Curriculum

The Executive MBA program is built on the strength of the cohort concept—a group of professionals moving through the program together, learning from and supporting one another, all the while building a network of friends and peers they can call on throughout their professional careers.

However, within that framework, we’ve designed a curriculum that allows students to specialize in their second year and take specific electives that are of more interest or relevance to their careers. Students can choose to electives in Leadership, Operations, Healthcare or Business Analytics and AI.  

• Leadership

  Includes courses in:

  BUSI 7970—Global Financial Markets (3) 
  Provides an overview of the structure and function of financial markets in countries throughout the world.  Increases awareness of issues affecting globalization and provides the ability to respond to financial issues regarding international activities.

  ACCT 6700—Advanced Business Law (3)
  Learn legal aspects of engaging in business and business transactions, including contract law, business organizations, debt/equity financial, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property protection, and corporate governance and fiduciary duty.

  BUSI 7970—Strategic Leadership (3)
  Strategic Leadership is about seeing the organization through the eyes of the CEO. Students will learn to develop an organization's vision and monitor progress to ensure it is progressing toward those ends.

• Operations

  Includes courses in:

  SCMN 7770—Supply Chain Management (3)
  Problems and analysis in the design and management of the retail, industrial and service supply chain.

  ISMN 6370—Project Management (3)
  In-depth study of the planning, scheduling and control processes in projects. Students completing this course will have met the classroom requirement for Project Management Professional Certification through the Project Management Institute.

  SCMN 6720—Quality and Process Improvement (3)
  Concepts and methods of quality assurance, quality control techniques for quality control and improvement; control charts in statistical process control; quality management systems. This course awards a Green Belt in Quality.

• Healthcare

  Includes courses in:

  FINC 7630—Healthcare Finance (3)
  (3) Techniques and analysis of financial management in a healthcare setting.  Emphasis on financial planning and forecasting, budgeting, capital investment analysis in the regulated healthcare marketplace.

  ACCT 6700—Advanced Business Healthcare Law (3)
  The core purpose of the course is to prepare the student to engage in and understand business transactions, with particular emphasis on how state and federal statutes and regulations are applied to business transactions in the healthcare industry. 

  BUSI 7970—Healthcare Policy (3)
  This course provides students with the opportunity to gain a general understanding of the U.S. federal policy and legislative rulemaking process as it relates to health care, and in-depth knowledge of selected policy issues that are currently affecting the funding, provision, and delivery of healthcare in the United States. Central to the educational experience of this course is a residency in Washington D.C. 

  These courses are taken with students in the Physicians Executive MBA program. Students must have healthcare experience to register for any of these electives.  

• Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  This concentration focuses on business analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). Students take courses in:

  BUAL 7000 - Introduction to AI (3)
  This course covers AI fundamentals as well as topics related to generative and agentic AI. Machine learning and large language models are covered, setting the stage for discussion of industry AI use cases. AI strategy as well as AI risk management for organizations are covered, so students will be equipped to lead on this topic in their organizations. 

  BUAL 6800 - Data Visualization (3)
  This course covers a wide range of data visualization concepts. Also covered in this course are how AI tools can be used to create data visualizations. As we believe in the practical value of experiential learning, this is a hands-on course that allows students to create and actualize visualization models. Multiple industry cases will be used to illustrate visualization concepts, leading to discussions of effective visualization tools used in the students' organizations. 

  BUAL 6610 - Predictive Modeling (3)
  This course provides a comprehensive exploration of predictive modeling techniques used in business settings. Students learn how to build, evaluate, and interpret predictive models to support data-driven decision-making. The course covers statistical and machine learning approaches, emphasizing practical applications for these tools in finance, marketing, operations, supply chain, and other business domains. 

EMBA Curriculum (for students starting in Fall 2025)
(Degree Total: 39 hours)