MBA Programs
Major: Business Administration
Degree Awarded: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 49.0
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 52.0201
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-1021
About the MBA
The Drexel LeBow MBA offers a customizable, cross-disciplinary plan of study that prepares students to solve complex business problems across industries. The rigorous, comprehensive degree program is designed to emphasize the broad perspective of business concepts through innovative coursework, experiential learning and career coaching.
Grounded by a strong academic foundation in business, the program offers several opportunities to specialize and align students' specific area of interest, including business concentrations and dual degree options. Graduate minors from schools throughout the University are also available, allowing students to tailor their plan of study to fit their specific career goals.
Learning Outcomes and Competencies
Leadership Skills
Leadership and Collaboration - Leads individuals, teams, and organizations to attain common business goals and manage change
Communication - Effectively communicates in writing and speaking in business settings
Professional Development and Advancement - Takes initiative and responsibility for one’s professional development and career advancement
Business Acumen
Financial Acumen - Integrates quantitative and qualitative analyses to recommend financial decisions that support financial and strategic goals
Marketing Strategy - Applies marketing theories and tools to make sound marketing decisions and recommendations
Global Mindset - Integrates global perspectives to function effectively in diverse business contexts
Strategic Analysis - Provides the ability to develop a fine-grained analysis of the overall business situation of the firm
Information Systems and Analytics - Collects, manages, and analyzes data, and uses insights gained to set and achieve business goals
Business Operations - Applies quantitative and qualitative tools and operations knowledge to dissect, find structure in, and optimize operations
Business Law - Analyzes and applies the law in decision-making
Solving Business Problems
Identifying and Framing Relevant Complex Business Problems – Uses integrated problem solving and project management skills to identify, structure, and solve complex managerial problems
Structuring and Implementing Integrated Solutions - Integrates all business disciplines and uses decision-making tools to formulate an organization’s strategic direction and implements solutions to emergent business problems
Students selecting a concentration can choose from the following options:
- Business Analytics
- Corporate Sustainability and Social Impact
- Finance
- Effective Leadership
- Strategic Technology & Innovation Management
- Marketing
- Supply Chain Management and Logistics
- Customized
Program Delivery
The College offers one MBA degree delivered in the format that best suits a student's lifestyle; full-time or part-time, on campus or online. We offer flexible plans of study based upon a student's academic circumstances. It can be completed in 12 - 24 months but we advocate for you to work with an academic advisor to develop a plan of study that fits your needs. The MBA can be completed full time or part time, online or in person at Drexel's main campus in Philadelphia. Professionals seeking more flexibility in earning the MBA at their own pace can personalize their studies by combining on-campus and online classes.
Please contact Drexel LeBow’s Graduate Admissions Office directly to discuss which MBA delivery option is best suited for you.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) curriculum remains firmly grounded on the best features of the "traditional" MBA. Among these features is a broad overview of business, complemented by at least one area of concentration.
Students selecting a concentration can choose from the following options:
- Business Analytics
- Finance
- Strategic Technology & Innovation Management
- Marketing
- Corporate Sustainability and Social Impact
- Effective Leadership
- Supply Chain Management and Logistics
- Customized
Required Courses | ||
ACCT 510 | Essentials of Financial Reporting | 2.0 |
BLAW 510 | Analyzing Legal Options in Decision-Making | 2.0 |
BSAN 601 | Business Analytics for Managers | 3.0 |
ECON 601 | Managerial Economics | 3.0 |
FIN 601 | Corporate Financial Management | 3.0 |
MGMT 520 | Strategy Analysis | 2.0 |
MGMT 530 | Managing and Leading the Total Enterprise | 2.0 |
MGMT 770 | MBA Capstone | 2.0 |
MKTG 510 | Marketing Strategy | 2.0 |
ORGB 511 | Leading in Dynamic Environments: A Personal, Relational, and Strategic Approach | 3.0 |
POM 510 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 2.0 |
Experiential Requirement-Select one course | 3.0 | |
Graduate Internship | ||
International Business Seminar and Residency | ||
Leading for Innovation | ||
Business Consulting | ||
