MBA Online Pre-Residency

In preparation for the first MBA residency and the MBA program, students are required to fully participate and complete the online MBA pre-residency called ‘Getting Down to Business’ (GDB). This session starts four to six weeks before the first on-campus experience lab (formerly known as residencies), and guides students through a variety of technical and program-related activities relevant to an MBA program.

As the official start of the MBA program, GDB is a moderately paced, three-week online session that encourages students to explore the online learning platform, form an online learning community, and become familiar with subject matter specific to the MBA program. Topics covered in GDB include, but are not limited to accounting, writing skills, economics, and team-based learning. It is critical that all students fully engage in the GDB session to best position themselves for success in the MBA program. Classmates meet face-to-face for the first time at the
beginning of the first experience lab and continue to work in teams during the online modules.

Students are encouraged to visit us at http://computerservices.royalroads.ca to work through self-directed tutorials for the MS Office suite of software, before their first on-campus experience lab. Students who need more formalized training may wish to register for an in-person course at a computer training institute. Other tutorials for new students can be accessed by visiting www.royalroads.ca/math-assessment and, for a learning readiness assessment, visit us at www.royalroads.ca/online-learning-readiness-assessment.