For today’s complex business environment, companies and organizations actively seek individuals who possess both highly developed management skills and advanced training in a specific discipline. The Full-time M.B.A. Program at the Carroll School of Management offers students the chance to strengthen their foundation of essential skills in the core M.B.A. courses—the Management Practice modules—while furthering their understanding of strategy, the critical role of information systems, and the challenges of managing in a global economy. From their second semester of this two-year long program, full-time students also choose elective courses from among a broad range of offerings to pursue individual interests, add depth to an area of knowledge or expertise, or focus on a particular functional area or industry.
This intense focus on specialization early in the educational process better prepares students to secure career relevant internships and increase placement opportunities post-graduation.
Primary areas of Specializations include:
*A student also has the opportunity to work with faculty to develop a personalized specialty if their course of study is not represented.
Each full-time M.B.A. class is comprised of approximately 100 individuals and students are assigned to cohorts of 50 classmates, with whom they take the modules and courses in the required curriculum.
Experiential learning projects are required in both the first and second years.
The completion of a specialization is required of all full-time M.B.A. students. Specializations are designed to allow students to develop depth and expertise in a functional or interdisciplinary business area. Specializations require a minimum of 6 elective courses.
The Full-Time M.B.A. requires the completion of 56 credits.
The Carroll School is committed to instilling a strong sense of community service in its students. In an effort to align this commitment with the Program, all M.B.A. students must fulfill a requirement of 20 hours of service to others through meaningful work as volunteers.
Full-Time M.B.A. students should plan on academic sessions from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday during the first year of study. The First-Year, Full-Time M.B.A. schedule is not available until Orientation.
Second year elective courses are taught in the late afternoon and evening, and full-time students take their electives with Evening Program students whose participation adds a wider range of knowledge and experience to class discussions and projects. Most classes meet once a week from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. during the academic year, with a limited number meeting from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and a few on Saturdays.