Academics

Our 22-month curriculum is designed to give you the immediate skills and tools necessary to propel you to the next level in leadership. We accommodate busy professionals with a variety of ways to take classes and learn. From learning about how to tackle business challenges head-on through the core curriculum, students can customize their MBA experience with electives. With flexible schedules to accommodate busy professionals, you have a wealth of options to learn from world-renowned faculty and have access to the same campus resources, faculty, electives, and support — regardless of which scheduling option you choose.

Our 22-month curriculum provides you with:

Immediate skills and tools necessary to propel you to the next level in leadership

A world-renowned faculty instructing you on how to tackle business challenges head-on through the core curriculum

Ways to customize your MBA experience with electives

We accommodate busy professionals by:

A variety of ways to take classes and learn

Access to the same campus resources, faculty, electives and support — regardless of which scheduling option is chosen

Flexible schedules

“UCLA Anderson EMBA has developed a program and schedule offering that makes it possible for me to have an enriching MBA experience and balance my demanding career. The monthly schedule empowers me to stay connected with my classmates and the Anderson community. I love that I’m being challenged with the same academic rigor as any other Anderson MBA student; the educational experience has not been eroded by an abbreviated on-campus schedule.”

Therese Banks (’19)
Vice President and General Manager of US Small Merchant Client Management, American Express

Standard Program of Study

*EMBA Electives offered. There are many options for fulfilling your 16 units of elective units.

Learn More About Our Flexible Schedules | Learn More About Electives

Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
September–December	January–March	April–June	June–September
Leadership Foundations I - Data Analysis & Management Decisions - Organizational Behavior	Financial Accounting - Economic Analysis for Managers - Leadership Foundations II (begins) - Optional Electives*	Marketing Management - Financial Policy for Managers - Leadership Foundations II (concludes) - Optional Electives*	International Business Residential - Hybrid Elective - August Elective* Block Courses - Optional Electives*

Course Descriptions

Economic Analysis for Managers	Focuses on analyzing the functioning of markets, the economic behavior of firms and other economic agents and their economic/managerial implications through a selected set of topics that are motivated by real-world observations of business operations. Topics to be covered include fundamental market forces, consumer and firm behavior under various market structures, sophisticated pricing strategies with market power, decision-makings under uncertainty/risk/information asymmetry, strategic interactions in game-theoretic situations and a variety of behavioral insights.
Marketing Management	To encourage strategic thinking about marketing, this module integrates theory and practice from the core disciplines of Marketing Strategy, Cross‐Cultural Consumer Behavior, Brand Management, Digital and Social Media Marketing and Analytics and Business Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Organizational Behavior	Introduction to organizational behavior for executives, including but not limited to optimal decision making, fostering motivation, and other topics on psychology of leadership. Lecture, discussion and experiential applications of course concepts.
Financial Accounting	Familiarizes the manager with functions of accounting by focusing on the use of external financial reports for evaluating corporate performance and use of accounting information for internal planning and control.
Data Analysis & Management Decisions	Studies statistical model building with emphasis on managerial interpretation of statistical summary data. The course also covers classic statistics through multiple regression analysis to support subsequent courses in finance and marketing.
Leadership Foundations	Designed to enhance student knowledge of, and competency in, leadership. Thus, the course has both conceptual and skill development objectives. The conceptual framework for the course is grounded in principles of individual, group, and organizational behavior.

Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
September–December	January–March	April–June	June–September
Competitive Strategy & Business Policy - Operations & Technology Management - Leadership Foundations III (begins) - Optional Electives*	Strategic Management Research (SMR) - Business Creation Program (BCP) - Leadership Foundation III (continues) - Leadership Communication - Optional Electives*	Strategic Management Research (SMR) - Business Creation Program (BCP) - Leadership Foundation III (concludes) - Developing and Leading People - Optional Electives*

Course Descriptions

Leadership Communication (Elective)	The purpose of this course is to help improve your management communication skills, primarily in the areas of presenting and communicative persuasion.
Competitive Strategy & Business Policy	Study of general management task of forging a corporate competitive strategy. Emphasis on economics of business rivalry within a variety of industrial settings and implications of changing environments on business strategy.
Leadership Foundations III	Further exploration of leadership strengths and weaknesses, with emphasis on individual leadership and organizational change. Readings, cases, decision simulations, peer coaching and discussions.
Strategic Management Research (SMR)	Preparation of strategic overview of selected company entailing collection and analysis of primary and secondary data, including (but not limited to) interviews of corporate executives, corporate financial and marketing data, industry reports and customer and competitor interviews and/or surveys.
Operations & Technology Management	Analysis of strategic and operating policies and decisions for systems that produce goods and services. Examination of role of comprehensive planning, inventories, scheduling of resources, distribution systems and system location. Comprehensive operating problems.
Business Creation Program	Work alongside a team of classmates and an advisor to transform an idea from a business plan to a functional startup organization.

Capstone Thesis Project Options

Tailor Your MBA With Electives and Specializations

UCLA Anderson offers various specializations that provide an opportunity to customize your MBA experience. You have the option to pick electives tailored to your professional goals and are designed to fit many schedules. Beyond Anderson, you can also take advantage of classes at other top graduate schools at UCLA.
Below are the electives typically offered on EMBA weekends and during the summer. Please note that a minimum of 4-units required during the summer session.

Entrepreneurship & Venture Initiation
Advanced Financial Policy For Managers
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Brand Management
Financial Modeling & Corporate Valuation
Business Law
Technology Management
Leadership Communication

Business Plan Development
Strategy and Structure of Corporate Buyouts
Customer Assessment & Analytics
Mergers & Acquisitions
Macroeconomics
Business Strategy in Emerging Markets
Patterns of Problem Solving
New Product Development

Who You Will Be Learning From

UCLA Anderson students have access to world-renowned faculty. As experts and practitioners in their field, they bring real-world experiences and global perspectives to the classroom. Learn about some of the faculty who also teach in the Executive MBA program below.