MBA in Entrepreneurship California State University, San Bernardino School of Entrepreneurship

In the MBA in Entrepreneurship program, our approach is to help facilitate your personal learning by immersing you in the entrepreneurial process. As part of the entrepreneurial program, you will be required to start and run a business and face the risk and rewards of entrepreneurship in real-time as opposed to just through case studies or class lectures. You will interact with entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders within the community to learn from their successes and failures. Our faculty engage you in hands-on learning exercises and expect you to apply your skills in interactive sessions.

Outside the classroom, you will work on specific tasks that hone your budding skills, such as developing a business model canvas, business plans, and elevator pitches. During the process, you will discover your personal strengths, weaknesses, motivations, and goals. Most importantly, as a future business owner or manager, you will discover your entrepreneurial potential, not by simply learning theories, but by experiencing the entrepreneurial process first-hand.

Application Requirements:

• $70 Application fee
• Prior college transcripts (unofficial accepted)
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university;
• One letter of recommendation
• Personal statement
• Resume
• Interview (with the MBA office)
• Optional: GRE or GMAT score (see application details)

Application Details:

Suitability for admission to the program will be based on an examination of the entire application package. In addition to the general requirements of the university, specific requirements for admission to classified graduate status are:

1. Bachelor's Degree: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, with a required minimum GPA of 3.0 calculated using the entire degree or the last 60 semester (90 quarter) units, which may include post-baccalaureate work. Students with GMAT/GRE scores and/or professional experience as defined below in item 7. Business Aptitude Requirement may be permitted to join with a 2.5 GPA;
2. Personal Statement: Academic motivation and personal qualifications demonstrated through submission of a 200-250 word statement of reasons for wishing to pursue the MBA at California State University, San Bernardino, and personal qualifications that will contribute to the successful completion of the program;
3. Resume: Submission of a current resume;
4. Letters of Recommendation: One letter of recommendation and an interview with the MBA office are required;
5. English Proficiency for International Students: All international applicants who have not completed three years of full-time study at the secondary or post-secondary level where English was the language of instruction must also achieve an acceptable score, as determined by the MBA committee, ratified by the College Curriculum Committee, and in alignment with the Office of Graduate Studies requirements, on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), or the IELTS exam, or must complete CSUSB's ESL program. The current minimum acceptable TOEFL score is 550/PBT, 213/CBT, 79-80/IBT taken within the past two years; IELTS score of 6.5 taken within the past two years; or complete level 6 of CSUSB's Intensive English Program
6. Work Experience Requirement for Executive Concentration: Minimum two years of substantive work experience as indicated by the Business Aptitude Requirement below​;
7. Business Aptitude Requirement: Applicants for the MBA must meet one of the following Business Aptitude Requirements listed below:
   • Submission of an acceptable score on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or Graduate Record Exam (GRE) as determined by the MBA committee, ratified by the College Curriculum Committee, and conforming with Office of Graduate Studies requirements. The current minimum acceptable GMAT score is 470 (with a minimum of 10% on both the GMAT Verbal and Quantitative percentile rankings). The current minimum acceptable GRE score of 298 (minimum 10% on GRE Verbal Ability and Quantitative Ability percentile rankings); or
   • Proof of completion of an accredited graduate degree (e.g. J.D., Ph.D., M.D) from an accredited college or university with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the graduate program; or
   • Minimum two years of post-undergraduate professional (defined as exempt level) and/or managerial (defined as responsible for scheduling, hiring, firing, evaluating, developing, and/or rewarding employees) experience; or
   • 3.2 cumulative GPA from an AACSB-accredited undergraduate business program.

Focus Area in Entrepreneurship - Three (3) Courses

Required Courses

NOTE: ENTR 6210 and 6230 MUST be taken in sequence.

1. ENTR 6210 Entrepreneurship and New Ventures (3 - offered Fall semester):
   • Study of the entrepreneurial process. Focus on the characteristics and mindset of entrepreneurs, ideation and innovation, startup models, risk mitigation, analyzing emerging opportunities, resource creativity, ethics, and guerrilla tactics. Formerly offered as ENTR 621.
2. ENTR 6230 Exploring Entrepreneurial Opportunities (3 - offered Spring semester):
   • Study of the exploration process for new venture concepts. Focus on examining the tools and processes involved in developing a new venture, including formulation of a sustainable business model, performing a comprehensive feasibility analysis, concept testing, and business planning. Formerly offered as ENTR 623.
3. ENTR 5450 Resources for the Entrepreneur (3 - offered Fall/Spring semester):
   • Strategies and techniques employed by entrepreneurs to identify and access critical resources. Special emphasis on developing resource projections, negotiation, marshaling internal and external resources, and team formation. Formerly offered as ENTR 545.

NOTE: For the required courses, we recommend that each student take ENTR 6210 and ENTR 6230 for the required component, and then take either ENTR 5450 or one of the courses below for the Elective requirement

Electives – Three (3) units chosen from any JHBC graduate level course (5000 level or above), including the one course not taken above. We recommend the following:

• ENTR 5410 Commercializing Entrepreneurial Innovation
• ENTR 5470 Managing a Growing Business
• ENTR 5490 Launching the Entrepreneurial Venture
• ENTR 5155 Business Consulting

The Princeton Review, Graduate Entrepreneurship program rankings for 2023, CSUSB School of Entrepreneurship ranks at #44, out of the Top 50 for 2023 and #8 in the West.