Curriculum
Coursework that boosts your career. Customizable options that grow your expertise.
Build Skills to Advance. Gain Insights for a Lifetime of Leadership
Develop strategic skills and technical know-how to take on challenges at work today and in your next, high-level business role.
Learn tools in class, apply them at work the next day
Build a portfolio of abilities to make you eligible for more advanced positions
Take between two and five years to complete your MBA
Year 1: Core Cohort Experience
Be part of a curated team of individuals from diverse professional backgrounds. Learn and work together as you take foundational business and leadership courses.
Core subjects
Functional Core (8 credits)
Finance
Marketing
Operations
Financial Accounting
Leadership Core (12 credits)
Managerial Economics
Organizational Behavior
Negotiations
Data to Decisions
Project Management
Business Strategy
Class Schedule
Online classes meet Wednesday nights, 6:15–8:55 p.m. CT. They are delivered synchronously with live, interactive participation.
In-person classes meet one weekend per month, Saturday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and Sunday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. CT
The class schedule may change. See the Professional MBA Class Calendar for details:
Year 2 and Beyond: Customize Your MBA
Take between one and four additional years to complete your degree. Select three-month-long units of coursework and earn badges in business disciplines important to you and your career growth.
You must complete four badges, each consisting of three courses. Badges rotate quarterly, with two to three options offered each quarter. Depending on your badge choices and schedule, it may take up to five years to finish your degree.
Strategic Growth
Build skills for expanding your organization and overcoming business challenges. Coursework includes general growth strategy, as well as marketing and digital strategies.
Strategic Innovation
Develop your entrepreneurialism and creative thinking through coursework in management, product, and design innovation.
Real Estate
Gain real estate fundamentals with courses covering the development process, property analysis and commercial investment.
Consulting
Gain applied problem-solving skills to help your organization implement strategies and overcome challenges. Coursework focuses on internal consulting through experiential learning.
Business Analytics
Learn to make data-based decisions and bridge the gap between managers and data scientists. Coursework includes data visualization, machine learning, and databases.
Customer Insight
Enhance marketing and data analysis skills through courses in strategic pricing, consumer behavior, and digital marketing.
Financial Insight
Boost your financial savviness with courses in corporate financial theory, managerial accounting, and risk management.
Global Business
Dive into global issues and travel to businesses in another country during our Global Immersion Experience.
Watch the Intro to Global Business Badge video–link opens in a new tab
Business Sustainability
Learn about sustainability, responsibility, and ethics. Developing practices that impact diverse stakeholders.
Strategic Growth
Build skills for expanding your organization and overcoming business challenges. Coursework includes general growth strategy, as well as marketing and digital strategies.
Strategic Innovation
Develop your entrepreneurialism and creative thinking through coursework in management, product, and design innovation.
Real Estate
Gain real estate fundamentals with courses covering the development process, property analysis and commercial investment.
Consulting
Gain applied problem-solving skills to help your organization implement strategies and overcome challenges. Coursework focuses on internal consulting through experiential learning.
Business Analytics
Learn to make data-based decisions and bridge the gap between managers and data scientists. Coursework includes data visualization, machine learning, and databases.
Customer Insight
Enhance marketing and data analysis skills through courses in strategic pricing, consumer behavior, and digital marketing.
Financial Insight
Boost your financial savviness with courses in corporate financial theory, managerial accounting, and risk management.
Global Business
Dive into global issues and travel to businesses in another country during our Global Immersion Experience.
Watch the Intro to Global Business Badge video–link opens in a new tab
Sample MBA Lesson
Accelerated Options for Wisconsin School of Business Undergraduate Alumni
Qualifying undergraduate alumni who graduated in the last five years may be eligible to waive up to 14 credits of MBA curriculum requirements in the functional core and elective badges. This option may reduce the overall amount of time and money needed to complete the program.
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