The document summarizes MBA opportunities at Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management. The school offers full-time and part-time MBA programs at its Malibu campus and several Southern California locations. It also has an accelerated MBAJ program for students who have completed Pepperdine's Bachelor of Science in Management, requiring only 30 additional units. The school offers a Fully Employed MBA program designed for working professionals. Additionally, Pepperdine offers a joint MBA/Master of Public Policy degree through the Graziadio School and School of Public Policy.

1. MBA Opportunities at Pepperdine
University
By John Buckingham

2. ● Overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Malibu,
California, Pepperdine University sits on an
830-acre campus that includes the
Graziadio School of Business and
Management.
● Established in 1969, the school enrolls
approximately 2,000 students each year in its
full-time MBA residency program at both the
main campus and at four graduate campuses
in Southern California, which provide part-time
morning and evening courses.
● The graduate school also offers MBA
coursework at a Santa Clara learning center.

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4. ● The MBAJ program enables students to apply
their work in Pepperdine’s Bachelor of
Science in Management (BSM) program
toward an MBA. Once they fulfill their BSMs,
students need only complete an additional 30
units, rather than the conventional 52 units, to
obtain their MBAs.
● To enter the program, individuals who have
earned BSMs must possess a grade point
average of at least 3.4 and have completed
the prerequisite coursework.
● The university limits the opportunity to
Pepperdine students.

5. ● For experienced business professionals, the
Graziadio School offers the Fully Employed
MBA. Created with working people in mind,
the program enables every student to interact
with executives through the institution’s
renowned education-to-business platform.
● Accessible faculty members teach the value-
centered courses at the four Southern
California locations.
● Numerous students also enroll in the
traditional MBA program at Pepperdine
University.

6. ● About the Author:
● The founder of Solana MedSpas, Inc., the
nation’s largest developer of medical spas,
John Buckingham serves as a Marketing
Professor at Pepperdine University.
● He teaches graduate students at the
Graziadio School of Business and
Management.

7. ● The Master of Business Administration/Master
of Public Policy, a three-year program offered
as a joint degree through the Graziadio School
and the School of Public Policy, appeals to
students seeking to explore community,
societal, and global issues.
● Coursework addresses leadership qualities,
policy design, institutional change, and
management capabilities and prepares
students to employ the tools of analysis.
● Business courses stress global management,
while the public policy curriculum develops
skills in political economics.