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Program Design

One year (three academic terms)

Term 1 Integrated Core (Fall)

• Integrative Thinking:
  A playbook for managerial action
• Strategic Management
• Operations Management
• Marketing
• Financial Management
• Accounting
• Organizational Behaviour
• Business Analytics

Term 2 (Winter)

• Economics
• 3 electives
• Integrative Thinking:
  A playbook for managerial action (continued)
• Applied business research project
• Not-for-profit practicum

Term 3 (Spring)

• 5 electives
• Applied business research project (continued)
• Not-for-profit practicum (continued)

Electives

Electives are offered during the day and evening for your convenience. You can take advantage of any electives that fit within your individual timetable. For a list of potential elective courses, review course offerings.

Specializations

You will have the option within your elective terms to specialize your general MBA degree. The Lazaridis MBA offers nine specialization options for you to customize your studies to align with your career path.

• Accounting
• Entrepreneurship
• Financial Management
• International Business Management
• Marketing
• Operations Management
• Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
• Strategic Management
• Supply Chain Management

Admission Requirements

Domestic Applicants

• A four-year undergraduate degree, or equivalent, in any discipline from a recognized university with a minimum B standing (73%) in the final year of study, or most recent 10 half-credit university degree courses.
• Evidence of strong quantitative skills, normally by the successful completion of the GMAT test with a score of 550 or higher. We also accept a GRE score. A GRE score must convert to the minimum 550 GMAT score required. We will also accept a CFA Level 1 Pass.
• Three professional references, or if you have completed any education within the last three years, two professional referees and one academic referee is required.
• Applicants whose language of instruction during their undergraduate degree was a language other than English, must provide evidence of proficiency in English prior to admission. A minimum score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) of 100 internet-based (iBT) (with minimum skill scores of 21 in each of the four skill sets), or TOEFL paper-based (pBT) minimum score of 600, or a minimum score of 7.0 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is required.
• A minimum of two years of full-time work experience.

International Applicants

• International applicants include all applicants that have obtained a previous undergraduate or master’s degree outside of Canada, and will be attending with a Study Visa.
• Education equivalent to a four-year Canadian undergraduate degree in any discipline from an accredited university with a minimum B average (73%) in the last 10 half credit courses completed. (Usually displayed as First Class or First Division Standing.)
• The GMAT is mandatory for all students who have achieved their undergraduate degree outside of Canada, with a minimum score of 550. We also accept a GRE score. A GRE score must convert to the minimum 550 GMAT score required. We will also accept a CFA Level 1 Pass.
• For students whose degrees were conferred by a non-English language institution, a minimum score of 100 internet-based (with minimum skill scores of 21 in each of the four skill sets), on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), or a minimum score of 7.0 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is required.
• Three professional references, or if you have completed any education within the last three years, two professional references and one academic reference are required.
• A minimum of two years of full-time work experience.

Contact Us

Holly Paterson

hpaterson@wlu.ca 

Lazaridis Hall

MBA Program Office, LH4001
64 University Ave. West
Waterloo, ON, Canada
N2L 3C7

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