Joint and Dual Degrees

Recognizing that business students need a larger set of skills to compete in today’s financial services marketplace, the BBA/MPA program is designed to enable students enrolled in the BBA Program at the Goizueta Business School to complete master’s level coursework while simultaneously fulfilling the requirements to sit for the Certified Public Accounting (CPA) examination. This is a joint degree program, and graduates are awarded both degrees at the same time upon completion of all requirements.

Though education models vary by state, nearly all states require the completion of 150 semester hours of post-secondary education, including a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. The educational program must include an accounting concentration or its equivalent, as determined by the applicable state Board of Accountancy. These requirements do not mandate a master’s degree, but earning 150 hours will likely require a fifth year of formal education, best offered in conjunction with a master’s degree.

A unique feature of the BBA/MPA joint degree program is that students gain valuable on-the-job accounting, auditing, tax, forensics, or advisory services experience by completing a required full-time internship, as outlined in the curriculum. Students are responsible for securing their own internship opportunities, with the assistance of the accounting faculty. Internships may be with Goizueta’s global, national, regional, or local accounting firm partners, the numerous corporations with which the School has established strong recruiting relationships, nonprofit organizations, entrepreneurial start-up organizations, or with faculty at academic institutions working on research projects. MPA students are expected to uphold the highest ethical standards of the accounting profession and to become future leaders for the public accounting profession and other accounting careers.

Beginning Fall 2023, the joint BBA/MPA program will be undergoing a revision. Please email Interim MPA Director Professor Jeff Byrne for details.

The joint BBA/MSBA allows a Goizueta BBA student to complete a joint degree in 4.5 years instead of the typical 4 + 1 year timeframe of completing a BBA and then a Master of Science in Business Analytics.

The MSBA is a STEM-credentialed program designed to develop a "business data scientist" who can speak the language of business, data, and technology. In addition to the regular, stand-alone 10-month program that admits students from all over the world, the MSBA offers BBA students the opportunity to apply to and enroll in a joint BBA/MSBA curriculum.

The joint degree program is structured to permit students to finish both degrees in a compressed time period, typically 4.5 years, requiring one additional semester of coursework. Admission to this joint degree program is reserved for current Goizueta BBA students, and does not require GRE/GMAT scores. Students should apply during their junior year. The senior year will be devoted to the MSBA curriculum, before returning to the BBA program for a final semester.

Successful BBA/MSBA applicants will possess technical and quantitative fluency, typically acquired through significant coursework in advanced calculus, statistics, linear algebra, programming, and databases/SQL as well as other applied math and/or computer science classes.

Pre-Requisites for Admission to the BBA/MSBA Degree

1. Technology Competency: Fluency in a programming language; in-depth understanding of databases and SQL
2. Mathematics Competency: Completion of the following courses with a grade of B or higher: Calculus 1, Calculus 2, Statistics

The Dual Degree Engineering Program is a partnership between Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology. The program confers a BBA from Emory and a BS in Engineering from Georgia Tech.

The Dual Degree Engineering Program is sequential and typically takes between five and six years to complete, depending on a variety of factors. The program is open to all Emory College of Arts and Sciences and Oxford College students who meet the requirements. Dual Degree students spend their first three years on campus completing Emory degree requirements. Students may select from any of the undergraduate major options available through Emory College of Arts and Sciences or the Goizueta Business School. Students complete the pre-engineering curriculum while also fulfilling Emory general education requirements and major requirements. When general education requirements, major requirements, and engineering pre-requisite coursework is completed, typically after the Spring semester of the third year, students then transfer to Georgia Tech.

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In an increasingly data-driven world, data influences all aspects of society, from our careers to our roles as citizens to our private lives. The business world is at the forefront of this data revolution; to thrive in this environment, you must be able to work with data, draw well-reasoned inferences from it, and effectively communicate your discoveries to broader audiences.

What is the BBA + QSS Program?

The Institute for Quantitative Theory and Methods (QTM) in Emory College and the Bachelor of Business Administration program in the Goizueta Business School offer a BBA with a secondary major in QSS. Students are required to complete the BBA program plus a secondary QSS major. The secondary major consists of the requisite QTM coursework and additional BUS coursework.

Students choose three QTM elective courses to expand their quantitative knowledge. Topics covered in QSS major electives may include advanced statistics, technical writing, data science computing, text analysis, game theory, generalized linear model, time series analysis, experimental methods, and more.

In addition to QTM courses, students complete a minimum of six business courses to complete the secondary QSS major. Courses for this portion of the secondary major include electives in the areas of Accounting, Finance, Information Systems & Operations Management, Marketing, or Strategy & Management Consulting.

Is BBA + QSS Right for Me?

This partnership couples the rigor of the BBA program with a second major in Quantitative Sciences. The BBA + QSS major requires meticulous schedule-planning starting freshman year, and is only available to students admitted to the Goizueta BBA Program. The purpose of this degree program is to enhance the quantitative and analytic preparation of students choosing to study business at Emory. As the functional fields of business including marketing analytics, strategy and management consulting, decision analysis/operations and finance, are increasingly driven by data and quantitative analysis, it is imperative that BBA students are sufficiently prepared in quantitative methods. It is also suitable for those interested in graduate training in business.

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