The Early Career Hybrid MBA offers professionals the fundamentals of management framed by our core values:
- Purpose-driven leadership: because organizations are the foundation of a better society.
- A human-centered approach to management because people are the most important resource in any organization.
- Flexibility because goals and needs change for busy professionals.
- Transdisciplinary approach because the best solutions are often found by talking to people with different viewpoints.
- Hybrid format You can complete the Early Career Hybrid MBA in a hybrid format mixing online and in-person coursework, build a program that fits into your life.
Program Highlights
- You can complete the degree in as few as 21 months and speed up or slow down when your work or personal commitments change, shift from full-time or part-time as you need to.
- You will learn in small classes averaging 15 students with faculty who are accessible and care about your success.
- You can select from in-person, online, and hybrid options each semester based on what’s best for you at that time.
- You will work with our Career & Professional Development Office before you start your studies to develop a personalized plan and enjoy lifetime access to our career services!
- You can earn up to three certificates (Analysis & Decision-Making, People & Strategy, and an optional concentration) along the way to your degree. You can also take classes outside of the department or even add a dual degree.
- Your MBA is AACSB accredited—the highest standard for business education.
- US News & World Report ranked our MBA among the top 10 full-time MBA programs in Southern California.
Program At-a-glance
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48 units
required units
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Master of Business Administration (AACSB Accredited)
degree awarded
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Hybrid
modality
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Spring, Summer, Fall
program start
Areas of Concentration
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Marketing (certificate)
Develop a critical understanding of key marketing concepts and gain analytical and evaluative skills to inform strategic marketing decision making.
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Finance (certificate)
Explore finance management concepts that teach you how to invest, where to obtain funds, and how capital markets work.
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Supply Chain Management (certificate)
Explore concepts of supply chain management while learning to leverage technologies like big data, analytics, optimization, and geospatial systems.
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Entrepreneurship (certificate)
Study the art of entrepreneurship and innovation from launching a business to startups and corporate entrepreneurship.
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Human Resources Management
Develop the analytical skills to work on HR strategy, processes, and human capital needs.
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Information Technology Management
Study cutting-edge scholarship on the latest in IT functions, IT consulting and development management, and working in technology-related startups.