Executive Master of Business Administration Program
Beedie School of Business
間眅埶AV Calendar 2012 Spring
This program is for experienced, mid to upper level managers and professionals seeking to improve their capacity to lead, think strategically, and manage change. The program emphasizes global business leadership skills, strategic analysis, and change management.
The program utilizes a cohort model where students complete courses in the same sequence, and student interaction and co-operation are emphasized. Study groups and project teams are an important aspect of the learning experience.
Because executive master of business administration (MBA) students pursue full-time careers, classes typically meet on alternate weekends, all day Friday and Saturday, and are held at Segal Graduate School of Business.
Applicants should also refer to the program website located at .
間眅埶AV Requirements
Applicants will be considered for admission based on the following criteria.
- 間眅埶AV's online graduate studies application for admission
- executive MBA application essay
- minimum of ten years of business experience, with a minimum of four years of managerial responsibilities
- resume
- GMAT (graduate management admission test) results
- undergraduate degree (B average) or a professional designation (i.e. CA, CMA, CGA, PEng)*
- three confidential letters of referenc, preferably from supervisors, former professors or significant clients
- interview (shortlisted candidates only)
All students must demonstrate quantitative proficiency including tools such as Excel. A statistics workshop is offered in the summer prior to the term start.
*While priority will be given to those with a university degree or a professional designation, a limited number of applicants may be admitted who do not hold a formal degree but possess exceptional business management qualifications.
Program Requirements
To qualify for the Master of Business Administration degree, students must maintain a minimum average grade of B (3.0 GPA) and complete 13 courses from the following list.
- BUS 601-2 Data and Decision-Making
- BUS 602-4 International Management
- BUS 603-4 Structure and Change in Organizations
- BUS 604-4 Organizational Change and Development
- BUS 606-4 Finance
- BUS 607-4 Strategy
- BUS 610-2 Directed Studies in Business Administration
- BUS 611-4 Directed Studies in Business Administration
- BUS 612-4 Directed Studies in Business Administration
- BUS 615-4 Marketing Management
- BUS 621-4 Information Technology and Organizational Transformation
- BUS 632-2 Operations Management
- BUS 651-4 Managerial Economics
- BUS 652-3 Special Topics in Business Administration
- BUS 653-2 Special Topics in Business Administration
- BUS 654-2 Special Topics in Business Administration
- BUS 655-2 Special Topics in Business Administration
- BUS 660-4 Special Topics in Business Administration
- BUS 661-4 Special Topics in Business Administration
- BUS 662-3 Negotiations
- BUS 663-4 Special Topics in Business Administration
- BUS 670-4 Financial Accounting
- BUS 681-4 Leadership and Teamwork
- BUS 688-4 Industrial Relations
- BUS 689-3 Special Topics in Business Administration
- BUS 691-2 Business and Government
- BUS 696-6 Applied Project
- BUS 698-4 Directed Studies in Business Administration
Students may substitute, at the discretion of the academic chair, equivalent courses from another 間眅埶AV graduate program for the 600 division courses listed above.
Americas Executive MBA stream
Students have two optional paths for the final two terms of their program. They may choose the 間眅埶AV EMBA stream or opt to apply to be considered for one of the limited spaces in the Americas EMBA stream. In the second year of the program, classes in the EMBA stream are taught at 間眅埶AV in the same format as the first year.
Classes in the Americas EMBA stream are taught in four eight-and-a-half day intensive sessions in partnership with three other institutions at their campuses: Owen Graduate School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA; ITAM, Mexico City; and FIA, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Courses in the Americas EMBA stream are similar to those in the EMBA stream, but with a greater emphasis on international management.
Several additional courses on selected topics are also included as well as country/region specific sessions.
Further details on the EMBA and the Americas EMBA stream are provided on the program website:
Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations
All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the Graduate General Regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.