Curriculum
Program Requirements
The Whitman full-time MBA program is a 54 credit hour program with 21 core course over the span of the two years, in addition to 18 credits of electives.
Total Credits Required: 54
1st Year – Fall Semester
- MBC 600 Managerial Skills(1.5)
- MBC 601 Economic Foundation of Business(1.5)
- MBC 602 Economics of International Business(1.5)
- MBC 607 Understanding Financial Statements(1.5)
- MBC 603 Creating Customer Value(1.5)
- MBC 608 Creating Financial Statements(1.5)
- MBC 604 Managing the Marketing Mix(1.5)
- MBC 638 Data Analysis & Decision Making(3)
- MBC 606 IT for Decision Support(1.5)
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1st Year – Spring Semester
- MBC 627 Financial Markets & Institutions(1.5)
- MBC 628 Fundamentals of Financial Management(1.5)
- MBC 616 Operations Management(1.5)
- MBC 617 Supply Chain Management(1.5)
- MBC 618 Competitive Strategy(1.5)
- MBC 619 Corporate Strategy(1.5)
- SCM 656 or MIS655 or BUA650 Project Management or CRM with SAP (3) or Business and Sustainability
- 3 credits of electives
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2nd Year - Fall Semester
- MBC 609 Accounting for Managerial Decisions(1.5)
- MBC 610 Opportunity Recognition and Ideation (1.5)
- MBC 629 Legal & Ethical Aspects of Management (1.5)
- MBC 630 Behavior in Organizations (1.5)
- 6 credits of electives
6 credits of electives must fulfill the experiential learning requirement
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2nd Year – Spring Semester
- MBC 647 Global Entrepreneurial Management(3)
- 9 credits of electives
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Sample Curriculum
YEAR 1
FALL |
WEEKS
1-8 |
IT for Descision
Support |
Understanding
Financial Statements |
Economic Foundations
of Business |
Creating
Customer Value |
Data Analysis |
WEEKS
9-16 |
Managerial Skills |
Creating Financial
Statements |
Economics of
International Business |
Managing the
Marketing Mix |
YEAR 1
SPRING |
WEEKS
1-8 |
Competitive Strategy |
Operations
Management |
Financial Markets
& Institutions |
Elective |
Customer Relationship Management (with SAP)
-or-
Project Management
-or-
Introduction to
Sustainability |
WEEKS
9-16 |
Corporate Strategy |
Supply Chain
Management |
Fundamentals of
Financial Managment |
Elective |
YEAR 2
FALL |
WEEKS
1-8 |
Legal & Ethical Aspects of Business |
Behavior in Organizations |
Elective |
Elective |
WEEKS
9-16 |
Opportunity Recognition
& Ideation |
Accounting for
Managerial Decisions |
Elective |
Elective |
YEAR 2
SPRING |
WEEKS
1-8 |
Global Entrepreneurial Management |
Elective |
Elective |
Elective |
WEEKS
9-16 |
Elective |
Elective |
Elective |
Concentrations
- Accounting
The accounting concentration prepares students for professional roles in financial or managerial accounting. Beyond the accounting requirements, students may take elective courses in any area of management, but courses in management information systems and financial management are particularly appropriate for those interested in careers in corporate accounting.
- Entrepreneurship
The concentration in entrepreneurship will cover areas including startups, joint ventures, venture capital, and creating and disseminating innovative products and services. The program has three key components: the core required course, two electives, and the global entrepreneurship capstone experience required of all MBA students. Multiple opportunities are available for experiential learning.
- Finance
The finance concentration in the MBA program covers four finance areas: investments, corporate finance, international finance, and financial institutions and markets. The concentration focuses on finance theories and applications to deal with financial decision making in a firm.
- Marketing Management
The marketing concentration curriculum prepares students for a variety of marketing management positions in organizations which emphasize careers in new product and brand management, entrepreneurial ventures, technology management, supply chain management, account management in advertising, market research, consulting or logistics and transportation management. Non-marketing majors have found that marketing courses are valuable supplements to other concentrations.
- Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management courses are drawn from a number of existing, strong programs (most notably Transportation and Distribution Management, Operations Management, and others). Supply Chain (sometimes called demand chain or value chain management) prepares you for management positions in third party logistics organizations as well as consumer and business to business manufacturers and consulting.
Dual Degrees
There are limitless possibilities to combine the full-Time MBA with a graduate degree in another Syracuse University school or college. The following combinations have been most popular in recent years: MBA/MS, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; MBA/MPA, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs; MBA/MS, L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science; MBA/JD, College of Law; and MBA/MS, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
 Certificate Programs
Whitman is home to the new Certificate of Advanced Study in Sustainable Enterprise (CASSE), open to students from a range of disciplines. The certificate is an outcome of unique collaboration to provide curricula, outreach, and research on sustainable enterprise with the Whitman School, SUNY-ESF, SU's L.C. Smith College of Engineering, and the Syracuse Center of Excellence.
Accelerated Program
Students with four or more years of full-time work experience and an undergraduate degree in business from an AACSB International-accredited institution are eligible for Whitman’s one-year accelerated MBA program. This 36-credit program is available only on a full-time basis with 15 credits taken both in the fall and spring semesters and the final six credits taken during the summer semester.
Students usually conduct a full-time job search as soon as they begin the program to facilitate starting a new position upon graduation. An internship may also be worked into the accelerated MBA program but will vary the length of the program.
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