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.

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

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.

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 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.

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/student-services/

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

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/government-financial-aid/osap/online-mba-osap/

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.

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.   

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

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 Graduate Studies, 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).

Leave of Absence regulations and required documents can be found here.