Education built around application.
Our MBA program offers experiential depth alongside customizable elective paths to meet your future career goals. Throughout the program, you will complete live projects with real organizations and work alongside practitioner faculty with substantial industry experience. Our residencies allow you to bring real decision frameworks back to work the very next day.
Your courses will integrate:
- Business fundamentals, including those related to finance, accounting and strategy
- Operational and enterprise decision-making
- Leadership and judgment in technology-driven environments
At Weatherhead School of Management, analytics and AI are embedded where they improve decisions, not as isolated technical skills.
What a Week Looks Like
The MBA program is rigorous but structured to fit the real careers of working professionals. You can expect a typical week to include:
- Two 90-minute evening class sessions (6 or 7 p.m. start time)
- Individual preparation and applied assignments with fixed deadlines
- Periodic group work with peers from diverse roles and industries
- Coaching and personalized career support
Most students take two courses at a time, but coursework can be accelerated or decelerated based on your work and life demands.
Pathways and Concentration Options
Focus your skillset through elective clusters that align with the responsibility you want to carry. Your MBA offers exposure, not a required track.
Explore electives in:
- Healthcare Management: Designed with input from leading regional and national health systems.
- Nonprofit Management: For professionals leading mission-driven organizations with operational accountability.
- Product Management: Focused on cross-functional leadership in manufacturing and consumer-oriented firms.
You can also explore the customizable general management path, personally aligned to your role, industry and career trajectory.
If you’re interested in ownership or stewardship, the MBA offers exposure to:
- Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) concepts
- Family enterprise governance and succession topics
Curriculum
Fall One
- Leading Self (1.5 credits)
- Probability & Statistics for Decision Modeling (1.5)
- Regression & Decision Modeling (1.5)
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (1.5)
Spring One
- Leading Teams (1.5)
- Financial Statements (1.5)
- Cost-Based Decision Making (1.5)
- Corporate Finance (1.5)
Summer One
- Valuing Business (1.5)
- Leading Organizations (1.5)
- Strategy Development (1.5)
- Marketing Strategy (1.5)
Fall Two
- Supply Chain Management (1.5)
- Applied Economics (1.5)
- Introduction to Operations Management (1.5)
- Elective (1.5)
Spring Two
- 6 elective credits*
Summer Two
- Marketing Tactics (1.5)
- Prompt Engineering (1.5)
- Strategic Applications (1.5)
- Leading Change (1.5)
Fall Three
- 6 elective credits*
*Electives are 1.5 or 3 credit-hours each
The Global Immersion Experience
You will have the opportunity to complete a global experiential immersion project that stretches your judgement beyond familiar regulatory and cultural environments. You will conduct cultural, financial, political and economic research and lead daily research meetings with organizations within the region being studied. Upon return, you will complete a summary exercise. These experiences offer valuable exposure and insights into how organizations operate abroad, and how your skills can transfer.