Master of Business Administration

Take the lead with The Alverno MBA

The Alverno MBA is an exciting alternative to traditional MBA programs. This program, developed by the award-winning faculty at Alverno College, was created for growth-oriented, high potential women and men focused on becoming the next generation of business or organizational leaders.

No stodgy curriculum, no boring lectures, no theoretical textbook lessons without real application. With limited enrollment, individualized teaching and assessment methods that focus on each student, a curriculum developed with business leaders, and a distinctive outcome-focused approach found only at Alverno, The Alverno MBA offers professionals on the move a better way to learn.

The Alverno MBA is like no other program

Developed with the future business or organizational leader in mind, The Alverno MBA introduces a curriculum and a highly experiential way of teaching that focuses on developing the knowledge and abilities you need to lead, manage, create and compete in today's and tomorrow’s global marketplace. Alverno College, internationally acclaimed for its pioneering approach to teaching for the real world, has created a 21st century MBA that will help learners achieve their personal and professional goals in a stimulating, rewarding environment.

Program Highlights

A better way to learn, period

Simply put, your education is worth more if you graduate with the ability to connect your education to real world experiences. Alverno has developed a unique and proven approach to education that brings the educational process back to its roots by focusing all learning on eight cornerstones of achievement, or abilities, expanded and customized for professionals. Assessment at Alverno is a comprehensive process in which each student is constantly evaluated against performance criteria designed to ensure that students are actually learning, not just memorizing.

Success by Alverno’s standards means you not only learn, but you can prove it, giving you the confidence you need to achieve the goals you set for yourself, and adding immediate value to your company or organization. Alverno is the only program in the region that offers this level of personal attention. We developed the approach, it works, and we can prove it.

The Nuts and Bolts

This accredited 36 semester-hour MBA program consists of five cross-functional required courses (30 credits) and two electives (6 credits) and can be completed in as few as five semesters. View course sequence. Each cross-functional required course integrates core knowledge areas with skills, values and attitudes to enable graduates to build relationships that enhance organizational capabilities, results and agility. The electives offer students the opportunity to focus in greater depth on selected business practices, engage in a highly relevant internship or intensive project, and participate in short-term study abroad.

For further information on courses, review our Interactive Bulletin.

Core Knowledge Areas

Admissions Requirements

(Additional criteria may be required for international students)

For consideration for admission to this program, applicants must:

MBA Outcomes

The global economy provides organizations with competitive challenges, threats and opportunities. As new markets, customers and competitors emerge, organizations need to create sustainable organizational capability and competitive advantages. The Alverno MBA is designed to develop leaders and managers who can productively operate and thrive in the global economy whether they work in non-profits, small start-ups, or established corporations. This transformative MBA education integrates the art, craft, and science of managing for leaders and emerging leaders working in the new competitive landscape. By emphasizing experiential learning in an integrated business curriculum, the faculty assist students to develop their managerial competence and proficiency in:

Strategic Analysis and Execution
The Alverno MBA graduate uses knowledge of proven and emerging business principles and strategies to navigate complexity and, by managing, leading and working collaboratively, enhances the performance of individuals, teams and the organization, and communities to achieve sustained competitive results.

Global and Cultural Competence
The Alverno MBA graduate uses interdisciplinary knowledge and enhanced cultural competence to interact with, manage, and lead individuals, teams and business units within a variety of cultural and global contexts to develop relationships, resources and markets.

Innovation
The Alverno MBA graduate integrates and applies cross-disciplinary business knowledge to create and deliver inventive business solutions to customers and other stakeholders in ways that create or add value to business processes, products and services.

Ethical Managing and Leading
The Alverno MBA graduate identifies competing values in business decisions and can act with a commitment to integrity in interactions that lead to the development of trustworthy relationships with stakeholders - customers, colleagues, suppliers and other key business partners.

Accreditation
The college is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Meet your admissions counselor
Your admissions counselor is Carolyn Wise. She will assist you throughout your admission process and provide you with additional details about The Alverno MBA. You may call her directly at 414-382-6045 or
e-mail Carolyn Wise.

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