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 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.
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 | |||
| FALL A | FALL B | WINTER A | WINTER B |
| Financial Accounting ACC 502 |
Financial Management FIN 503 |
Management 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 |
Satisfy the Business Law competency requirement: 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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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
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.
