Online MBA FAQ

Yes, you can. You will have an elective requirement to meet for your program (either 1.0 credit or 3.25 credits). This value can be achieved through any combination of 0.25 or 0.5 credit elective options. Please keep in mind your term registration limits if you are replacing a 0.25 credit elective with a 0.5 credit elective. You may need to adjust other courses on your map accordingly to stay within your registration credit limit.

Course maps are provided as registration guides, but students are not required to follow a pre-designed course map.

If you are planning out your own program, or deviating from a course map, you can use this guide to help you plan out your program.

Students within a concentration program require 1.0 credit of elective courses, while no-concentration students require 3.25 credits.

If you are in a concentration, your electives can be chosen from the courses within the other two concentrations, as long as you meet any pre-requisites. For example, if you are in the Financial Management concentration, you can choose your electives from any of the Management and Change or Business Analytics concentration courses.

If you do not have a concentration, your electives can be chosen from any concentration course, or any course that is not a core course, as long as you meet any pre-requisites.

The Course Offerings for each term will list any pre-requisites.

Please see the Registration page for information.

If you are receiving an error when attempting to register, you can submit a registration override request, which will be reviewed by our department. Instructions on how to submit this type of request can be found on the Registrar’s webpage: https://carleton.ca/registrar/registration/override-requests/

All students must register in BUSI 5998: MBA Skills Workshop during their program. BUSI 5998 is a mandatory, non-credit course which includes professional development content and deliverables. It can be taken in any term; students must complete all deliverables in the term in which they register in the course in order to receive a grade of SAT.

A list of course requirements based on your program can be found here: https://sprott.carleton.ca/online-mba-program-structure-and-variations/ 

A list of current course offerings can be accessed here: https://sprott.carleton.ca/current-students/online-mba-students/online-mba-course-offerings/ . This list includes credit value, course type (core or concentration) and pre-requisite information.

If you believe there has been an error in the grading of a course, please contact the course instructor to request a grade review.

If the failed course is a core course or concentration course, it must be re-taken and passed in order to meet the program requirement. If the failed course is an elective, you can either re-take the same course, or take a different elective course of the same credit value.

The minimum passing grade for a graduate level course at Carleton University is B-.
Please review the grading regulations for the MBA.

The main student page has a Dates and Deadlines section, which has all of the term start and end dates listed, as well as the registration and financial dates and deadlines.

If you would like to add, remove, or change your concentration at any point in the program, please email the request to mbaadvising@sprott.carleton.ca. If you are choosing to add or change a concentration, we recommend deciding on a concentration early in the program, as this will make planning out your courses much easier.

Students are admitted into either the full-time or part-time program, and we recommend to maintain that status throughout the program, as this allows students to follow pre-designed course maps.

Student status is not automatically updated based on registration. If you would like to change your student status for a full term or for the remainder of your program, please contact us at mbaadvising@sprott.carleton.ca.

If you are in your first term of the program, and recognize that you are in the wrong status, please reach out to us at mbaadvising@sprott.carleton.ca.   

Yes. If you are planning to take a part-term off (7 weeks), you can simply not register for that part of term, and then resume registration the following part of term. You will need to adjust your course mapping accordingly. 

If you will be taking a full-term (4-month) off or more, you can request a formal Leave of Absence by completing and submitting a Registration Change Form to mbaadvising@sprott.carleton.ca for processing. If approved by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, your program time limit is extended by the length of the approved leave. This leave is only approved on a full-term basis (Fall, Winter, Summer).

There is no funding provided on admission for the MBA program. There are some internal awards that students can apply for, such as donor-funded awards. Applications for these awards usually take place in the Fall term: https://gradstudents.carleton.ca/awards-and-funding/internal-awards/

The Online MBA is an OSAP eligible program (full-time and part-time): https://carleton.ca/awards/online-mba-and-osap/

Tuition and fee information for online programs can be found on the Student Accounts webpage: https://carleton.ca/studentaccounts/tuition-fees/online-mba-gr-fees/

All full-time students receive medical and dental coverage through the Graduate Students’ Association (GSA). This is charged once per year in the Fall term. If you have alternative coverage, you can opt out of this fee in the Fall: https://gsacarleton.ca/healthplan/

All other fees are mandatory: https://carleton.ca/studentaccounts/tuition-fees/misc-fees/

Absolutely! All graduates will be invited to the convocation ceremony. There is one ceremony per year in June. Information on the convocation ceremony can be found here: https://convocation.carleton.ca/

At any point in your program, you can run your academic audit. Your audit will list your program requirements, and list all courses you have taken within those requirements. You can run your audit in Carleton Central> Academic Progress> myAudit

If you have any questions about your audit, please email mbaadvising@sprott.carleton.ca.

If you do not attend the graduation ceremony, the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs will mail out any remaining diplomas. For Winter graduates (February), all diplomas will be mailed out after degrees have been conferred. Please make sure your mailing address is up to date in Carleton Central.

Part-time students have a 5-year time limit to meet their program requirements. Full-time students have a 2-year time limit.

You will apply for graduation when you are in your final term of study. Applications can be found in Carleton Central> Student Online Applications> Apply to Graduate

Before applying to graduate, you should confirm your eligibility by reviewing your audit. If your audit indicates “ALL REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED BELOW HAVE BEEN MET” or “ALL REQUIREMENTS COMPLETED – IN-PROGRESS COURSES USED”, then you can apply for the next available graduation immediately through Carleton Central. If you believe your program requirements have been met but you have courses sitting in the “Extra to Degree” section of your audit, please email the MBA Program Office (mbaadvising@sprott.carleton.ca)