB distance learning MBAs. This designation is given to programs that have been found to offer a high quality distance degree to a national audience at tuition rates well below the national average. Rankings are based on an average of tuition and fees from participating institutions.

The U.S. Distance Learning Association presented its 2001 Excellence in Distance Learning Programming - Higher Education Award to the MBA Online, UT TeleCampus Program.

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PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS AND ADVISORS

Degree Granting Institutions:

Campus MBA Pages	Campus Admissions	Campus Advisor	Advisor Phone Number	MBAO Degree Plan Diploma
UT Arlington	UT Arlington	Melanie McGee	817-272-3004	Online Master of Business Administration
UT Brownsville	UT Brownsville	Dr. Musa Essayyad	956-882-5835	Master of Business Administration
UT Pan American	UT Pan American	Dr. Angelica C. Cortes	956-381-3313	Master of Business Administration
UT Permian Basin	UT Permian Basin	Dr. Wilma Dye	432-552-2177	Master of Business Administration Degree with Major in Management
UT San Antonio	UT San Antonio	Katherine Pope *email inquiries preferred.	210-458-7316	University of Texas Consortium Online MBA
UT Tyler	UT Tyler	Dr. Mary Fischer *email inquiries preferred.	903-566-7433	Master of Business Administration

Institutions Contributing Courses:

Campus MBA Pages	Campus Admissions	Campus Advisor	Advisor Phone Number	MBAO Degree Plan Diploma
UT Dallas	UT Dallas	George Barnes	972-883-2783	UTD does not confer the MBAO
UT El Paso	UT El Paso	Yolanda Ruiz	915-747-5174	UTEP does not confer the MBAO

The MBAO Committees have developed a Handbook of Operating Procedures.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• Will my employer accept the MBA Online as a "real" degree? Yes, they'll probably be impressed with your diligence in fitting your education around your demanding lifestyle by using online education. The quality of the MBA Online program is administered by an Academic Affairs Committee made up of two MBA faculty and/or administrators from each of the participating campuses. All of the participating universities are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
• What is the cost of the program? Tuition and fees charged differs for each UT System campus as well as by residency status. As a result, the cost of taking a course in the MBAO program will vary depending on the host campus of the course and your residency status. Since the MBAO is a collaborative program, students will take two (3-hour) courses from each of the eight participating campuses to complete the 48 credit hour degree plan. Students are billed by each campus for courses. Links to campus tuition and fee information can be found on the cost & financial information page.
• What resources and activities will faculty use to provide students with experiences that are comparable to residency programs? Courses are designed to enhance interaction between faculty and students. Chat rooms, threaded discussions and email will be used to facilitate discussions. Team projects will be used to help students share their business experiences with each other as part of the learning process.
• Will I have to visit any of the participating campuses?
  The MBA Online program is offered predominantly using the Internet, but may include supplemental materials such as video/audio tapes and CD-ROM. Students are not required to attend the campuses at any time.
• How can I find more information?
  Please contact the advisors for more information about the program.

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GETTING STARTED

To participate in the MBA Online program, you must choose a home campus by applying to and being accepted by one of the six degree-granting institutions. Criteria, procedures and deadlines for admission vary slightly from one university to another, but are predominantly the same as the traditional residence programs. Consult the participating universities websites for specific details. Additionally, all MBA Online students must have successfully completed a college-level course in statistics.

Information on admissions, registration and course access procedures can be found in Enrollment Services.