The MBA with Advanced Studies in Management is a 16-month (4 terms, full time) degree that enables students to supplement the core MBA content with specialized courses in a range of areas.
The two versions of the program help students to develop a comprehensive and integrated knowledge of business and management functions and a deeper understanding of the business environment. Students develop analytical, decision-making, and communication skills and enhance their abilities to examine ethical considerations in business. This program achieves these goals through intensive and stimulating lectures, energetic class discussions, contemporary and relevant case studies, and experiential learning projects.
MBA Program Objectives
Students who successfully complete the MBA program will have:
Goal 1. Our graduates should have a comprehensive and integrated knowledge of management functions.
Objectives
Our graduates will understand technical business skills and apply them in new and unfamiliar circumstances.
Our graduates will integrate all the management function areas into a coherent strategic whole.
Goal 2. Our graduates should be analytical decisions-makers
Objectives
Our graduates will think analytically to identify a problem and apply appropriate quantitative and qualitative analysis to develop workable solutions.
Goal 3. Our graduates should be effective communicators.
Objectives
Our graduates will deliver clear and persuasive oral presentations to business audiences.
Our graduates will prepare clear and persuasive written reports to business audiences.
Goal 4. Our graduates should demonstrate the techniques to become effective business leaders.
Objectives
Our graduates will apply ethical resolution techniques to ethical dilemmas to provide recommended course of action.
Our graduates will work well in teams.
Our graduates will understand leadership theories.
Our graduates will understand how globalization and the global environment impact individuals, businesses, and the economy.
NOTE: Full-time students in this program are expected to complete all requirements within three terms (1 year) of continuous registration.