Online MBA academics
With 100% online coursework and a curriculum designed for where the world is headed, the W. P. Carey Online MBA offers unmatched flexibility and support to propel your future. You’ll become a transformative leader and emerge with new tools to steer organizations through ambiguity. Add focus and personalization to your program with concentrations and electives.
"Courses encouraged us to explore generative AI tools like ChatGPT for market research, strategy design, and workflow optimization. It taught me how to lead with innovation while managing risk."
Ozzy Ledezma, Online MBA graduate
Curriculum
Whether you travel for work or simply prefer learning whenever and wherever it’s convenient for you, the W. P. Carey Online MBA offers the flexibility you want and the quality you need. Over the course of the program, you’ll gain knowledge essential for effective management that is immediately applicable to your job. You’ll also develop your strategic thinking, ability to lead cross-functional projects, and analytical skills.
- Start in August, September, January, February, or May
- Interact with teammates on case-based projects
- Inclusive online environment and customized learning modules
- Concentrations, electives, and concurrent degrees to enhance your focus
Online MBA courses
Presents frameworks and approaches to equip students to recognize patterns in data and models, recommend actions and implement organizational changes. Students learn multiple concepts to improve decision making in organizations including the curation of data repositories for cross-functional analytics, recognition of decision biases, recommendation and communication of business process changes, and the establishment of iterative processes for decision analytics. Readings address decision-making dilemmas and challenges facing managers in analytics-rich business environments. Students get an immersive experience in analyzing the individual biases inherent in decision making, the informational requirements and the data analytics governance requirements to ensure effective deployment and continuous renewal of analytics culture at the enterprise level.
Studies ethical decisions; the role of business in society.
Contemporary financial accounting and reporting systems; emphasizes the interpretation and evaluation of a company's external financial reports.
Managerial accounting concepts and procedures for internal reporting applied to the decision making activities of the professional managers.
Applies microeconomic analysis to managerial decision making in areas of demand, production, cost, and pricing. Evaluates competitive strategies.
Theories and techniques used for business decisions in working capital management, capital budgeting, financial control and long-term financing.
Managing the marketing function; market and environmental analysis; marketing planning, strategy, and control concepts. Development and management of marketing programs.
Understand the human side of organizations through management theories and applications. Develops knowledge and skills for successful management of self and others.
Explores supply chain management topics including environmental, project and supply chain processes. Additionally, covers processes in the areas of new product introduction development; quality control; TQM (Total Quality Mgt).
Explores the general manager as organizational leader. Focuses on competitive advantage and how each functional area contributes to it.
Fundamentals of statistical analysis to aid management decision making.
Formulation of strategy and policy in the organization, emphasizing the integration of decisions in the functional areas.
Customize your MBA
Optional concentrations, concurrent degrees, and electives provide a range of ways to customize your Online MBA education and experience at W. P. Carey. Enrollment in electives is dependent on course scheduling and availability.
Online MBA concentrations
Unlock unprecedented opportunities in today's data-driven business world by specializing in artificial intelligence (AI). Position yourself at the forefront of a rapidly evolving business landscape. With a concentration in AI, you'll harness data-driven insights, optimize decision-making processes, and innovate business models. In addition to integrating AI into business strategies, managing AI-related infrastructure, and understanding the ethical and societal implications of AI adoption. The curriculum provides a holistic approach to leveraging technology for competitive advantage and business transformation.
Courses in business analytics will build on your quantitative and analytical skills, helping you learn to derive value from data to create a competitive business advantage. This concentration will enhance your knowledge in applied analytics, regression modeling, analytical decision modeling, data mining, and marketing analytics.
A concentration in entrepreneurship will provide students with a framework and a skill set for evaluating and developing entrepreneurial opportunities. Students will be challenged to develop and refine individual entrepreneurial perspective. Coursework for this concentration is designed to help build a comfort level with understanding and solving problems faced every day, in real life, by a broad spectrum of entrepreneurs at various phases of their ventures.
Whether you are considering going out on your own, joining someone else’s startup, or becoming more entrepreneurial in your current role (intrapreneurship), this concentration in entrepreneurship is structured to equip you with the fundamentals of entrepreneurship to take you in the direction that suits you best.
Further your current career path in the financial services industry or corporate finance. Electives within this concentration highlight mergers and acquisitions, international finance or investment fundamentals, giving you working knowledge of the leading-edge financial theories and the concepts and analytical techniques necessary for managing business strategically.
To complete an international business concentration, you may choose from off-site international travel locations or 100% online courses. Off-site electives are offered in conjunction with international partner universities, allowing you to enhance your understanding of international business practices and immerse yourself in a new culture. Additional program fees and travel costs are required for off-site electives.
Possessing leadership qualities and displaying leadership behavior are key requirements for anyone who wants to progress in their careers. It is essential for aspiring managers to learn about the nature of effective leadership and to develop leadership competencies. The courses required to complete the leadership concentration will assist students in gaining deeper insights into the principles of leadership through enhanced self-awareness and critical thinking skills. Students will discover new and exciting insights into their own abilities on their path to becoming impactful leaders.
