Degree: Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Program Overview

Weatherhead’s full-time MBA curriculum ensures graduates are prepared to enter the workforce with the skills they need to succeed in today’s business world. Students learn more than essential business management skills. They are prepared to be business leaders ready to engage with teams in a variety of specialized areas. Students are introduced to skills enabling them to reach beyond problem-solving to solution innovation. Learning from world-class faculty who invest in student success using experiential learning, networking with industry leaders, and current developments in business. Students acquire the knowledge and tools necessary to effect change for both business results and to make the world a better place.

Learning Outcomes

• Students function effectively in teams.
• Students are effective communicators in a business setting.
• Students are critical and creative thinkers.
• Students are competent analysts.
• Students can develop strategies to secure sustainable competitive advantage.

Program Requirements

The full-time MBA program is a four-semester, 60 credit hour program that provides students with the strong foundation necessary to be a leader in management while allowing opportunities for students to pursue their passions and customize their experience. In partnership with faculty and staff, students create a personalized learning plan with distinct concentrations by choosing electives that comprise half of the program thereby enabling specialization within their MBA.

Distinctive courses in Weatherhead’s MBA program help students assess their strengths and develop a learning plan to meet their career goals. Upon enrolling in the MBA, students take MBAC 515A, which facilitates the discovery of individual strengths and weaknesses through a series of self-assessments, experiential activities and case studies focused on teamwork. Students then develop core management skills (accounting, finance, marketing, operations/supply chain management, strategy, economics, statistics and analytics) in the program's first year. In the second year of the MBA program, students choose electives based on their choice of concentration(s) and complete the required core classes in Sustainable Value Innovation.

Required Courses

Electives

The program provides space for 27 elective credit hours. Students in the Standard track MBA program must choose a concentration and complete 12 credit hours in that concentration area (a concentration is required). Students in the STEM track MBA must complete 24 STEM-approved elective credit hours to complete the requirements of the STEM MBA program.

Independent Study

MBA students are limited to 3 credit hours of elective credit as an independent study with the approval of the faculty program director of MBA programs.

Other courses at the university may be eligible for MBA elective credit, subject to approval from the faculty program director of MBA programs.

Concentration Requirements 

The Weatherhead School of Management offers two tracks in the MBA program.

STEM MBA Track

The STEM MBA track offers three concentrations:

• Business Analytics
• Finance
• Operations

Standard MBA Track

The Standard MBA track offers four concentrations:

• Entrepreneurship & Design & Innovation
• Healthcare Management
• Marketing
• Organizational Leadership

Dual Degree Options

• Biochemistry, MS/Business Administration, MBA

• Business Administration, MBA/Finance, MFin

• Business Administration, MBA/Law, JD

• Business Administration, MBA/Medical Physiology, MS

• Business Administration, MBA/Medicine, MD

• Business Administration, MBA/Public Health, MPH

• Business Administration, MBA/Social Work, MSW