Business Administration - Career Advance (MBA)
A pathway to advance your career.
Why choose this program?
The Career Advance pathway is designed for mid-career working professionals who wish to advance their career.
As a student in this program you will benefit from:
flexibility to complete your degree in as little as 2.5 or as many as 7 years
opportunities to network with like-minded professionals
a balance of theory, analysis, and day-to-day practice to prepare you to respond strategically to complex management issues
Applicants must have five or more years of relevant professional work experience and reside in Canada.
If you have less than five years of professional work experience, you may wish to consider our Corporate Residency MBA.
Careers
Graduates of this program advance careers in these industries and more:
Financial services and banking
Consulting
Marketing
Healthcare
Public Sector
Entrepreneurship and innovation
Program options
Designed with the working professional in mind, the Career Advance MBA pathway gives you the freedom to learn from anywhere and at your own pace.
Our curriculum embraces your existing expertise and uses a balance of theory, analysis, and day-to-day practice to prepare you to respond strategically to complex management issues and devise innovative, relevant, and real-world solutions to your organization’s challenges.
All graduate programs at ĢAV are collaboratively delivered by a home Faculty and theFaculty of Graduate Studies.
Admission requirements
You'll need to meet theFaculty of Graduate Studies minimum requirementsas well as any program-specific admission requirements before you can apply.
Program-specific requirements
This program requires you to meet the following criteria:
Four-year bachelor’s degree recognized by ĢAV
Minimum GPA of 3.0/4.3 (B average) in the last 60 credit hours (2 years) of study
Applicants who apply under the Equitable Admissions Policy whose GPA is between 2.7 and 3.0 will also be considered. For additional information, please see the Application Instructions.
If you do not have a four-year degree but have at least 10 years of professional experience, you may be eligible for admission through our Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) process. For additional information or questions about the PLA process please contact mba@dal.ca.
Minimum of 5 years professional experience post undergraduate degree.
Only domestic applicants are eligible to apply for the MBA Career Advance pathway. International applications are not accepted.
If required, TOEFL iBT scores of at least 100, or IELTS (Academic) scores of at least 7.5.
Note:the language competency test may be waived if the applicant has completed a degree that meets both of the following requirements:
- The degree is from a recognized university where the language of instruction is English.
- The university (or campus location) where the degree was obtained is in a country where English is an official language.
Please contact mba@dal.ca if you are unsure whether you are required to provide this documentation.
Financial information
Fee format
Per-course fee, charged as you register.
