Curriculum

The Weekend program of the W. P. Carey Professional MBA offers a rigorous, comprehensive business curriculum that uniquely combines classroom and online learning designed for your busy schedule. This accelerated Weekend program begins in January and lasts just 18 months.

Core classes are held on ASU’s Tempe campus every other weekend, Friday from 4:30 – 9:00pm and Saturday from 8:00am – 5:00pm. Each core course consists of 60% classroom and 40% online instruction. Online learning is customized for each course to best deliver core concepts of the same quality as our classroom instruction.

Proven Experience in Online Learning

Since launching our Online MBA in 2003, the W. P. Carey School has become a recognized and experienced leader in online instruction. W. P. Carey is proud to be one of only 14 schools named to the inaugural U.S. News & World Report Online MBA Honor Roll, acknowledging the school’s faculty credentials and training, student engagement and accreditation, student services and technology, and admissions selectivity.

Year One
Quarter 1 - Begins in August Weekend program begins in Quarter 3	Quarter 2 - Begins in October Weekend program begins in Quarter 3
Quarter 3 - Begins in January Statistics for Managers Organizational Behavior	Quarter 4 - Begins in March Financial Accounting Managerial Economics
Summer
Marketing Management Supply Chain Management
Year Two
Quarter 5 - Begins in August Managerial Finance Becoming Leaders Who Matter *Elective*	Quarter 6 - Begins in October Managerial Accounting *Elective*
Quarter 7 - Begins in January Global Business Environment *Elective*	Quarter 8 - Begins in March Ethical Issues for Managers Leadership Workshop *Elective*
May
Strategic Management

Notes regarding the Weekend program:

Electives for the Weekend track are offered 100% online
Exact course meeting dates are determined by the ASU academic calendar and become available online approximately four months before orientation
Sequencing of courses may vary from year to year