Full-Time MBA

The LSU Flores MBA Program’s curriculum follows the traditional four semester academic schedule, requiring 22 months to complete. Courses reflect the core business principles needed for success and allow you to specialize in a field of your choosing. Through the core 12-course curriculum and your specialization, you will learn to apply modern business management principles to a wide range of problem-solving and decision-making situations in complex, dynamic environments. Additionally, you will develop the capacity to balance quantitative and qualitative aspects in this process and become more knowledgeable about the legal and ethical issues that frequently confront business managers.

During the week prior to the start of your classes, you will participate in Launch. This weeklong orientation prepares you for the program with a series of professional development, academic, and social activities, and it serves as an important time for you to get to know your fellow classmates. You will be assigned to one of four cohorts, which will be selected in a manner that insures every cohort has a diverse set of individuals and perspectives. Each semester two cohorts are paired for the core classes. This insures that by the end of your first year you have shared classes with all of your colleagues.

For those interested, the LSU Flores MBA Program offers a dual degree program with the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center in which students can earn a JD/MBA in four years. If you are interested in pursuing this option, you will need to apply to both schools separately and adhere to the requirements for both programs.

LSU Flores MBA students typically pursue summer internships with U.S. companies, but a greater emphasis has recently been placed on international placement. Short-term, one- to two-week, international study trips to China and Brazil are already in place, and a new study trip to India is under development. Globalization is a strategic initiative for the E. J. Ourso College, and scholarships for these international study trips to BRIC countries are available. BRIC refers to four countries–Brazil, Russia, India, and China–that have been identified as the largest growth economies in the foreseeable future. Many of our current alumni work in, and lead, multinationals. We expect future graduates to find significant opportunities in the global economy, and preparing for this future is important. LSU Flores MBA alumni, recruiters, and the business community are passionately involved in fundraising for these international scholarships.​