Experience-Based Learning
Experience-Based Learning
One of the defining characteristics of business education at Katz/CBA is the importance we place on experience-based learning (EBL). Whereas many business schools only mention the importance of experiential learning, we attempt to integrate EBL across our curriculum.
To accomplish this, we use simulations, case competitions, and encourage students to become involved in one of our many Project Courses (that focuses a cross-disciplinary student team on a real organizational project) or to take on a consulting position (providing market research, business plan review, and financial plan development services to entrepreneurs in a number of different industries) with our Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence.
Research shows that EBL is one of the most powerful teaching approaches because it requires students to apply the theories and knowledge discussed in the classroom to real-world situations. This approach produces the equivalent of a practice field where students drill and develop their skills.
We are currently constructing our newest EBL space—a financial analysis lab. Construction is scheduled to get underway in the 2007-2008 academic year!
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News and Events
Financial Times of London ranks Katz One-Year MBA Program number one in the United States (24th in the world) for value for money. 
Katz/CBA was pleased to welcome Sharon Allen, chairman of the board of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, on September 19 for the second Thought Leaders in Business seminar.- Katz/CBA Professor Thomas L. Saaty was awarded the 2007 Akao Prize for excellence in Quality Function Deployment for his Analytical Hierarchy Process.
- The University of Pittsburgh is celebrating a centennial of business education.
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