When designing the Executive MBA curriculum, the program faculty asked themselves a single question: Is this program a transformative experience that provides opportunities to learn what every senior executive needs to know? The answer is yes!

Extraordinary learning takes place during the four, two-week residence periods. Faculty members present concepts in all business disciplines, either in a traditional classroom setting, by conducting interactive simulations or through outdoor experiential activities. Each residence period culminates in a “synthesis project” that allows the students to work in teams and to apply the concepts they have learned in a highly challenging and competitive environment. Faculty observation is a hallmark of this event, and feedback is immediate and extensive to maximize the learning experience.

During residence periods, students have a wealth of opportunities to interact and network with classmates and faculty inside the executive classroom and out. One of the advantages of undertaking an executive MBA program is having access to successful business people from around the world. Students have the opportunity to learn much from the faculty, but always learn a great deal from each other as well. Discussions that take place during lunches and dinners and time spent just hanging out with classmates are just as much a part of the learning process as a 90 minute lecture on accounting or finance. It is the whole experience that counts.

Between residence periods, students complete assignments based on information and concepts that have been learned during residence periods or through distance learning classes. Assignments are directly applied to business practices within each student’s own company. Putting lessons to work, at work—that’s how learning is transformed into knowledge.

There are no electives or subject-specific courses in the program. The curriculum integrates all core business disciplines into one holistic set of learning experiences known as the Executive Core. All students begin and proceed through the one year lockstep program at the same time.

Assignments for the year are based on the following framework:

 

• Corporate Action Project (CAP)
• Comprehensive Strategic Assessment (CSA)
• Leadership Development Program (LDP)
• Global Business Seminar

The total Executive MBA Program consists of 45 semester hours, spread over three semesters. The curriculum is designed as an integrated whole, but for purposes of academic recordkeeping the year is divided into semesters ending in early May, the end of August, and in December. The three semesters are laid out as follows:

 

 Course Descriptions