Beginning this September, MBA students at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA will have much greater ability to tailor their program to meet their own individual career objectives, the Financial Times reported this week.
Anderson Dean Judy Olian called the revisions “market facing,” explaining that both the core and elective offerings of the MBA curriculum have been redesigned to give students more flexibility and to incorporate employer expectations of graduates.
First-year students will now get to decide when they will study marketing, finance and strategy, and the curriculum will incorporate leadership and communication classes at the start, according to the FT report.
Second-year students will be able to choose courses in marketing, finance or consulting or design a custom track to reflect their own unique interests. Certificate programs in areas of interest such as sustainability, real estate and entertainment will also be available. A 20-week client project, in which students will act as consultants to companies, will round out the curricular offerings, the FT added.
Olian explained that the purpose of the redesigned curriculum is to prepare graduates to enter the job market as experts in their chosen field. “Employers expect MBA graduates to be ready, from day one, to add value to their organizations,” she told the FT. ays Prof Olian.
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