The partnership between the U.S. Army Logistics Management College (ALMC) and Webster University provides an opportunity for graduates of the Army Acquisitions Basic Course (AABC) program to pursue a graduate degree at Webster University. AABC graduates may apply credits earned toward the following degrees:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• M.A. in Information Technology Management (ITM)
• M.A. in Procurement and Acquisitions Management (PROC)

AABC students participating in this program are eligible to receive 12-15 semester hours of graduate transfer credit depending on the program selected at Webster University.

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The Master of Business Administration degree requires satisfactory completion of 27 credit hours of the MBA curriculum and 9 credit hours of graduate electives for a total of 36 credit hours. Students who require prerequisite courses must complete more than 36 credit hours to receive the MBA degree.

Qualified AABC graduates enrolled in the MBA program are awarded 9 semester hours transfer credit, which is applied as a 3 semester hour required course and 6 semester hours of elective courses in the MBA program.

Satisfactory completion of the MBA program requires the following Webster University courses:

MBA Transfer Credit Awarded for AABC Program Webster University MBA Course Number and Title Credit Hours AABC Course Title Credit Awarded MRKT 5000 Marketing 3 SH MNGT 5590 Organizational Behavior 3 SH FINC 5000 Finance 3 SH FINC 5880 Advanced Corporate Finance 3 SH BUSN 5760 Applied Business Statistics 3 SH BUSN 6070 Management Accounting 3 SH BUSN 6110 Operations and Project Management AABC Program Management 3 SH BUSN 6120 Managerial Economics 3 SH BUSN 6200 Strategy and Competition 3 SH Graduate Elective Courses Any two of the following AABC courses: Contracting, Contract Financing, Acquisitions Logistics 6 SH Total Transfer Credit Awarded for AABC Graduates 9 SH Total Webster Credits Required for AABC Graduates 27-33 SH Total Semester Hours Required for Degree 36-45 SH Prerequisite Courses* BUSN 5000 Business 3 SH BUSN 5600 Accounting Theory and Practice 3 SH BUSN 5620 Current Economics 3 SH

*Program prerequisites are to be completed before beginning coursework for the MBA for those students who have not completed (or an appropriate equivalent) within five years of entering the program and having earned a grade of "B" or better. If the appropriate prerequisite course content was complete more than five years prior to entering the program, the department will allow a waiver is the student demonstrates command of the content area by successfully completing a waiver examination. Prerequisite courses may not count as electives in the 36-credit-hour MBA.

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M.A. in Information Technology Management (ITM)

The M.A. in Information Technology Management requires satisfactory completion of 27 credit hours of the ITM curriculum and 9 credit hours of graduate electives for a total of 36 credit hours. The student chooses elective courses from the ITM program curricula or from other Webster University School of Business & Technology graduate majors.

Qualified AABC graduates enrolled in the M.A. in Information Technology Management are awarded 12 semester hours of transfer credit, which is applied as 3 semester hours required of an ITM core course and 9 semester hours of elective courses.

Satisfactory completion of the ITM program requires the following Webster University courses:

ITM Transfer Credit Awarded for AABC Webster University ITM Course Number and Title Credit Hours AABC Course Title Credit Awarded ITM 5000 Information Technology Management: Overview (Requisite Course) 3 SH MNGT 5590 Organizational Behavior 3 SH BUSN 5200 Basic Finance for Managers 3 SH ITM 5100 Information and Communications Systems and Networks 3 SH ITM 5200 Project Management of Information Technology AABC Program Management 3 SH ITM 5300 Procurement and Contract Mngt. for Information Technology 3 SH ITM 5400 Systems Analysis, Design and Implementation 3 SH ITM 5600 Information and Communications Security 3 SH ITM 6000 Final Project in Information Technology Management 3 SH Graduate Elective Courses AABC Contracting 3 SH AABC Contract Financing 3 SH AABC Acquisitions Logistics 3 SH Total Transfer Credit Awarded for AABC Graduates 12 SH Total Webster Credits Required for AABC Graduates 24 SH Total Semester Hours Required for Degree 36 SH

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M.A. in Procurement and Acquisitions Management (PROC)

The M.A. in Procurement and Acquisitions Management degree requires satisfactory completion of 21 credit hours of the PROC curriculum and 15 credit hours of graduate electives for a total of 36 credit hours.

Qualified AABC graduates enrolled in the M.A. in Procurement and Acquisitions Management are awarded 15 semester hours transfer credit, which is applied as 6 semester hours of required core courses and 9 semester hours of elective courses in the PROC program.

Satisfactory completion of the PROC program requires the following Webster University courses:

PROC Transfer Credit Awarded for AABC Program Webster University PROC Course Number and Title Credit Hours AABC Course Title Credit Awarded PROC 5000 Procurement and Acquisitions Management 3 SH PROC 5810 Acquisitions Law 3 SH PROC 5820 Operations Management 3 SH PROC 5830 Pricing AABC Contract Financing 3 SH PROC 5840 Negotiations 3 SH PROC 5850 Logistics AABC Acquisitions Logistics 3 SH PROC 6000 Integrated Studies in Procurement and Acquisitions Management 3 SH Graduate Elective Courses AABC Program Management 4 SH AABC Contracting 3 SH AABC Information Technology 2 SH Total Transfer Credit Awarded for AABC Graduates 15 SH Total Webster Credits Required for AABC Graduates 21 SH Total Semester Hours Required for Degree 36 SH

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