A Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is now available at Concordia University, St. Paul within the recently announced College of Business and Organizational Leadership (CBOL). The MBA program educates future leaders with a practical business approach that includes rigorous academics, real-life business projects, and entrepreneurial insight. These academics are delivered using Concordia's innovative cohort online class model. In addition to Concordia's CBOL being the second largest business college among private universities in Minnesota, the MBA program is fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission-North Central Association.
Concordia's innovative cohort structure has a 20-year track record of success that assembles student teams of up to 20 members who stay together for the duration of the 22-month degree program. Cohort learning is a highly effective educational process where students collaborate with a community of peers who learn and work together, mirroring business project teams.
"While there are many types of business degree programs in the area, we have designed this MBA for students with proven leadership skills," said Dr. Robert Holst, president of the university. "Education should build professional skills that are required in business today and in the future. Executives need a solid foundation of business theory as well as practical application."
Concordia's MBA program features an exclusive collegiate partnership with nationally known author and futurist Joel Barker and the Institute for Strategic Exploration. The partnership gives students access to cutting-edge strategic planning software developed by Barker, including the Institute's Strategy Matrix and Implications Wheel software. The Strategy Matrix and Implication Wheel, utilized for the duration of the degree program, gives students significant tools to explore business design strategies, examine long-term implications of strategies, and develop effective business models. This software is available in the education setting only to students in Concordia University's MBA program.
The Concordia MBA program was designed for learners with strong business and leadership experience who are on their way to becoming senior executives and business leaders. During the program, students will develop a unique Managerial Application Portfolio (MAP) which contains work plans, projects, research and other applications.
Student prerequisites include a bachelor's degree, GMAT test score, personal letters of recommendation, and a minimum of three years leadership experience. Courses in the MBA program include:
- Organizational Leadership and Development
- Global Economics
- Managerial Research Methods
- Applied Business Ethics
- Integrated Marketing Communication
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Managerial Finance and Accounting
- Legal Environment for Managers
- Operations and Technology Management
- Managerial Decision Analysis
- Topics in Organizational Management
- Strategic Leadership
- Manager Application Portfolio
The first class will be held November 16 with a three-day on-campus residency to begin the program. After the residency, all courses are delivered online. Class work consists of guided assignments, discussion boards facilitated by professors, realistic business projects, and weekly group chats conducted online using Concordia's WebCT system over the Internet.
About Concordia University-St. Paul
Concordia University, St. Paul is a comprehensive, private university of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and one of 10 schools that comprise the Concordia University System. Established in 1893, Concordia offers more than 40 liberal arts majors, including business administration, education, fine arts, the sciences and church professions. Concordia is a regional leader in accelerated, cohort-delivered, undergraduate degree-completion and master's degrees in business administration, organizational management, criminal justice and human services. Concordia is the only private university in Minnesota to offer NCAA Division II athletics for men and women. On the Net: www.csp.edu.
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