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| W263, Seymour Schulich Building | admissions@schulich.yorku.ca | schulich.yorku.ca/programs/mba/ |
The Schulich School of Business offers candidates setting out on a career or moving to strengthen an existing career all the benefits of richly diverse, innovative, real-world management programs. MBA students may also pursue combined degrees in the Arts (MBA/MA, or MBA/MFA) or Law (MBA/JD), or concurrent graduate diplomas in Arts, Media & Entertainment Management; Business & the Environment; Culture, Communication & Leadership in Canadian Business; Financial Engineering; Health Industry Management; Intermediate Accounting; and Nonprofit Management. Students interested in global business are encouraged to consider the International MBA, while experienced managers may apply to the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA.
Schulich programs teach more than just how to derive correct answers: students first need to ask the right questions and then frame the answer in the right context. All Schulich Business Administration programs combine classroom learning of fundamental and advanced management concepts with real world experience, including a major hands-on project where students work with real clients on real business problems and solutions.
The Schulich School of Business also offers graduate programs in Accounting, Business Analytics, Finance, Management, Management in Artificial Intelligence, Marketing, Real Estate & Infrastructure, and Supply Chain Management, as well as graduate diplomas such as the Post-MBA Advanced Management. Please refer to the relevant program information in this Calendar and visit http://schulich.yorku. ca for more information.
The MBA program offers an integrated approach to general management fundamentals, a balance between qualitative and quantitative skills, and experience in a six-month, strategic consulting project with real clients, problems and solutions. