Curriculum

Year at a Glance Breakdown

• Credits

  Thirty-nine (39) credits are required for graduation. 

• Hybrid Course Work

  Classes will be taught in a hybrid format. 

• Residency Weeks and Weekends

  Residency weeks will bookend the start and end of the eighteen-month program. The first residency week will include orientation and onboarding, professional and career development workshops, and academic coursework. 

  The final residency week is scheduled around the May commencement ceremony. This week consists of the final in a series of three Executive Communications courses, the Integrated Capstone class and Advanced Corporate Finance class.

  Monthly, on-campus sessions are held in the first four terms. Each in-person session is hosted on campus for Friday/Saturday classes. Other co-curricular opportunities may be hosted during this time too, including executive speaker lectures and networking events.

• Transfer Policy

  The Master of Business Administration program does not accept graduate transfer credit from other institutions. 

• Curriculum

  The Charleston EMBA covers a broad range of foundational business courses that also include leadership, strategic management, and executive communication and decision making. 

  • MBAD 500 Law of Corporate Governance
  • MBAD 502 Accounting Issues for the Business Manager
  • MBAD 503 Financial Management
  • MBAD 504 Managing and Leading in Organizations
  • MBAD 505 Creativity and Innovation
  • MBAD 506 Operations Management
  • MBAD 518 The Global Economy
  • MBAD 520 Global Enterprise
  • MBAD 525 Marketing Management
  • MBAD 526 Information Management for Competitive Advantage
  • MBAD 560 Stakeholder Capitalism
  • MBAD 570 Executive Communication 1
  • MBAD 571 Executive Communication 2
  • MBAD 572 Executive Communication 3
  • MBAD 590 Integrated Capstone
  • INFM 530 Business Analytics Fundamentals for Competitive Advantage

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