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Advising & Registration Info

How to forward your @nmsu.edu email to a preferred account

  1. Go to my.NMSU.edu at https://my.nmsu.edu and click on your email icon.
  2. Click the Options tab at the top of the page.
  3. Click Settings.
  4. Scroll down to Mail Forwarding.
  5. Check the box next to Enable Forwarding.
  6. For Email Address, fill in your preferred address.
  7. Click Add and Save.

Communications with Students

Your @nmsu.edu email account is the official channel of communication with NMSU.

We send out general information about deadlines for adding, dropping, degree applications, etc. as well as information relating to your academic progress. NOTE: you may also be emailing your course instructors through Blackboard.

Please check this email regularly or forward your NMSU email to your preferred address. If you have difficulties forwarding your email, please contact NMSU’s ICT help desk. Online contact information is at http://ict.nmsu.edu/csc/index.html; help desk phone 575.646.1840; email help@nmsu.edu.

Advising

Prerequisites for MBA Courses

Courses from other institutions deemed equivalent will also satisfy the Background Knowledge requirements. The MBA Advisor will, working with the relevant departments, determine course equivalency. (See the Transfer Credits section below for transferring credit from other New Mexico institutions.)

  • Financial Accounting: ACCT 221 (prerequisite for ACCT 503)
  • Managerial Accounting: ACCT 222 (prerequisite for ACCT 503)
  • Macroeconomics: ECON 251
  • Financial Analysis: FIN 341 (prerequisite for FIN 503)
  • FIN 503: FIN 341 (FIN 341 challenge exam info & procedures)
  • Principles of Marketing: MKTG 303 (prerequisite for MKTG 503)
  • Calculus: MATH 142G or MATH 191
  • Statistics: A ST 251G or STAT 251, or A ST 311G (prerequisite for ECON 503)

Transfer Credit

Transfer credit should be approved by the MBA Office early in your program and will require that you provide official transcripts and other documentation such as the course syllabus.

Courses that can be transferred (equivalent courses) from other New Mexico institutions are listed in this document:

Generally, it is expected that you will not take MBA courses at other institutions after you have been admitted to the program at NMSU.

Students requesting transfer credits for courses must submit appropriate written justification, including course descriptions, syllabi, etc.

Required Courses

The following courses are required:
ECON 251
MATH 142

The MBA program consists of:

  • 11 required courses of which two (MGT 590 and BA 590) are capstone courses that must be taken at the end of the program. BA 590 must be taken during the final semester. The required courses are:
    • ACCT 503
    • B A 590
    • BCIS 502
    • BLAW 502
    • ECON 503
    • FIN 503
    • MGT 502
    • MGT 503
    • MGT 512
    • MGT 590
    • MKTG 503

Electives

One elective course selected from an approved list of business courses numbered 500 or above:

Adds, Drops, and Withdrawals

If you wish to register or make changes in your courses early in the semester, you can accomplish this online.

Whenever you make a change, you should exit Banner and then re-enter to confirm that the transaction was completed as you intended.

The schedule of classes provides details about making a down payment and about the financial implications of changing your enrollment.

  • Courses dropped very early in the semester do not appear on your transcript and do not require tuition payment.
  • Courses dropped later appear with a “W” on the transcript, indicating you have withdrawn.
  • If you seek to withdraw from all your courses (withdraw from the university) you will not be able to do so online. That is, you cannot withdraw from your last class online. To withdraw from your last class, go to the Registrar’s Office in the Educational Services Building or contact the MBA Office for assistance.

Scheduling Classes

All required courses on the main campus, Sandia National Labs and Santa Fe are taught in the evening or online.

For students on the Las Cruces campus, at least one elective course is offered in the evening; other electives may be online or earlier in the day. That is, you will be able to complete the elective online or in the evening but it may not be your preferred elective.

For remote sites, a single elective is offered.

To help you in planning your schedule, please refer to the link below where there is long-run scheduling information about the days that we plan to teach the required courses during fall and spring semesters:

Registration

Instructions for Online Registration

Detailed instructions are also available in the NMSU Course Schedule.

Logging into myNMSU

  1. To register for classes online, open a browser session and access https://my.nmsu.edu.
  2. Enter your NMSU Username and Password.
  3. Click Login.

Check your Registration Status

  1. Click the Student and Financial Aid Tab.
  2. Click Registration.
  3. Click Registration Status.

Look-Up a Class and Register

  1. Click the Student and Financial Aid Tab.
  2. Click Registration.
  3. Click Look Up Classes.
  4. Select Term.
  5. Click Submit.
  6. On the Look Up Classes page, select any known features of the class.
  7. Click Class Search.
  8. Select the checkbox next to any classes in which you would like to register.
  9. Click Register.

If you forget your NMSU Password

  1. Go to https://my.nmsu.edu.
  2. Click Forgot your password?
  3. Enter your Social Security Number and Date of Birth.
  4. Click Submit.
  5. Answer your secret question.
  6. Click Continue.
  7. Enter a Password, and confirm.
  8. Click Continue.

Online Registration: Students at Remote (from Las Cruces) Locations

It is preferred that students register themselves online. When students join the MBA program at remote locations, they are expected to register themselves for classes (as Las Cruces campus students do) after registration for the first semester of the program.

This can be accomplished through the Student tab in MyNMSU.

Any time you encounter a problem, please contact the MBA Office at mba@nmsu.edu or 575-646-8003.

If you do not register yourself, we will need to have you complete an add slip or a registration card or provide an email documenting your request.

What is a “Hold”

In some cases you may have a “hold” which prevents you from registering. This may be due to:

  • an academic “hold” that requires you to meet with an advisor first, or
  • a financial “hold” that reflects the need to make a payment to the university.

If your tuition is being paid to NMSU by an employer, we will assist you but will need written confirmation from you concerning the courses for which you want to register.

How to Run a STAR Audit

  1. Log on at https://degreeaudit.nmsu.edu
  2. Log in using your user name and password for MyNMSU.
  3. You will be prompted to select a:
    • Campus: Las Cruces
    • College: Graduate
    • Degree program: MBA, and a
    • Catalog year.
    • If you are completing a specialization, select the MBA program with the relevant specialization.

STAR Degree Audit

One of the tools available for your use is the STAR audit to which you can log on using your myNMSU ID and password.

This software allows you to check your courses against those required for graduation and see which remain to be completed.

The STAR audit is currently being used by Graduate Student Services to certify degrees so it is in your interest to ensure that the information in the audit is correct.

If you have a question about the audit, contact the MBA office.

Graduation Requirements

Application for Degree & Commencement

At the beginning of the semester you plan to graduate, apply for your degree and pay the application fee.

For more information, go to www.nmsu.edu/~registra/degdate.html.

For information about participation in commencement, go to www.nmsu.edu/commencement.

Grade Point Average

In addition to completing the required courses, you must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher to earn a graduate degree at NMSU.

Courses with grades of C or better are counted as successful completion but lower grades are not. A C in a course only prevents your graduation if you do not have other grades high enough to achieve an average of 3.0.

Published: October 20, 2009 • Updated: June 5, 2013 • Permalink