Evening MBA academics
Strike a balance between work, school, and life by taking classes on your schedule, in the evenings and with the option of taking several courses online. Add focus to a core business curriculum with numerous electives to tailor your MBA to your specific career objectives.
Small class sizes and case-based, team-oriented projects allow you to collaborate and leverage the experience of peers with diverse backgrounds and aspirations. Write the next great chapter of your professional journey with personalized career coaching, curated resources, and a dynamic curriculum that connects you to what’s next. Our graduates apply what they learn to achieve a range of career goals, in existing firms and new ventures.
"I wanted to launch a business. I was an officer in the Air Force, so I did have some experience with leadership and management, but it's an entirely different school of thought leading airmen versus leading a team of peers on different functions of my business. I've always appreciated how W. P. Carey encourages its students to pursue entrepreneurship."
Brennan Lawson, Evening MBA graduate
Curriculum
Develop your leadership skills and gain new expertise. ASU’s flexible Evening MBA is a part-time program that will transform your knowledge, whether you want to advance in your current field or take your career in a bold new direction. You’ll be able to immediately apply what you learn on the job.
With the freedom to choose the classes and the timeline that fits your life and the flexibility of multiple course formats, you can earn your degree on your timeline. Choose a fully face-to-face option on ASU’s Tempe campus and you can complete your degree in 21 months. Or, if it fits your schedule and goals better, choose from on-campus and several courses offered 100% online — subject to availability — and spread your degree over a longer period. You'll learn the same material from the same faculty in an industry-leading online environment.
Evening 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 an 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
Through optional concentrations, electives, and applied learning experiences in a variety of exciting areas, you can add depth in a specific discipline to your Evening MBA — matching your degree with your strengths and career aspirations. Enrollment in electives is dependent on course scheduling and availability.
Evening 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.
International electives
Explore the global intersections of business, culture and politics and broaden your exposure to business concepts in locations around the world. Destinations vary each year; recent international electives have included:
- Chile
- Cuba
- Ireland
- Peru
Business and public policy
Discover how federal policy is developed and gain access to key players within the public policy process. Develop a comprehensive understanding of regulatory, economic, tax and trade policies during on-campus classes and meet with legislators, lobbyists and corporate officials during a high-touch one-week session in Washington, D.C.
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.
View our directory to learn more about esteemed faculty members of the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.