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About The Katz One-Year MBA Program
The One-Year MBA program offers the best of both worlds: a quality degree you can complete in less than one year that is recognized around the globe. This ambitious program combines a formidable core curriculum with the choice of concentrations in all business disciplines, taught by a world-class faculty dedicated to researching the most relevant business organizations and problems.
In 1963, the Katz School launched the only MBA program in the world that presented the traditional two-year American format in less than one calendar year. The program begins in August and finishes the following July, covering the same ground that a traditional MBA program covers in two years. For added flexibility, Katz offers electives in the day and evening, as well as some Saturday courses, so that you can design a schedule that fits your needs.
Is This Katz One-Year MBA Program Right For Me?
The one-year program is designed primarily for people with strong academic backgrounds in economics or business and substantial work experience.
Examples of people who might benefit from the one-year program and who meet the admissions criteria are:
- Certified public accountants or chartered accountants who want to transition into another area of business or need to broaden their managerial expertise
- Individuals with undergraduate degrees in business or a combination of education, training, and work experience, and who know that they will direct themselves into a specific area such as corporate finance or product marketing
- Individuals poised to take the reigns of their family business
- Entrepreneurs who know that they must grasp the breadth of business skills
- Medical doctors, medical residents, or attorneys who want to add a deep managerial acumen to their core profession
Degree Requirements
After formal admission to the MBA program at the Katz School, a student must fulfill the following requirements in order to receive the MBA degree:
- A minimum of 48 credits of approved graduate work,
- The appropriate distribution of 27 credits of required core courses and 21 credits of elective courses, and
- A minimum cumulative quality point average (QPA) of 3.0 (B).
Tuition and Fees
Tuition and fees for the One Year MBA program (in-state and out of state)
A Sample Schedule with All Required Courses for Katz One-Year MBA
Transition Module
Community Learning Workshops
Ethics Workshop
Registration and Information Procedures sessions
Fall Term: August–December
- Financial Accounting (3.0)
- Economic Analysis for Managerial Decisions (3.0)
- Organizational Behavior (3.0)
- Statistical Analysis: Uncertainty, Prediction, and Quality Improvements (3.0)
- One-year students may choose two of the following four required courses:
- Decision Technology in Manufacturing and Operations Management (3.0)
- Financial Management (3.0)
- Information Systems (3.0)
- Marketing Management (3.0)
Spring Term: January–April
Additional required courses from summer term:
- Decision Technology in Manufacturing and Operations Management (3.0) or
- Financial Management (3.0) or
- Information Systems (3.0) or
- Marketing Management (3.0)
- Strategic Management (3.0)
- Electives
Summer Term: April–July
Choice of one:
- Managerial Accounting (1.5)
- Global Macroeconomics (1.5)
- Human Resources for Competitive Advantages (1.5)
- Electives
