The MBA program is designed for individuals who wish to advance their careers or for those students who want to begin a career in business. The program employs a collaborative, applied concepts approach to learning regardless of the program delivery. Each course has a strong ethics component, real-time skills, and projects relevant to students’ professions.
Faculty who have extensive experience in business and management infuse the classroom with a dynamic, hands-on approach to real-world problem solving. The global environment, the technological environment, and the ethical dimensions of managerial decisions pervade the MBA program.
Program Goals
The MBA program seeks to:
• Provide knowledge for managing effectively in a dynamic, global environment;
• Develop problem-solving and communication skills;
• Enhance leadership skills and inspire commitment to ethically sound business practices; and
• Foster cross-cultural understanding and demonstrate its relevance in today’s business environment.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the program students will:
• Demonstrate the analytical and problem solving skills needed to solve complex challenges in business.
• Understand and be able to use team building, collaborative behaviors and project management in the accomplishment of group tasks.
• Effectively communicate in writing and through oral communication within the conventions of business.
• Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within business.
• Design, execute, and present a personal project, which synthesizes and applies selected knowledge, skills and experiences appropriate to the students’ personal and professional goals and/or their chosen area of specialization.
Program Options
The Van Loan School of Graduate and Professional Studies offers the MBA degree in three different options:
• The MBA for the Experienced Professional
This option is a part-time program for working professionals. The program is comprised of 42 credits, with the option of classroom, online, or a combination of both. Classroom courses usually meet in the evening, 6:00 – 10:00 pm, one night a week. Online courses are delivered in an asynchronous format.
• The MBA for the Early Career Professional
This option is a part-time program for those who have recently entered the work force. It consists of 45 credits.
• The Full Time MBA
This option is an eight-month, daytime, full-time course of study designed for those who have just completed a Bachelor degree. This is a 36-credit program that may have certain prerequisites for some students. Only the Full-Time MBA track utilizes the cohort learning model where a group of students enter the program together, progress through as a cohesive group, and complete the program at the same time. Peer exchange and practical application are central themes of this model. Faculty who have extensive experience in business and management infuse the classroom with a dynamic, hands-on approach to real world problem solving. The global environment, the technological environment, and the ethical dimensions of managerial decisions pervade the MBA program.
Program Delivery
Program requirements for the MBA may be completed using various options:
• Full-Time, Intensive MBA program:
Meets in the classroom Monday–Friday mornings, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. from September to May.
• Part-Time, Experienced Professional program:
Students have a choice how they want to pursue their degree:
• Part-time, evening courses are offered in the classroom once a week, 6–10 p.m., on a six-week rotating schedule.
• Part-time, online courses are offered in an asynchronous format, with weeks beginning Wednesdays and ending
Tuesday on a six-week rotating schedule.
• Students are offered in addition the flexibility of selecting online, in the classroom, or a combination of both delivery formats to complete their degree.
• The program can be completed in a little over 18 months, taking one course every six weeks.
MBA Specializations
Students in Endicott’s part-time MBA programs may choose to specialize in certain areas of business administration. These specializations include:
• General Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Human Resources
• Marketing
• Project Management
More specializations will be available in Spring 2012.
Evaluation
All of the courses in the curriculum employ some combination of the following assignments:
• Individual oral presentation;
• Group oral presentation;
• Individual written project; and/or
• Group written projects.
The philosophy of the program is that traditional “tests” are less relevant to MBA study. To foster deeper management and business understanding, projects, cases, examples, and illustrations are used as a way to examine and learn. There are no multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank type of examinations.
Distinguished Leaders Symposium
The Distinguished Leaders Symposium is an integrative activity in the curriculum. MBA students and faculty convene in a community event to listen to and interact with a leading local business person who addresses the group. The Distinguished Leaders Symposium links theory and practice, informed and framed by an outside business leader. The Symposium is designed to expose students to a variety of perspectives as well as to stimulate application of the MBA curriculum. It is also a rich networking opportunity.
Corporate Advisory Panel
The Corporate Advisory Panel is a core group of business leaders who convene on campus quarterly in an effort to enhance the programs’ links to the business community, and vice versa. The Panel is a forum for the business leaders’ input on the issues, challenges, and trends managers are experiencing in the business community. This partnership between the private sector busi- ness community and advanced management education is a critical underlying philosophy of the Endicott MBA program.
Transfer Credits for MBA Programs
A maximum of six (6) credits may be transferred into a student’s MBA course of study if the student has successfully completed applicable graduate coursework within the last five (5) years from an accredited institution. An official transcript and course descriptions must be furnished.
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