Program Design

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A Rigorous, Relevant Curriculum

Enabling business professionals to adapt to the evolving realities of the global marketplace, the Milgard School’s MBA curriculum provides a solid foundation, rooted in business fundamentals identified by regional business leaders.

The curriculum develops graduates who can:

  • Develop and articulate the organization's strategic direction
  • Manage people, information, and processes to accomplish organizational goals and objectives
  • Understand organizations as complex, interdependent systems operating in an ever-changing and uncertain environment
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the social, political, economic, ethical, and environmental context of the organization
  • Analyze and diagnose complex organizational problems, design effective solutions, and implement change
Year One

SEPTEMBER

AUTUMN QUARTER

WINTER QUARTER

SPRING QUARTER

SUMMER QUARTER

Business Communication
T MGMT 516 (4 credits)

Quantitative Methods in Business
T BUS 500 (4 credits)

Microeconomics for Managers
T BUS 520 (4 credits)

 

Financial Reporting and Analysis
T BUS 503 (4 credits)

Marketing Management
T BUS 504 (4 credits)
 

Financial Theory
T BUS 501 (4 credits)

Individual and Team Dynamics
T BUS 507 (4 credits)
 

Electives
(take 8 credits)

Each summer we will offer at least 8 credits of elective choices in both Term A and Term B.**

**Students may take up to 8 credits of electives outside the Milgard MBA program.  This includes MBA courses as Global Study Tours through the Foster School of Business at UW Seattle; MBA courses from UW Bothell; courses from other graduate programs at UWT; or other graduate level courses in a student’s field of interest with MBA program approval.

Year Two

SEPTEMBER

AUTUMN QUARTER

WINTER QUARTER

SPRING QUARTER

SUMMER QUARTER

Negotiations
T MGMT 557 (4 credits)

Managerial Accounting for Decision Making and Control
T ACCT 513 (4 credits)

Organization Change
T BUS 570 (4 credits)

Operations Management in Action
T BUS 530 (4 credits)

Strategic Management
T BUS 506 (4 credits)
 

Integrated Systems
T BUS 508 (4 credits)

Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
T MGMT 512 (4 credits)
 

Electives
(take 8 credits)

Each summer we will offer at least 8 credits of elective choices in both Term A and Term B.

 

Watch this short video to learn about the classroom culture in the Milgard MBA.

Classes meet primarily on weekday evenings, Monday through Thursday. September classes, meeting in a compressed format before Autumn quarter begins, require 2-3 full weekdays and Saturdays. Summer classes meet weekday evenings and Saturdays. You may download the 2011-2012 Class Schedule here.