Blending marketing strategy with services marketing and management, the concentration in marketing delivers distinctive knowledge and skills sought by firms across industries that use service for a competitive advantage.
The supply chain management concentration incorporates core business knowledge with the broad expertise of one of the top-ranked supply chain programs in the United States. Integrating all aspects of products and their service life cycles, from design to delivery to disposal, you’ll learn to be a strategic thinker, excellent analyst, effective communicator, and team leader focused on cost savings and increasing revenue.
Concurrent degrees
Set yourself apart by earning two degrees at once. No matter which option you choose, you'll maximize your time in graduate school and elevate the value of your top-ranked Online MBA.
Earn two degrees in less time. The Online MBA/Master of Legal Studies (MBA/MLS) concurrent degree is delivered by ASU’s W. P. Carey School of Business and the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, and prepares you for where business and law intersect.
Coursework
- A total of 63 hours are required for completion of the MBA/MLS concurrent degree
- Both degrees can be earned 100% online to fit within your schedule
- During the first three semesters, you take only business classes
- During the fourth semester, you will take business classes plus two law courses
- One law course is required in the first summer of the program
- During the final semester, you will take only law courses
Special Application and Program Notes
- You must complete application requirements for both programs. You should select the concurrent degree when applying.
- Although the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and the W. P. Carey School of Business will make independent admissions decisions, each application will invite you to indicate that you have applied, or have been admitted, to the other program.
- Master of Legal Studies applications do not require GMAT, LSAT, or GRE scores, but may require additional supplemental items.
- Official transcripts and letters of recommendation must be sent to ASU’s Office of Graduate Education. Each program may have different requirements regarding supplemental documents.
>> Each program maintains separate deadlines. You must be admitted to both programs and each school’s office of admissions will render independent decisions.
Combining advanced courses in electrical engineering with a rigorous management curriculum, the MBA/MSE concurrent degree is unique among online MBA programs. You emerge with two degrees from highly regarded schools in their respective fields: the W. P. Carey MBA and the Master of Science in engineering with a concentration in electrical engineering from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.
A concurrent degree can be earned in a shorter period of time and at a lower cost than if the two degrees were pursued separately. Offered online, the MBA/MS concurrent degree requires 57 credit hours of study including 11 courses from the MBA and 8 courses from the MSE program (note that some MSE courses are 4 credits, meaning that 57 credits is the minimum credit requirement).
>> Concurrent degrees are only available to students beginning the Online program in August.
Highlights
Designed for working professionals who have an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and at least one year of work experience. Choose from six focused electrical engineering tracks:
- Control Systems
- Electric power and energy systems
- Electronic and mixed-signal circuit design
- Electromagnetics, antennas, and microwave circuits
- Signal processing and communications
- Physical Electronics and Photonics
Special Admissions Information
Entrance to the program is contingent upon meeting all normal requirements of the Office of Graduate Education, as well as the competitive admissions requirements of the W. P. Carey MBA and the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering MSE in Electrical Engineering programs.
Only one application is necessary for both programs, and it must include answers to three essay questions and a current resume. In addition, two letters of reference and official transcripts should be submitted directly to the Office of Graduate Education. Contact an admissions representative for further details.
Admissions requirements include at least one year of professional work experience; two year preferred. Undergraduate degrees from ABET-accredited electrical engineering programs require a minimum 3.0 GPA for the last two years of study. Non-ABET electrical engineering degrees require a minimum GPA of 3.5 for the last two years of study or first class with distinction.
The MBA/MS in Industrial Engineering concurrent degree is designed for professionals beginning to take on management responsibilities and managers who need to develop enhanced business acumen. The concurrent degree requires 56 credit hours of study over three years, including eight courses from the MBA program and eight courses from the MS program.
A concurrent degree can be earned in a shorter period of time and at a lower cost than if the two degrees were pursued separately. Offered online, the MBA/MS concurrent degree requires 57 credit hours of study including 11 courses from the MBA and 8 courses from the MSE program (note that some MSE courses are 4 credits, meaning that 57 credits is the minimum credit requirement).
Highlights
Designed for working professionals who have an appropriate undergraduate degree and at least one year of work experience. Flexible choices of four focused industrial engineering areas:
- Information systems and management systems engineering
- Operations research and production systems
- Quality and reliability engineering
Special Admissions Information
Entrance to the MBA/MS Industrial Engineering program is contingent upon meeting all normal requirements of the ASU Graduate College, as well as the competitive admissions requirements of the W. P. Carey MBA and the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering MS in Industrial Engineering program.
Only one application is necessary for both programs, and it must include answers to three essay questions and a current resume. In addition, two letters of reference and official transcripts should be submitted directly to the ASU Graduate College. Contact an admissions representative for further details.
A bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, another engineering discipline, computer science, mathematics or science is generally required (bachelor’s degree in a business discipline to be considered on a case-by-case basis). A minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.2 is required.
Faculty
Learn from dedicated, passionate teachers, practitioners and thought leaders. As world-renowned researchers and experts who consult companies around the globe, W. P. Carey faculty bring learning to life. W. P. Carey faculty members regularly contribute to and edit prestigious academic journals, and their expertise is sought by such media outlets as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, USA Today, CNN, and NPR.
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