Joy Quinn, WG'07
“The curriculum is rigorous. It definitely requires organization and discipline to make sure you are accomplishing the objectives that the program sets for you, as well as your personal objectives. In addition to the rigor, I find it to be very integrative — the program is really skillfully structured. All the content fits together, and you walk out with a very rounded, very integrated perspective that you can use to look at a problem from all angles.”
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Maurice Schweitzer
“The curriculum is carefully constructed with a strong quantitative basis. It creates a strong foundation, and it provides students key tools for analyzing business situations. Our students know how to use analytical tools, which means that they share a foundation and common framework for thinking about difficult problems.”
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Depth, breadth, and options distinguish the Wharton MBA curriculum. The rigorous core builds a strong general management foundation, and from there, you follow your own special interests, choosing from one of the world's widest selections of MBA electives. The experience and knowledge that more senior participants bring to the executive MBA program adds another dimension to the learning environment.
This grid outlines the requirements of the program and provides a comparison between the MBA in an executive format and the full-time MBA program.
The intensive first-year core curriculum creates a rigorous foundation of general management skills. In the second year students in each cohort build on this foundation by choosing a set of elective courses from the School's extensive offerings.
Wharton's core curriculum combines fundamental management knowledge with courses in essential skills for senior-level management, such as leadership, ethics, and management communication.
Wharton's wide range of faculty expertise allows for extensive elective offerings, drawn from one of the largest selections of any business school.
Recent classes have traveled to Hong Kong, India, and London to gain firsthand experience of competitive strategy in the global business environment.