Curriculum

Year at a Glance

Your MBA experience extends beyond the classroom and begins before you arrive on campus through in-person and online academic preparation and career programming. We've designed the curriculum to develop your business knowledge and skills to improve your teamwork and peer leadership skills and provide you with specialized knowledge that aligns with your career goals.

Program Requirements

  • Thirty-nine (39) credit hours
  • Online proficiency courses
  • Residency Weeks and Weekends
  • Engagement with non-credit organized events

Year at a Glance Breakdown

Here's more information about the Charleston MBA curriculum.
  • Credits

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

  • Online Proficiency Courses

    Because our program attracts a wide array of students with diverse backgrounds, academic degrees, work experience and talent, it is important to establish a common thread of knowledge and vocabulary in fundamental areas before students begin classes. Accepted students complete online coursework to establish a baseline understanding of business principles before classes begin. This enables instructors to start classes at a competency level appropriate for an executive graduate program. 

  • 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 517 Advanced Corporate Finance
    • MBAD 518 The Global Economy
    • MBAD 520 Global Enterprise
    • MBAD 525 Marketing Management
    • MBAD 526 Information Management for Competitive Advantage
    • 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

     View the course descriptions.