Katz MBA Curriculum

  • Flexibility in the core curriculum. By requiring less core courses, students are able to take more electives in their area of concentration or in a certificate program.
  • Certificates to make students more agile. Our certificates are designed to answer modern business needs: supply chain management; technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship; and organizational leadership.
  • The management simulation which incorporates the best of experience-based learning, globalism, and team leadership skills. All are critically important to succeed in today's business world.
The Core
Financial Accounting 3
Economic Analysis for Managerial Decisions: Firms and Markets 3
Statistical Analysis: Uncertainty, Prediction and Quality Improvement 3
Organizational Behavior: Leadership and Group Effectiveness 1.5
Financial Management 1 1.5
Marketing Management 1.5
Information Systems Planning 1.5
Decision Technologies in Manufacturing and Operations Management 1.5
Strategic Management 1.5
Business Ethics & Social Performance 1.5
Management Simulation 3

Electives

Elective courses at Katz play a critical role in the completion of students' concentrations and certificates. While the variety of electives offered each term varies, academic advisors and career services counselors help students to determine which electives are best for an individual student's career aspirations. Click on each concentration to view the curricular track and course abstracts for elective courses.

Finance Management of Information Systems Marketing Operations Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management Strategy
Investment Management IS Management Consumer Insights Supply Chain/Logistics Management Human Resources Management Management Consulting
Banking and Financial Institutions Business Analysis Brand Management Project Management Human Resources Consulting Business Development 
Corporate Finance IT Consulting Product Management Performance Improvement Consulting   Entrepreneurship
Financial Consulting   Marketing Research      
    Digital Marketing      

Under News - MBA

Insurance Consultant Dives the Seven Seas

Jon Persky (MBA '83) is the owner of a highly successful insurance consulting firm. He's also an accomplished diver who visits the world's most exotic locations as much as he can.

$85K Given To Spur Student Start-ups

Students from across the University of Pittsburgh pitched their top business ventures, with $85,000 in prize money going to the winners in the 2013 Randall Family Big Idea Competition.

Lessons in Starbucks' Transformation

Starbucks executive Jeffery Hansberry (MBA '89, A&S '86) spoke to Katz students about global consumer products strategy as the 2013 Thought Leaders in Business speaker.

Inaugural Katz Invitational Held

The inaugural Katz Invitational Case Competition drew MBA teams from Carnegie Mellon (Tepper), Penn State (Smeal), Case Western Reserve (Weatherhead), Buffalo, and University of Pittsburgh (Katz).

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