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 515, 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 first year of the program. In the second year of the MBA program, students choose electives based on their choice of concentration(s) and complete the required core strategy class.
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 eight STEM-approved electives 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 full-time MBA faculty program director.
Other courses at the university may be eligible for MBA elective credit, subject to approval from the senior associate dean of academics and graduate 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
- Financial Analytics
- Operations Analytics
Standard MBA Track
The Standard MBA track offers seven concentrations:
- Business Analytics
- Entrepreneurship & Design & Innovation
- Finance
- Healthcare Management
- Marketing
- Operations
- Organizational Leadership
