Professional MBA—Transform Yourself…and the World.
We are proud to announce that an enhanced and redesigned 36-credit hour curriculum will launch in January 2017. The flexible curriculum, with evening classes held on campus and online, can be completed in just two years on a part-time basis.
Our changes reflect the global marketplace and interdisciplinary skills necessary to have a transformative impact in today’s business environment:
The new Professional MBA reflects the emerging skill-set necessary to be a successful business leader today and is designed to ensure that a Duquesne MBA remains a highly relevant and impactful credential. We’ve taken what we know works in graduate business education—an experientially-focused curriculum characterized by compelling real-world projects, leadership skill development activities and signature courses reflecting our learning themes—and built a program designed to move students to the next level both personally and professionally.
The experiential curriculum features new and diverse core courses designed to build a broad foundation of business and industry knowledge. Our intent is to provide students the ability to connect theory and practice to create effective change—this is the essence of outstanding executive leadership. One of the hallmarks of the new program is the Executive Insights course which brings seasoned business leaders into the classroom every week for discussion of how these individuals created plans that moved organizations forward. The program concludes with a hands-on capstone project allowing students to sharpen the strategic leadership skills they’ve learned throughout the program with a real-world client.
The redesigned Professional MBA integrates six differentiators intended to achieve curriculum goals:
For more information about the Professional MBA, including GMAT/GRE waivers for qualified candidates, please visit duq.edu/business/grad.
