LMU’s Executive MBA Curriculum Overview
Loyola Marymount University’s (LMU) Executive MBA (EMBA) program is designed to maximize your learning experience by focusing on key business challenges and integrating core concepts and tools with real-world situations. The curriculum employs a modular structure with the focus shifting from analysis and evaluation in Year One to application in Year Two. The EMBA program reaches out beyond the classroom with both international and domestic visits combined with leadership retreats and summer projects in the Los Angeles business community. Our innovative program structure has received specific commendation from the AACSB.
Our experienced faculty is expert in helping executives develop critical thinking skills that draw on management concepts, best practices and their own experience. Both teaching materials and classroom presentations are carefully organized to fully demonstrate the relevance of leadership and management practices in the business world. We aim to equip you with clear strategies that provide a framework for improving your decision-making and leadership abilities.
The Classroom Experience
Sessions comprise of presentations by highly qualified faculty and business leaders. Our small class size enables close interaction between students and faculty. There is a focus on individual skill development through exercises addressing real management issues, case studies and concepts from research and text materials. EMBA classes are held on campus in University Hall. The classroom area is geared specifically towards the needs of executive learning with advanced Internet and Intranet technology deployed for collaborative learning.
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LMU campus – ranked by
Princeton Review as the seventh most beautiful campus in America – offers many onsite amenities including an executive dining room, bookstore, library, gym and plenty of convenient underground parking.
Skill Application Experience
Skill application projects are undertaken by study teams in each module, with executives applying concepts learned in the classroom to solve real business problems. Projects are built around everyday management issues including mergers and acquisitions, new product and service developments, entry into new markets or corporate reorganization.
Domestic and International Learning Experience
At the beginning of the EMBA Program, we hold a leadership retreat. This is a residential experience designed to help students set goals for themselves, form study teams and begin the learning process. In addition, a workshop is offered to students and their spouses/partners to address issues such as balancing family, work and school requirements.
There is an international component to the program in the form of a visit to one or more major non-US business centers. In 2007, we traveled to India, China and Thailand, undertaking a comprehensive itinerary of meetings and lectures with leading business and political figures in each territory. We also visit Washington D.C. for first-hand exposure to the forces and personalities that shape our capital. For a full review of our 2007 international journey,
click here.
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The Executive MBA Council’s recent student survey rated LMU’s EMBA curriculum design higher than 6 peer and 59 national EMBA programs.
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