One-Year M.B.A.

One-Year Master of Business Administration (One-Year M.B.A.)

The One-Year M.B.A. is a 39-credit program delivered in an accelerated, 12-month program with daytime classes focusing on strategic sustainability issues facing business and society. The One-Year M.B.A. is aligned with the six United Nations' Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) to advance sustainable social, environmental and economic value.

The One-Year M.B.A. incorporates problem-solving consulting projects, cross-functional case studies, professional skill coaching, and an international study trip (subject to cancellation). The focus is on gaining tangible experience and competence for managing financial, social, environmental and informational resources, the top priorities for sustaining modern organizations in a dynamic global marketplace.

The One-Year M.B.A. program launches in early June, and students earn an M.B.A. the following May. Graduates are prepared for management roles in consulting, supply chain, policy planning, marketing, finance, human resources, information technology, new product development, and general management.

Program Learning Competencies and Objectives

At the completion of the MBA, students will demonstrate proficiency in the following key areas:

Ethical Competency

Learners will be able to recognize ethical dilemmas in an organizational context and apply ethical decision-making frameworks to business decisions.

• Learners are able to identify an ethical dilemma.
• Learners are able to apply ethical decision-making frameworks to create an ethically defensible solution for business problems.

Sustainability Perspective

Learners will recognize and apply sustainability principles to strategic decisions as a means for competitive advantage.

• Learners are able to recognize and consider the social, environmental, and economic impact of strategic decisions on an organization and society.
• Learners can apply sustainability principles to business decisions resulting in greater efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage.

Problem Solving

Learners will demonstrate an ability to analyze complex situations, analyze information, and evaluate alternatives from different perspectives to develop solutions for business problems and to seize innovative opportunities.

• Learners are able to identify and frame business problems and opportunities.
• Learners are able to synthesize quantitative and qualitative data to support decisions.
• Learners can strategically evaluate complex situations to set goals and design functionally integrative plans to move an organization forward. 

Management and Leadership Skills

Learners will gain innovative managerial and leadership skills to motivate, lead and inspire employees and teams to create positive organizational changes in a global business environment.

• Learners demonstrate managerial skills to motivate people to achieve goals and embrace new opportunities.
• Learners can work effectively as a team.
• Learners can effectively communicate managerial recommendations through both written and verbal communications.

Cultural Intelligence

Learners will possess the skills to manage effectively in a global business environment.

• Learners can apply global business theories and related market-entry strategies to business decisions.
• Learners demonstrate cultural intelligence in order to bridge cross-national differences in business perspectives and practices.

Graduation Requirements for the One-Year MBA Program

Summer

Total credits 12.5

Fall

Total credits 15.5

Spring

Total credits 11

Total program credits 39