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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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graduate business specializations ranked in Top 10
- U.S. News & World Report, 2021
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formal dual-degree Michigan Ross programs
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U-M graduate programs ranked in Top 10
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Learn Business by Doing Business
REAL.START
Start innovative companies: Develop, launch, and scale your original new business idea.
REAL.ADVISE
Advise global organizations: Consult on strategic issues, provide substantive analysis, and make a real impact.
REAL.INVEST
Invest real capital: Manage a student-run investment fund in all aspects of its operations.
REAL.LEAD
Lead business forward: Lead your peers as you help operate an ongoing business unit with a corporate partner.
Map Out Your Curriculum by Term
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, including 97 programs ranked in the top 10 of US News & World Report.
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| FALL A | FALL B | WINTER A | WINTER B |
| Financial Accounting ACC 502 |
Financial Management FIN 503 |
Managerial Accounting ACC 552 |
Multidisciplinary Action Projects (MAP) BA 553 |
| Applied Microeconomics BE 502 |
Marketing Management MKT 503 |
Operations Management TO 552 |
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| Applied Business Statistics TO 502 |
Leading People and Organizations MO 503 |
ELECTIVE COURSE OR DEGREE REQUIREMENT |
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| Corporate Strategy STRATEGY 502 |
ELECTIVE COURSE OR DEGREE REQUIREMENT |
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| The Management Communication Competencies requirement: may be satisfied before the start of the MBA1 year. Students who do not satisfy the requirement at that time, must do so by the end of Winter A of Year 1. | |||
| 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 | |||
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Competing in the Global Business Environment Taken Anytime in Year 1 or Year 2 |
Choose at Least One Approved Courses: Taken Anytime in Year 1 or Year 2 |
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Complete Summer Business Experience Taken in Summer Between Year 1 and Year 2 |
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**Core courses may be waived by students able to demonstrate proficiency. |
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Customize Your MBA
Choosing your own path at Ross starts with bidding on MAP projects at the end of your first year. You can pick your entire second year and build a schedule with the electives that interest you most.
You can choose from 24 formal dual degree programs, over 100 MAP projects, and numerous concentrations and specializations to make the Michigan Ross MBA experience your own.
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
Featured Concentrations & Specializations
Business and Sustainability Concentration
This concentration gives MBA students who are passionate about environmental sustainability the opportunity to learn more about topics like environmental protection, social well-being, and economic performance, through a combination of general and elective courses (12 credits total).
Data & 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.
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.
Specialization in Management Science
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 courses.
Find a World of Opportunities
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.
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