International Students admitted into the UBC MBA Program received an acceptance letter with an estimated tuition amount of $47,472.00.  This amount was based on an anticipated UBC annual increase of 2% in 2011. This increase never came about, resulting in program tuition of $46,541.00 for International Students admitted in 2011.

This has caused some confusion – we would like to clarify that the UBC system is correct and International Students are only being charged the lower tuition amount.

**Please note: The 2% increase was projected for International Students (here on a Student Visa) only and does not affect Domestic Students.

Every year before students are admitted, an estimated tuition breakdown is posted on the Sauder website and the UBC website.  These fees may be adjusted by the University at any time with limited notice.

Click here for tuition information on the Sauder website.
Click here for tuition information on the UBC website.

Tuition Due Dates

For all Full-Time MBA students (both International and Domestic), your final tuition installment is due by no later than September 5th, 2012.

NOTE: As usual, in addition to your tuition, there will also be student-levied fees charged by UBC for each installment. The exact amount of tuition and student-levied fees as well as payment deadline will appear on the Student Service Centre prior to each month that tuition is due.

Information on tuition can also be found on your Vista site under the “Preparation & General Program Information” folder.

Questions? Please email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.

Hi everyone,

In addition to the Graduate Breakout Rooms, the following rooms have been reserved for MBA’s to use starting from Monday May 14^th to Friday May 18^th, 2012. Please use these rooms on a drop-in basis if there is no availability in the Graduate Breakout Rooms.

Monday May 14th, 2012:

• HA 237 from 10:00am-2:00pm
• HA 235 from 2:00-6:00pm
• HA 254 from 2:00-6:00pm

Tuesday May 15^th, 2012:

• HA 291 from 2:00-6:00pm
• HA 235 from 2:00-6:00pm
• HA 237 from 10:00am-2:00pm

Wednesday May 16^th, 2012:

• HA 254 from 2:00-6:00pm
• HA 235 from 2:00-6:00pm
• HA 237 from 10:00am-2:00pm

Thursday May 17^th, 2012:

• HA 291 from 2:00-6:00pm
• HA 235 from 2:00pm-6:00pm
• HA 237 from 10:00am-2:00pm

Friday May 18^th, 2012:

• HA 291 from 2:00-6:00pm
• HA 235 from 2:00-6:00pm
• HA 339 from 10:00-2:00pm

**As a common courtesy, please leave rooms tidy after use. This includes disposal of garbage and paper products.

Many thanks from the MBA/ECM Programs Office.

As part of our commitment to ensuring you have quality classrooms to learn in we are refurbishing two classrooms in the RHL Wing for September: DL 125 and HA 133.

In order to be able to complete this work in time for September Period 5, our construction crews need to begin their work on Friday May 11th. This means that all classes currently taking place in HA 132, HA 133 and DL 125 will need to move out of the RHL Wing and into different classrooms. You will continue to have access to the Graduate Breakout Rooms, however the bathrooms next to the DL 125 amphitheatre will be blocked off to enable safe construction crew access to the theatre.

We realize that this isn’t great timing for you as you complete your Period 3 studies, but we aren’t able to delay the construction any longer or it won’t be ready for September. With many more students in the building in September it will be much more difficult to find alternate space to move classes to, so we ask for your understanding in this matter.

Here is thePeriod 3 Schedule – Revised Classrooms with the new classroom allocations that will be in effect as of Friday May 11th. So you will continue to be in your regular classrooms until next Thursday, and then will need to navigate to the new classrooms as of Friday May 11th.

Thank you all very much for your patience with this project, and we apologize for the inconvenience – renovating it now means that you will have nicer classroom space for September.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Theresa Scott: theresa.scott@sauder.ubc.ca

Please note that BAEN 580A Managing Corporate Innovation has been added to the list of Strategic Analysis electives for the Strategy Specialization.

Click here to view the curriculum.

Questions? Email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.

The Period 3 exam schedule for FT MBA modules has been posted on your Vista site under:  Home Page› >Post-Core Modules> Schedules & Outlines.

Please note, if your exam is not listed, there is no exam for your module.

As per the Examination Policy:

• All exams, whether FT or PT, must be sat at the time stated in the exam schedule.
• Exams may not be re-arranged to accommodate students’ travel plans, irrespective of the reason for travelling.
• Extensions may only be granted by the MBA & ECM Programs Office for medical reasons.
• Students must notify the MBA & ECM Programs Office (askmba@sauder.ubc.ca) prior to the start of the exam if they are too ill to write.  A doctor’s note must be provided prior to the scheduling of a new exam date.

Any student with Examination Hardship defined as THREE or more exams within a 24-hour period should report this to the MBA & ECM Programs Office Programs Office (askmba@sauder.ubc.ca) by no later than Friday May 11th, 2012.

Failure to notify the MBA& ECM Programs Office of 3 exams within 24 hours by the deadline given may result in students not being able to have an alternate exam sitting.

Questions or concerns on the above? Please email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.

We were recently notified by the CMA that, effective for the January 2013 CMA Entry, they have introduced a new requirement for students to have completed a course in Business Law.

BALA 503 Commercial Law in the UBC MBA program will be accepted as an equivalent for this requirement, and if you have taken a Business Law course in your undergraduate degree you can ask the CMA to check if it would qualify as an equivalent as well.

We were only notified of this change last month, and realize that BALA 503 has already taken place in your program. Happily there is another option, which is to take Business Law by CMA self-study. This is a self-study guide that you can purchase through CMABC – the cost is $39.20. They don’t administer exams for these self-study packs – you are given credit for the topic upon purchase of the self-study guide. So if you are planning to complete your CMA requirements and haven’t taken BALA 503 you can purchase the self-study guide instead.

If you have any questions about completing your combined MBA-CMA please contact Theresa Scott at theresa.scott@sauder.ubc.ca

To declare specialization(s) and/or sub-specialization(s), students may e-mail askmba@sauder.ubc.ca with the following information:

• In the subject line: SPECIALIZATION CHOICES – FULL NAME

In the body of the message include:

• Full Name
• Student Number
• Specialization(s) choices**
• Sub-specialization(s) choices**

**NOTE:  The UBC system allows for only two selections on transcripts (ie: Two (2) specializations OR two (2) sub-specializations OR one (1) specialization and one (1) sub-specialization).  Students may also opt to only have one item on their transcript (ie: One (1) specialization OR (1) sub-specialization).

Specialization and sub-specialization descriptions can be found on your Vista site Sauder Masters Workshops – 2011 Full Time MBA under: Home Page › Post-Core Modules

If you do not wish to specialize or sub-specialize, you do not need to submit anything to our office.