The two-year Full-Time MBA program spans four semesters and requires the completion of 59 credit hours. The curriculum is structured to include knowledge core courses, a data literacy course sequence, two intensive immersion courses, an impact capstone course, and elective courses.
The knowledge core courses, conducted over the first two semesters in six-week sessions, lay a foundational understanding of all functional business disciplines. This program provides a comprehensive understanding of the interrelationships between various business disciplines and their integration in managing successful organizations.
The data literacy course sequence enhances students’ ability to interpret and apply insights from big data, recognize data limitations, and gather small, targeted datasets to rapidly and precisely address critical questions using AI and data analytics tools. This sequence includes courses in statistics and analytics, an advanced data interpretation course, and three area-specific data core courses in finance, marketing, and strategy.
The intensive immersion courses, comprising a global immersion course and an experiential leadership course, occur just before the spring semester of the first year and at the beginning of the fall semester of the second year, respectively. During the impact capstone, a semester-long course in the fall of the second year, students work in teams to tackle real strategic business problems for corporate clients. This course leverages students' problem-solving skills across various business disciplines, allowing students to apply these skills to real-world business issues.
In their second year, students complete elective courses, through which they can earn concentrations in business analytics, finance, strategy and innovation, marketing, and/or energy & sustainability.
• Accounting and Taxation (ACCN, TAXN)
• Business and Law (LGST, MCOM)
• Energy (ENRG)
• Finance and Economics (FINE, ECON)
• Strategy and Innovation (MGMT)
• Management Science (MGSC)
• Marketing (MKTG)
Additionally, two required career development courses help students identify suitable career goals, conduct an effective job search, and enhance their careers after graduation. A grade of pass in both non-credit career development courses is a requirement for graduation.
Curriculum
An outline of the Freeman School's full-time MBA program, completed in two years over four semesters, follows:
The Freeman School offers a variety of concentrations for full-time MBA students. While no concentration is required, this option allows students to create a program of study that meets more specific academic and career goals. Students may declare up to two concentrations while earning their MBA.
Students must complete 9 credit hours to earn a concentration in a particular area. Please note that if a student chooses to pursue two concentrations, there must be no overlap between the courses required for each concentration.
