Here is a breakout of your 20-month curriculum — punctuated by residential weeks and study tours that intensify the cross-cultural experience. By the time you complete all Executive MBA requirements, you will have earned 55 total credits — 37 in World Business, 12 in International Studies and, if required, 6 in Language Study.


Curriculum Outline

First Trimester - Fall 2012 (September - December)

Residential Courses:

  • Financial Accounting & Analysis, Part 1
  • Global Marketing Management, Part 1
  • Global Political Economy

Full Term Courses:

  • Cross Cultural Communications
  • Financial Accounting & Analysis, Part 2
  • Global Marketing Management, Part 2
  • Global Economics

Second Trimester - Spring 2013 (January - April)

Full Term Courses:

  • Competing Through People
  • Contemporary Business in Asia
  • Competitive Strategy
  • Financial Management
  • Personal Leadership Development

International Field Seminar Modules in China and Russia - choice of locations:

(Joint classes with European EMBA Program)

  • Field Seminar in China
  • Field Seminar in Russia

Third Trimester - Summer 2013 (May - August)

Full Term Courses:

  • Cross Cultural Negotiations
  • Contemporary Business in Latin America
  • Global Finance
  • Global Leadership
  • Managerial Decision Making 
  • Personal Leadership Development

Fourth Trimester - Fall 2013 (September - December)

Full Term Courses:

  • Contemporary Business in EMEA
  • Global Strategic Marketing
  • Operations Management
  • Project Management 

International Field Seminar Modules in Brazil and India- choice of locations:

(Joint classes with European EMBA Program)

  • Field Seminar in Brazil
  • Field Seminar in India

Fifth Trimester - Spring 2014 (January-April)

Full Term Courses:

  • Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship
  • Global Business Ethics
  • Global Strategy, Part 1
  • International Law

International Field Seminar in the Middle East:
(Joint classes with European EMBA Program)

  • Field Seminar in the Middle East

Graduation Module - May 2014

Module in Glendale, Arizona

(Joint classes with European EMBA Program)

  • Global Business Simulation
  • Global Strategy, Part 2
  • Leading and Managing Change
  • Personal Leadership Development

Graduation in Arizona May 16, 2014