The partnership between the Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) and Webster University provides an opportunity for graduates of the Joint and Combined Staff Office School (JCSOS) and the Joint and Combined Warfighting School (JCWS) to pursue a graduate degree at Webster Unviersity. JCSOS and JCWS graduates may apply credits earned toward the following degrees:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Master of Arts (MA)
• Master of Science (MS)

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

Master of Business Administration

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 JCSOS and JCWS graduates enrolled in the MBA program are awarded 9 semester hours transfer credit, which is applied as 6 semester hours of required courses and 3 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 JCSOS and JCWS Programs Webster University MBA Course Number and Title Credit Hours JCSOS/JCWS Course Title Credit Awarded MRKT 5000 Marketing 3 SH MNGT 5590 Organizational Behavior Organizational Planning 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 Operations and Analysis Management 3 SH BUSN 6120 Managerial Economics 3 SH BUSN 6200 Strategy and Competition 3 SH Graduate Elective Courses Computer Assisted Logistics Planning Management 3 SH Additional Elective Courses 3 SH Total Transfer Credit Awarded for JCSOS and JCWS Graduates 9 SH Total Webster Credits Required for JCSOS and JCWS 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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Master of Arts (MA)

Graduates of the JCSOS and JCWS may enroll in other Webster University Master of Arts degree programs and will receive credit for their JCSOS and JCWS coursework. The awarded credits will vary based on the degree program selected and will be identified and approved by an academic advisor.

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Master of Science (MS)

Graduates of the JCSOS and JCWS may enroll in other Webster University Master of Science degree programs. However, due to the nature of science degrees, transfer credits and elective courses are limited. The three MS degrees offered in Webster's School of Business and Technology include Information Technology Management, Environmental Management and Space Systems Operations Management.

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