Weekend MBA

Are you ready to take your career to the next level with an executive-style MBA program that fits your weekend? Look no further than the Broad College Weekend MBA program at Michigan State University.

MSU leads the way with executive-style MBA education. Since 1964, the MBA program has helped professionals sharpen their business skills and advance their careers without giving up their day job. Whether you’re a current exec or an aspiring leader seeking a competitive edge, the Broad College of Business Weekend MBA is the answer.

Challenge yourself

The Weekend MBA’s rigorous curriculum is designed to sharpen your business expertise and give you a competitive edge in your career. Throughout these dynamic part-time MBA courses, you’ll obtain the essential business knowledge, real-world skills and insights you need to excel in the workplace and contribute to your company’s bottom line.

Our diverse curriculum focuses on the following core competencies:

• Strategy

• Management

• Marketing

• Finance

• Supply Chain Management

• Accounting

• Information Systems

• Business Law

• Global Initiatives

Curriculum details

The 45-credit-hour Master of Business Administration (MBA) includes nearly 30 courses. Most Weekend MBA courses are 1.5 credit hours and consist of four compressed four-hour sessions that leverage technology to get the most out of in-class time.

Key content areas include:

Enhancing managerial skills

These Weekend MBA courses build a solid foundation in managerial skills, financial accounting and data analysis, as well as provide insight into personal leadership and communication styles that help you improve performance.

Analyzing the organization

These executive MBA courses examine the fabric of an organization, including:

• How it is organized and managed

• How it uses accounting data

• How it processes information

• How it markets products or services

• How its operating processes work

Students then apply this knowledge to their real-world organizations by preparing an integrated paper that connects theory and practice.

Analyzing the organization’s environment

These Weekend MBA courses link the organization to its external environment, examining influences including customers, competitors, financial markets and legal issues.

Managing change and innovation

Today’s organizations face constant change and innovation. These Weekend MBA courses focus on how businesses manage re-engineering, entrepreneurship, downsizing, technological advances, short product life cycles and similar challenges. Students gain insight into making decisions with incomplete data and an uncertain future.

Developing strategy in a global environment

An increasing number of organizations are going global. These courses cover how a firm can build and execute a strategic plan in a global marketplace by using tools such as macroeconomics, international business, strategy, policy development and control processes.

Current issues in business

These Weekend MBA courses delve into modern-day management issues, providing program flexibility to focus on those course topics that are most critical to success.

Are you Weekend MBA material?

There are many part-time MBA programs out there-but it’s important to choose the one that best fits your life, your goals and your future.

The ideal Weekend MBA candidate is a highly-motivated, hard-working professional seeking an intense program that will propel them forward in their career, while keeping the balance between existing work and family commitments. Weekend MBA students demand a rigorous and challenging program where they’ll gain knowledge and experience along with the nationally-recognized degree.   

Here are a few other signs that you may fit the bill:

• You are a high performer in your organization with a proven track record of success.

• You have a strong desire to improve your business knowledge and skills.

• You value a collaborative “real-world” approach to learning.

• You want to build a powerful network of high-caliber professionals.

• You enjoy learning from the experiences and perspectives of others.

• You’re looking for a convenient “no surprises” program that fits your busy life.

• You are ready to advance your career and transform your life.

Sound like you? Then you sound like an excellent candidate for the executive-style Weekend MBA at Michigan State University’s Broad College.

Admission criteria

• Full-time employment with demonstrated potential for career advancement and leadership.

• Significant work experience (minimum of four years) that will enhance contributions to the team and the program.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (The reputational rigor of the institution and academic program, as well as your GPA, are considered).

• Completion of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) with a strong score. (Other indicators of academic success may be considered, including attainment of an earned doctoral or masters degree and strong breadth/depth of managerially progressive career experience).

• Two significant, work-related recommendations from professional colleagues or managers.

• Personal Interview

• Desirable personal attributes, such as demonstrated management potential, leadership qualities, intellectual curiosity and perseverance.

• Contribution to the breadth, scope and diversity of the incoming class.

• Successful completion of two essays that demonstrate your ability to articulate key concepts and ideas in a clear and compelling way.