a Difference in the Banking and Regulatory Industry
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The Executive MBA in Banking and Financial Institutions is a unique two-year program designed to develop and enhance a candidate’s skills necessary for a position of leadership in a financial institution or regulatory agency.
PROGRAM ATTRIBUTES
• Quality educational experiences with up-to-date theoretical and practical information.
• Emphasizes integration and synthesis of various disciplines to develop decision making in a dynamic financial institution environment.
• Challenging and robust academic curriculum, structured with your busy schedule in mind offering convenient courses.
• Real-world perspective to meet the challenges of today’s financial environment.
• Network and learn from multiple top industry leaders sharing their expertise directly with you during Leadership Lecture Series held during residency session.
• Provide future bank industry leaders with opportunity to build strong connections with cohort comprised of bank community professionals during residency session.
Who Benefits from the EMBA in Banking and Financial Institutions?
• The EMBA in Banking and Financial Institutions is perfect for working professionals in the banking and financial services industry.
• While the program offers a challenging and robust academic curriculum, the EMBA is structured with your busy schedule in mind offering convenient online courses and limited in-class sessions.
• Bankers all over the state have been quick to see the value of this unique program.
Why SHSU?
• The College of Business Administration offers a comprehensive, AACSB International Accredited MBA.
• The business faculty members teaching in the EMBA Program all have impressive teaching and research credentials, and many have considerable professional experience allowing them to integrate business world examples into their lectures and discussions. This gives our students the real-world perspective they need to meet the challenges of today’s financial environment.
Program Structure
• The cohort-based, executive-focused curriculum is a 36-credit hour program over a two-year period with a new cohort beginning each fall semester.
• An annual one-week residency at the main campus is required prior to the start of each fall semester, along with one Saturday during the spring semester.
• Outside of these residencies, students complete their coursework entirely online.
Cost of Program
• Program fee for two-year program – $44,000
• Year one $22,000
• Year two $22,000
• Program fee covers:
• Tuition, fees, and books
• Hotel accommodations during residency
• Breakfast, lunch, Welcome Dinner, and Farewell Dinner during residency
• Industry Leader Lecture Series during residency
• Eligible for federal financial aid
• COMPETITIVE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Admission Requirements
• Graduate Studies Application
• Application Fee
• Official transcript from a baccalaureate degree granting AACSB accredited institution
• Current Resume
• Undergraduate GPA of 2.50 or higher allows for a comprehensive review of academic performance and consideration for a GMAT waiver. If GMAT is required, one of the two admission formulas below must be met.
200 X (overall GPA) + (GMAT score) > 1100
200 X (advanced hours GPA) + (GMAT score) > 1150
• Students without a baccalaureate degree in business must have at least three years’ work experience in a banking or regulatory position. (This experience negates the requirement for stem work as required in the conventional MBA.)
• An interview in person or via telephone with the EMBA Academic Advisor
Curriculum
YEAR ONE – 18 HOURS
Commercial Banking Accounting for Management Managerial Communications Techniques of Statistical Analysis Financial Statement Analysis Financial Management
YEAR TWO – 18 HOURS
Service Management & Marketing Managerial Economics
Money, Capital & Security Markets Marketing Management
Commercial Lending Project Management
Certifications Offered
Risk Management Association [RMA] Credit Essentials
Risk Management Association [RMA] Operational Risk Management
Microsoft Office Specialist [MOS] Excel
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience for Banking [The Institute of Homeland Security]