Business Agility and IT | ||
Negotiations for Leaders | ||
Tax Experiential Learning | ||
Concentration Requirements | 9.0 | |
Free Electives | 11.0 | |
Total Credits | 49.0 |
Students selecting a concentration can choose from the following:
Business Analytics Concentration
Select three of the following | 9.0 | |
Aligning Information Systems and Business Strategies | ||
Inter-Active Decision Support Systems | ||
Database Analysis and Design for Business | ||
Customer Analytics | ||
Marketing Experiments | ||
Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
Supply Chain Analytics | ||
Statistics for Business Analytics | ||
Datamining for Managers | ||
Time Series Forecasting | ||
Special Topics in STAT | ||
Total Credits | 9.0 |
Corporate Sustainability and Social Impact Concentration
Choose three from the following | 9.0 | |
Legal Aspects of Employment | ||
Corporate Governance | ||
Environmental and Social Issues in Finance | ||
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Business | ||
Business Ethics | ||
Sustainability and Value Creation | ||
Corporate Brand & Reputation Management | ||
Special Topics in ORGB | ||
Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics | ||
Social Issues in Sport | ||
Total Credits | 9.0 |
Finance Concentration
Select three of the following: | 9.0 | |
Advanced Financial Management | ||
Business Valuation | ||
Corporate Governance | ||
Environmental and Social Issues in Finance | ||
Financial Institutions & Markets | ||
Risk Management | ||
Investment Management | ||
Entrepreneurial Finance | ||
FinTech | ||
Behavioral Finance | ||
International Financial Management | ||
Special Topics in FIN | ||
Total Credits | 9.0 |
Effective Leadership Concentration
Choose three of the following | 9.0 | |
Leading the Digital Supply Chain | ||
Business Ethics | ||
Sustainability and Value Creation | ||
Leading Virtual Teams | ||
Negotiations for Leaders | ||
Total Credits | 9.0 |
Marketing Concentration
Select three of the following, of which two MUST be from MKTG (any course with MKTG subject code and course number between 600-699) : | 9.0 | |
MKTG Course 600-699 | ||
Special Topics in BLAW | ||
Intro to Econometrics and Data Analysis | ||
Microeconomics | ||
International Business Management | ||
Knowledge Management | ||
Systems Analysis & Design | ||
Database Analysis and Design for Business | ||
Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
Supply Chain Management I | ||
Quality & Six-Sigma | ||
Time Series Forecasting | ||
Total Credits | 9.0 |
Strategic Technology & Innovation Management Concentration
Required Courses | ||
MGMT 602 | Innovation Management | 3.0 |
MGMT 603 | Technology Strategy | 3.0 |
Electives | ||
Select one of the following: | 3.0 | |
Business & Economic Strategy: Game Theory & Applications | ||
Introduction to Change Management: An Integration of Macro and Micro Perspectives | ||
Strategic Change Management | ||
Strategic Human Resource Management | ||
Knowledge Management | ||
Sustainability and Value Creation | ||
Leading for Innovation | ||
Strategy Implementation | ||
Change Management Experiential Capstone | ||
MIS Policy and Strategy | ||
Business Agility and IT | ||
New Product Planning, Strategy, and Development | ||
Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
Leading and Executing Change | ||
Negotiations for Leaders | ||
Time Series Forecasting | ||
Total Credits | 9.0 |
Supply Chain Management & Logistics Concentration
Select three of the following: | 9.0 | |
Leading the Digital Supply Chain | ||
Systems Analysis & Design | ||
Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
Supply Chain Management I | ||
Supply Chain Management II | ||
Management of Service Firms | ||
Transportation & Logistics Management | ||
Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics | ||
Revenue Management | ||
Supply Chain Analytics | ||
Special Topics in POM | ||
Quality & Six-Sigma | ||
Time Series Forecasting | ||
Total Credits | 9.0 |
Customized Concentration
Students can self customize a concentration with coordination between their program manager and with faculty guidance. Please see your Program Manager/Academic Advisor for further information | 9.0 | |
MBA Graduate Credits include courses in Accounting (ACCT), Statistics (STAT), Economics (ECON), Finance (FIN), General Business (BUSN), Interdisciplinary Business (INDS), International Business (INTB), Legal Studies (BLAW), Management (MGMT), Management Information Systems (MIS), Marketing (MKTG), Operations Research (OPR), Organizational Behavior (ORGB), Production Operations Management (POM), Sport Management (SMT) or Taxation (TAX), with a course number range between 500-799 or other approved course at the graduate level. |
Sample Plan of Study
Accelerated 18-Month Plan of Study
First Year | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ACCT 510 | 2.0 | BLAW 510 | 2.0 | ECON 601 | 3.0 | Experiential Elective | 3.0 |
MGMT 530 | 2.0 | BSAN 601 | 3.0 | MGMT 520 | 2.0 | ||
