Get Ready to Lead the Future of Business.
Taught by the top minds in business, our Weekend MBA curriculum prepares you to rise to any challenge, take action in ambiguous situations, and make tough choices. You’ll learn in person alongside your peers and have the flexibility to take courses that align with your goals.
The Weekend MBA is a lockstep, two-year program that meets on campus every other weekend beginning in May.
Regular On-Campus Classes
Classes are held Fridays from 4 p.m. to 9:10 p.m., with a dinner break, and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5:10 p.m., with two breaks.
Built-In Flexibility
While most of your classes will be on campus with the same cohort of students, 30% of coursework includes distance learning, such as simulations, practice sets, and recorded lectures.
Action-Based Approach
The signature MAP course, taken in your first year, may require up to a full week of travel and/or on-site work sometime between late January and early March (depending on the project sponsor).
Master both business fundamentals and themed business electives in just two years through this action-based, cohort experience.
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Weekend MBA students may substitute up to nine credit hours with elective courses outside the WMBA curriculum.
The core courses in grey are required and must be taken in the listed terms. The courses in yellow are electives and may be substituted with approved alternatives.
Students register for courses in their own program first. Courses on campus are offered during standard business hours. Online sessions meet in the evenings via Zoom.
In this signature 14-week course, you and your team will work with a sponsor company to tackle a real-world business challenge in a domestic or international setting.
Focus on Your Interests
In your second year, concentrate on business disciplines that align with your interests and integrate with your core coursework. Choose from themed electives in analytics, strategy, entrepreneurship, marketing, operations management, or financial management.
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.
Bring It All Together With C-Level Thinking
Navigate the complexities of C-level leadership in this capstone course as you tackle challenges seen by real-world companies, engage with top executives to learn from their experiences, and build strategic skills through interactive simulations.
