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Executive MBA Program
Executive MBA BrochureA Highly Innovative Executive MBA Program
The Zicklin Executive MBA is designed for today's middle managers and career professionals. The curriculum, revised in 2000 is structured around six (6) thematic trimesters. Each trimester focuses on a different stage of development a business goes through and the major challenges it faces in its growth and development.
Learning is acquired in a manner immediately applicable to real-life working conditions. The objective is instant ROI - learn it on Saturday and apply it on Monday. The end result is an executive, who is a superior decision maker, and well prepared to move quickly into upper-level management.
Why an Executive MBA?
- There are major differences in age and prior work experience that have a significant impact on the way these students receive and absorb new learning;
- Learning needs of executive students are more context-oriented, i.e., students constantly evaluate their class experience in terms of how it would improve their decision-making skills given specific or unique situations in their work environment; and,
- Executive MBA classes are populated by students who are quite heterogeneous as a group in terms of diversity of educational backgrounds and professional work experience.
Structure of the Program and Learning Environment
The new approach creates a "strategic fit" between course content and students' learning needs. The Zicklin EMBA provides both specific information and analytical tools in the context of the unique types of management decisions confronted by the executive under varying market-competitive and industry conditions, and the adaptability of a firm's physical and human resources in competing in different markets.
Members of an entering class remain together in the same cohort through the 22-month program. Classes begin once a year in September, continue through the end of June, and resume the following September; no classes are held in July and August. The cohort concludes in late June of the second year.
Classes meet one day per week. A typical academic year will have 39-40 class days; 32 Saturdays and 8 Fridays. The class day starts at 8:30am and runs until 5:30pm. A class day is typically divided into three (3) classes. Download the Executive MBA Brochure
International Study Tour
As an integral and required part of the educational experience is learning how business operates in a global business environment, students participate in a required international study trip to major centers of financial and business activity. The trip, which is part of the curriculum and takes place in the second year of the program, provides an opportunity to experience first hand what has been studied. Students meet with senior executives from major corporations and visit corporate headquarters. They receive briefings and attend seminars with leading economists, government officials, corporate executives and prominent university academics to discuss global economic and financial issues.
The international study tour is an invaluable experience and has proven to be a highly enjoyable highlight of the program. Recent trips have been to Hong Kong, China, Ireland, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Argentina and Brazil. Destinations vary from year to year. The trip normally takes place between the second and third trimester and is generally eight to ten days long. Tour costs paid by the college include transportation, accommodations and most meals.
Program Tuition & Fees
Fees include all college tuition, program orientation, textbooks and all educational materials, class day meals, most of the cost of the international study tour, and special events. Financial aid in the form of student loans is available to eligible students. For more information on current program fees please contact our office at (646)312-3100.