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About The Katz Two-Year MBA Program

The Katz two-year MBA gives you the business experience necessary to become a successful manager, business leader, or entrepreneur. Gain real-world experience through an optional professional internship following the first year of study or through Katz Consulting Field Projects, electives, community service projects, and opportunities to interact with business leaders during case competitions and campus visits. Katz two-year students start in August and graduate 20 months later in April.

Is This Katz Two-Year MBA Program Right For Me?

This program is designed for those who seek a more traditional graduate business education. For example:

  • You need an internship to confirm and advance your professional focus
  • You hold an undergraduate degree in the sciences or liberal arts and have one to five years of work experience, but hope to change the direction of your career
  • You are an engineer working in design, fabrication, project management, or research who wants an MBA, but hasn't decided whether to pursue finance or information systems
  • You are a physician, attorney, or PhD and want to move out of your current field and into the world of health product development, corporate finance, operations management, or product management; or
  • You desire additional professional development and coaching/mentoring opportunities that don't exist in the One-Year MBA program

Degree Requirements for Two-Year MBA Students

  • A minimum of 57.0 credits
  • The appropriate distribution of 27 credits of required core courses and 30 credits of elective courses
  • A maximum of 15.0 credits per term
  • A minimum cumulative quality point average(QPA) of 3.0 (B)

Tuition and Fees

Tuition and fees for the Two Year MBA program (in-state and out of state)

A Sample Schedule with All Required Courses for Katz Two-Year MBA

Transition Module: August

Technical Workshops
Concentrations/Dual Degree Presentations
Registration and Information Procedures sessions
Career Evaluation

Year One

Fall Term: August–December

  • Financial Accounting (3.0)
  • Economic Analysis for Managerial Decisions (3.0)
  • Statistical Analysis: Uncertainty, Prediction, and Quality Improvements (3.0)
  • Two-Year students may choose two of the following three required courses:
    • Financial Management (3.0)
    • Information Systems (3.0)
    • Marketing Management (3.0)

Spring Term: January–April

  • Decision Technology in Manufacturing and Operations Management (1.5)
  • Additional required course from fall term
Choice of One:
  • Managerial Accounting (1.5)
  • Global Macroeconomics (1.5)
  • Human Resources for Competitive Advantages (1.5)
  • Electives

Year Two

Fall Term: August–December

  • Organizational Behavior (3.0)
  • Electives

Spring Term: January–April

  • Strategic Management (3.0)
  • Electives