Rise to the Challenge. Enjoy the Journey.
Business is messy. It's fast-paced, constantly changing, and full of impossible goals. Our curriculum prepares you to thrive in this dynamic environment. It's real, it's rigorous, and it gets you ready to rise to any challenge.
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REAL.START
Start innovative companies: Develop, launch, and scale your original new business idea.
REAL.ADVISE
Advise global organizations: Consult on a business problem for a real company during the last seven weeks of your first year.
REAL.INVEST
Invest real capital: Manage thousands of dollars via a student-run investment fund in our state-of-the-art Tozzi Electronic Business and Finance Center.
REAL.LEAD
Lead business forward: Learn to lead through challenging situations and navigate periods of rapid change in teams with your peers.
Develop a foundation of business fundamentals in core courses, build your expertise in electives, and see how well you really know the material by applying it to real business challenges. It's intense; faculty and peers will push you every step of the way.
Take up to 10 credits of your required 57 outside of Michigan Ross at another school within the University of Michigan.
| MBA 1 | ||||
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| AUGUST | FALL A | FALL B | WINTER A | WINTER B |
| Orientation | Financial Accounting ACC 502 | Marketing Management MKT 503 | Management Accounting ACC 552 | Multidisciplinary Action Projects (MAP) BA 553 |
| Architecting High-Impact Collaborations* MO 504 | Applied Microeconomics BE 502 | Financial Management** FIN 503 | Operations Management TO 552 | |
| Applied Business Statistics TO 502 | Navigating Organizations In the New World of Work MO 505 | Building High-Performance Teams MO 506 | ||
| Corporate Strategy STRATEGY 502 | ELECTIVE COURSE OR DEGREE REQUIREMENT | ELECTIVE COURSE OR DEGREE REQUIREMENT | ||
The Management Communication Competencies requirement may be satisfied by successfully completing the required summer assessment. If the assessment is not satisfactory, students may instead complete virtual modules during the first year or take an approved course before graduation.
*The pre-term MO course, Architecting High-Impact Collaborations (MO 504), will run concurrently with orientation.
**Financial Management (FIN 503) can be taken in Fall A instead of Fall B if students successfully waive a Fall A course.
| SUMMER |
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| Summer Business Experience |
| MBA 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FALL A | FALL B | WINTER A | WINTER B |
| ELECTIVE COURSE OR DEGREE REQUIREMENT | ELECTIVE COURSE OR DEGREE REQUIREMENT | ELECTIVE COURSE OR DEGREE REQUIREMENT | ELECTIVE COURSE OR DEGREE REQUIREMENT |
| ADDITIONAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS | |
|---|---|
Competing in the Global Business Environment Taken Anytime in Year 1 or Year 2 | Satisfy the Business Law competency requirement: Taken Anytime in Year 1 or Year 2 |
Choosing your own path at Ross starts with bidding on Multidisciplinary Action Projects (MAP) at the end of your first year. You build a schedule with the electives that interest you most.
Check out these featured electives:
Artificial Intelligence for Business (TO 633)
Energy Markets and Energy Politics (BE 527)
Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management (TO 560)
Health Care Markets and Public Policies (BE 608)
Customize Your MBA with a STEM Designation
Be ready to lead in any quantitative management and business analytics role with the Ross STEM-Designated Specialization in Management Science. This program gives you the ability to customize your study to your interests through a wide range of STEM-designated courses.
Specialization in Management Science
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Concentration
Take foundational courses that provide an essential understanding of AI concepts, terminology, and basic principles, with the option to explore AI across desired functions and industries. You’ll learn how to harness and scale AI-powered technologies to drive business results and gain in-demand skills to boost your career value.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Concentration
Modern businesses need leaders prepared to transform how enterprises engage with the natural environment and climate change, address the needs of a changing workforce, and provide increased accountability to investors and other stakeholders. The Full-Time MBA Concentration in ESG at the Ross School of Business prepares students to lead in each of the three pillars that support contemporary business and educates leaders to take on the major challenges of our time.
Data and Business Analytics Concentration
Be a business game-changer with the confidence to make data-driven recommendations. The Ross Data & Business Analytics Concentration strengthens your foundation in data and business analytics, so you can leave ready to put these in-demand skill sets to good use.
Design Thinking and Innovation
Find meaningful solutions to people's needs with a human-centric approach to design thinking and innovation. This 12-credit concentration is geared toward MBA students interested in design thinking, project management, or related careers in tech, consulting, and impact, among others.
Healthcare Management Concentration
Looking to bring together your passion for healthcare and your acumen for business? Graduate with a multidisciplinary MBA through our Ross Healthcare Management Concentration. You’ll complete a Full-Time MBA course load with 12 healthcare electives and benefit from access to networking, recruiting resources, and MAP projects in healthcare.
Want to explore entrepreneurship in Israel, spend a term in Switzerland, or advise a MAP effort in Africa that uses drones to deliver medicine? Michigan Ross can take you just about anywhere you’d like to go in the business world.
Show the World Your Leadership Credential
Let an endorsement from one of the world’s most renowned centers for leadership development showcase the experiences you’ve gained as an MBA. Offered through the Sanger Leadership Center, the Michigan Ross Leader Endorsement is available to all students who complete a set of program requirements.