MKTG 510 | 2.0 | FIN 601 | 3.0 | Concentration Elective | 3.0 | ||
ORGB 511 | 3.0 | Elective | 3.0 | Elective | 2.0 | ||
POM 510 | 2.0 | ||||||
11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | ||||
Concentration Elective | 6.0 | MGMT 770 | 2.0 | ||||
Elective | 3.0 | Elective | 3.0 | ||||
9 | 5 | ||||||
Total Credits 49 |
Accelerated 15-Month Plan of Study
First Year | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ACCT 510 | 2.0 | BLAW 510 | 2.0 | ECON 601 | 3.0 | Elective | 3.0 |
MGMT 530 | 2.0 | BSAN 601 | 3.0 | MGMT 520 | 2.0 | Experiential Elective | 3.0 |
MKTG 510 | 2.0 | FIN 601 | 3.0 | Concentration Electives | 6.0 | ||
ORGB 511 | 3.0 | Elective | 3.0 | Elective | 2.0 | ||
POM 510 | 2.0 | ||||||
11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | ||||||
MGMT 770 | 2.0 | ||||||
Concentration Elective | 6.0 | ||||||
8 | |||||||
Total Credits 49 |
Accelerated 12-Month Plan of Study
First Year | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ACCT 510 | 2.0 | BLAW 510 | 2.0 | ECON 601 | 3.0 | MGMT 770 | 2.0 |
MGMT 530 | 2.0 | BSAN 601 | 3.0 | MGMT 520 | 2.0 | Electives | 6.0 |
MKTG 510 | 2.0 | FIN 601 | 3.0 | Elective | 2.0 | Experiential Elective | 3.0 |
ORGB 511 | 3.0 | Elective | 3.0 | Concentration Elective | 6.0 | ||
POM 510 | 2.0 | Concentration Elective | 3.0 | ||||
11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | ||||
Total Credits 49 |
Part-Time MBA Plan of Study
First Year | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ACCT 510 | 2.0 | BLAW 510 | 2.0 | BSAN 601 | 3.0 | MGMT 520 | 2.0 |
MGMT 530 | 2.0 | FIN 601 | 3.0 | MKTG 510 | 2.0 | Elective | 2.0 |
ORGB 511 | 3.0 | Experiential Elective | 3.0 | ||||
7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
POM 510 | 2.0 | ECON 601 | 3.0 | Concentration Electives | 6.0 | MGMT 770 | 2.0 |
Elective | 3.0 | Concentration Elective | 3.0 | Electives | 6.0 | ||
5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||||
Total Credits 49 |
Note: First Year Summer (Accelerated 18-Month Plan of Study) is less than the 4.5-credit minimum required (considered half-time status) of graduate programs to be considered financial aid eligible. As a result, aid will not be disbursed to students this term.
Facilities
The 12-story, 177,500-square-foot home for LeBow College of Business is located at the heart of the Drexel University campus, at the intersection of Woodland Walk and Market Street, where it forms a gateway to Drexel and a backdrop to the historic statue of A. J. Drexel (Moses Ezekiel, 1904). The diagonal massing of the lower floors follows Woodland Walk and combines with the new Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (Diamond & Schmitt, 2011) to energize the University’s central quadrangle. The building’s tower will mark the LeBow College and Drexel campus from all directions while the open, glassy Market Street façade will showcase the College’s student activities to passersby.
The building’s organization unites the school’s various constituencies around a five-story-high atrium ringed by classrooms, student lounges, events spaces, and offices. The atrium is immediately accessible from main entrances at the three corners of the building. An open stair within the atrium leads to a 300-seat auditorium and 100-seat lecture hall one floor below and to a divisible multipurpose room and additional classrooms above. The building’s upper floors contain faculty offices interspersed with seminar rooms and group study rooms. The top floor houses the Dean’s suite and a boardroom and conference suite that opens to east- and west-facing terraces.
The building’s warm masonry and glass exterior reflects the emerging vocabulary of the next generation of Drexel buildings. Sophisticated solar shading devices allow maximum transparency between the inside and outside while supporting the building’s high environmental aspirations.
Key Building Features
- Five-story atrium
- Finance trading lab with Bloomberg Terminal Room
- 300-seat auditorium
- 160-seat event space
- 100-seat lecture hall
- 45-seat seminar rooms
- 44-seat computer classrooms
- 60-seat classrooms
- Executive MBA classroom
- 24-seat classrooms
- Special areas for experiential learning simulations and business consulting
- Videoconferencing capabilities
- Integrated teaching technology in all classrooms
- Recording studio to support LeBow College’s online programs
- Extensive areas for students to gather socially and for collaborative study, including student collaboration rooms, two quiet study areas, and 3,500 square feet of student social space
- EMBA Alumni Lounge for the exclusive use of EMBA alumni
- Behavioral Studies Lab
- Starbucks
- Green Globe certifiable, meeting worldwide sustainability standards
Gerri C. LeBow Hall brings together faculty, students, and staff in a state-of-the-art building on the University City campus. Please visit the LeBow College of Business webpage, the Behavioral Lab webpage, and the Finance Trading Lab webpage to learn more about Gerri C. LeBow Hall.