Academic Director, FEMBA & EMBA International Exchange
Ernst & Young Chair in Accounting
UCLA-NUS Curriculum & Academics
Our 15-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 during and between segments
Ways to customize your MBA experience with electives
Courses and Schedules
6 segments, 4 countries, 15 months. Review the core and elective course offerings below. Please note that the schedule and following courses are subject to change.
May 2024
Singapore (NUS Campus)
Core courses: 9 Days (May 11-18)
Orientation
Financial Management
Leadership in the Era of Disruption
Electives: 4 Days (May 20-22)
Futures Thinking and Scenario Planning
Orientation
Financial Management
Leadership in the Era of Disruption
Electives: 4 Days (May 20-22)
Futures Thinking and Scenario Planning
Aug 2024
Los Angeles (UCLA Campus)
Core courses: 8 DAYS (August 10-17)
Financial Accounting
Data Analysis & Management Decisions
Electives: 2 Days (August 18-19)
Entrepreneurship & Venture Initiation
Nov 2024
China (Shanghai)
Core courses: 7 Days (November 9-15)
Economic Analysis for Managers
Strategy
Electives: 4 Days (November 17-20)
Service Management
February 2025
India
Core courses: 9 Days (February 15-23)
Organizational Behavior
Management Practicum or Business Creation Program
Marketing Strategy
Electives: 5 Days (February 13-14, 24-26)
Communications, Influence, and Negotiations
Tech Innovation
Organizational Behavior
Management Practicum or Business Creation Program
Marketing Strategy
Electives: 5 Days (February 13-14, 24-26)
Communications, Influence, and Negotiations
Tech Innovation
May 2025
Singapore (NUS Campus)
Core courses: 4 DAYS (May 13-16)
Asia and Global Economy
Management Practicum or Business Creation Program
Electives: 5 Days (May 10-12, 17-18)
ESG Strategies and Corporate Governance
Global Marketing Management
Asia and Global Economy
Management Practicum or Business Creation Program
Electives: 5 Days (May 10-12, 17-18)
ESG Strategies and Corporate Governance
Global Marketing Management
Aug 2024
Los Angeles (UCLA Campus)
Core courses: 8 Days (August 9-16)
Logistics & Operations
Management Practicum or Business Creation Program
Logistics & Operations
Management Practicum or Business Creation Program
Electives: 5 Days (August 4-8)
EMBA Elective Block
Course Descriptions
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Leadership & Managerial Skills |
Leading individuals, groups, and organizations effectively is key to managerial excellence. Yet, for managers worldwide it has been shown to be the most difficult challenge in their career. This module is designed to help you meet this challenge by helping you to gain self‐awareness (to explore and assess) and to help you develop as a leader (to develop) with the aim to guide and empower employees in their journeys of change. |
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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. |
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Macroeconomics & International Finance |
Introduces macroeconomics with a strong emphasis on international finance and trade. Learn to develop simple models of the goods and services, asset, capital, and labour markets and apply these models to understand and interpret current and historical macroeconomic developments. Having both the theoretical framework and empirical knowledge in place will allow you to navigate uncertainty more precisely and confidently. |
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Corporate Finance |
The module aims to provide a strong conceptual foundation for finance. Finance theories will be used to solve practical problems faced by financial managers. Key topics such as time value of money, portfolio risks, value bonds and stocks, cost of capital, non-technical fundamentals of cryptocurrencies and digital assets and blockchain-based methods of raising capital will be covered. |
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Marketing Strategy |
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. |
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Competitive Strategy & Business Policy |
The module concentrates on the strategic responsibilities of leaders and with a primary focus on what they do to achieve success. Proven valuable in practice concepts and frameworks that are rooted in the theory of strategy and management will be introduced. Key concepts relating to strategy, customers, competition, competencies, and the broader environment, will be combined with analysis of difficult choices senior leaders make to achieve their intent. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Logistics and Operations Management |
Introduces the functional areas of logistics and operations management, with a focus on more current developments and their strategic and managerial significance. |
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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. |
Electives
UCLA Anderson and NUS offer various electives to support students in skill refinement. Below are the electives typically offered during the class segments or between segment electives online.
Half electives are offered by UCLA, and the other half are offered by NUS. There is a minimum elective requirement to complete the program. Please note due to visa F1 requirements there are certain quarters you will need to take a specific amount of electives to be determined at that time.
Students work closely with their program manager to design their schedule with elective choices.
UCLA Electives | NUS Electives
YEAR
1
Between Segment Electives
Digital Assets & Blockchain
Asian Business
Global Immersion
Digital Transformation
Entrepreneurship: Business Plan Development
Leading with Analytics
During Segment Electives
Services Management
Entrepreneurship & Venture Initiation
Future of Work
YEAR
2
Between Segment Electives
Intellectual Property & Innovation
Global Immersion
Negotiations
Digital Assets & Blockchain
Asian Business
During Segment Electives
Technology & Innovation
International Business & Internationalization
Future Scenario
Corporate Governance, Sustainability, and Ethics
International Marketing & International Strategy
Master's Thesis
Management Practicum
SMR is an experiential learning project in which you will form a consulting team to address a business challenge or opportunity on behalf of a client organization. After a deep dive into research, you’ll present key insights and recommendations to the leadership of the organization.
Business Creation Program
BCP gives you the chance to work with a team of classmates to develop an implementation plan and launch your own business.
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.
Professor of Management and Organizations
Academic Director, UCLA-NUS Executive MBA Program
Head of FinTech Training, Asian Institute of Digital Finance
Senior Lecturer
Head of FinTech Training, Asian Institute of Digital Finance
Senior Lecturer
Vice Dean, MBA Programmes
Professor
Professor
UCLA Anderson Faculty Cutting Edge Research
Each year, our faculty members publish papers in leading scholarly journals, receive recognition for research excellence, provide leadership in and beyond UCLA, and serve as inspirational teachers and mentors. Read their work below.
How The World Works with Warren Olney
Broadcast Journalist and Executive Producer, Warren Olney and key Anderson faculty members uncover some of the most fascinating aspects of business and how we work
Lifelong Learning
Because you won't stop learning after graduation, we offer elective course auditing and Global Immersion privileges for EMBA alumni.
Elective Options
Alumni have the opportunity to audit various electives.
Global Business Experience
Alumni have the privilege of joining the International Business Residential and/or Global Immersion Program on a space-available basis.
Tailor Your MBA With Electives
UCLA Anderson and NUS offer various electives to support students in skill refinement. Below are the electives typically offered during the class segments or pre-segments online.
Half electives are offered by UCLA, and the other half are offered by NUS. There is a minimum elective requirement to complete the program. Please note due to visa F1 requirements there are certain quarters you will need to take a specific amount of electives to be determined at that time. Students work closely with their program manager to design their schedule with elective choices.
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Pre-Segment Electives
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Digital Assets & Blockchain (June)
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Asian Business (June)
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Global Immersion (Sept & Dec)
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Digital Transformation (Sept)
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Entrepreneurship: Business Plan Development (Dec)
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Leading with Analytics (Dec)
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Business Plan Development
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Strategy and Structure of Corporate Buyouts
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Customer Assessment & Analytics
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Mergers & Acquisitions
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Macroeconomics
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Business Strategy in Emerging Markets
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Patterns of Problem Solving
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New Product Development