Summary of Program Requirements
Year 1
REQUIRED COURSES | |
SGS 101 | Academic Research Integrity and Ethics (* see below) |
SGS 201 | Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Training (* see below) |
A610 | Financial & Managerial Accounting |
B610 | Organizational Behavior |
C610 | Health & Society (Full-Time MBA with Co-op only) |
D610 | Essential Business Skills |
F610 | Managerial Economics |
F611 | Corporate Finance |
K610 | Digital Transformation |
M610 | Marketing |
O610 | Business Analytics |
O611 | Operations Management |
P610/P611 | Sustainability Leadership (Full-Time MBA with Co-op only) |
P615A | Management Consulting (Full-Time MBA only) |
P615B | Management Consulting (Full-Time MBA only) |
P620 | Core Business Skills |
- BUSADMIN WT01, BUSADMIN WT02, BUSADMIN WT03 are required in addition to the above for all Co-op students
Mandatory Online Modules
All incoming MBA students must complete the following two online modules within the first 4 weeks of their first term.
SGS 101 / Academic Research Integrity and Ethics
- All graduate students, including part-time must complete and pass the course SGS 101 Academic Research Integrity and Ethics within the first month of their program in graduate studies at McMaster.
- The purpose of this course is to ensure that the standards and expectations of academic integrity and research ethics are communicated early and are understood by incoming students. All students are required to take and pass SGS 101.
- Students may not graduate or register in subsequent academic terms without having successfully completed this course.
SGS 201 / Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Training
- All graduate students are required to complete appropriate training required to complete their research and studies (health and safety training, ethics training, biosafety training, etc.), as determined by their home Department or Program. All graduate students also are required to complete and pass SGS 201 Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) , which can be completed online
- Having an understanding of how we can identify and reduce attitudinal, structural, information, technological, and systemic barriers to persons with disabilities is core to McMaster University’s commitment to supporting an inclusive community in which all persons are treated with dignity and equality, and completion of AODA training is critical as McMaster’s graduates move forward in their varied, chosen professions.