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Broadcast: January 30, 2003 
By Nancy Steinbach

This is the VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT.

We continue our reports about how people from foreign countries can attend a college or university in the United States. Today, we tell about a popular graduate degree. It is known as the M-B-A. The letters represent the words "Master of Business Administration¹."

M-B-A students learn to deal with all kinds of business situations. They learn to solve business problems. They develop skills needed by many different companies.
M-B-A programs teach students about subjects including economics². They also teach about the structure of organizations and about finance³, marketing⁴ and policy2. Students then do more study in areas that interest them.

It usually takes two years to get an M-B-A degree if you attend school full time. Many programs permit students to take classes while they work. These programs take longer to complete.

Business is one of the most popular study areas for foreign students in the United States. To be admitted to an M-B-A program, foreign students must have a bachelor's3 degree. They must show a clear understanding of English by doing well on the test of English as a foreign language. Most students also take the Graduate Management Admission⁵ Test. Most of the one-thousand-five-hundred M-B-A graduate programs around the world use these test scores.

The University of Maryland University College in Adelphi offers an M-B-A program for people who wish to study part-time. Students can choose to complete all the requirements by computer. Or they can do the work both on-line and by attending traditional classes. Many foreign students attend the M-B-A program at the University of Maryland University College. To get more information using a computer, go the university's Web site, w-w-w dot u-m-u-c dot e-d-u.(www.umuc.edu)

        Information about other M-B-A programs is on a Web site called m-b-a dot com. The address is w-w-w dot m-b-a dot com. (www.mba.com)

Or you could attend a meeting of the Graduate Management Admission Council⁶. These M-B-A Forums⁷ are held one day each year in cities in several areas of the world. Representatives of business colleges explain programs and answer questions from people interested in studying business.
1. MBA  abbr. Master of Business Administration, 工商管理硕士
2. policy [5pClIsI] n. 政策，方针
3. bachelor [5bAtFElE] n. 文理学士

1 administration   

n.经营，管理；行政，行政机关，管理部门

参考例句：

• Who is in charge of the administration of your company?你们公司的行政工作由谁负责？
• The teachers are responsible to the school administration.教师向学校行政负责。

2 economics   

n.经济学，经济情况

参考例句：

• He is studying economics,which subject is very important.他正在学习经济学，该学科是很重要的。
• One can't separate politics from economics.不能把政治与经济割裂开来。

3 finance   

n.财务管理，财政，金融，财源，资金

参考例句：

• She is an expert in finance.她是一名财政专家。
• A finance house made a bid to buy up the entire company.一家信贷公司出价买下了整个公司。

4 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

5 admission   

n.允许进入；承认；入场费，入会费，入场券

参考例句：

• We attached a condition to his admission to our school.我们对准许他入校附加了一个条件。
• By her own admission,she was responsible for the accident.她自己承认，事故应该由她负责。

6 council   

n.理事会，委员会，议事机构

参考例句：

• The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.市议会通过法律，禁止散发传单。
• The city council has declared for improving the public bus system.市议会宣布同意改进公共汽车系统。

7 forums   

讨论会； 座谈会； 广播专题讲话节目； 集会的公共场所( forum的名词复数 )； 论坛，讨论会，专题讨论节目； 法庭

参考例句：

• A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
• It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。