MBA Curriculum

A flexible curriculum

The Marquette MBA program is designed to develop ethical, global leaders with a broad business, economic, and social perspective that are capable of managing change in dynamic environments. Students develop a breadth of understanding through core course work in accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, operations and supply chain and management information systems. Students further explore issues in depth by completing elective core and elective courses in particular functional cross-disciplinary areas. While a specialization is not required, students have a number of areas of specialization that they can choose.

The MBA program at Marquette University is a part-time program designed to enable working professionals to earn an MBA from a nationally recognized university while still fulfilling the daily needs of the work place and your career.

We assess the experience and previous education that you possess and tailor the program to you. Students can waive or test out of foundation courses and possibly waive out of a core course or two. Flexibility is invaluable to working professionals so you can balance your course load in a way that best suits your life. You can enter the program in the Fall, Spring, or Summer. Most students complete the degree in 3-3 ½ years.

Faculty select instructional methods and materials best suited to each area of study, but teaching and learning are always compelling. You’ll spend valuable time in the classroom interacting with your fellow students as you explore business concepts, examine alternative points of view, and productively challenge other classmates’ assumptions and recommendations. We encourage our students’ ability to be persuasive advocates, but place greater value on incorporating the ideas of others. We encourage the kind of innovative thinking and collaborative problem solving that yield creative solutions and breakthrough results and mirror the business world. Students will often work in teams and on team-based experiences that teach them to identify and draw on one another’s strengths, to achieve more as a group than would be possible through individual effort. We want our students to be leaders that value and understand the complexities of diverse ideas.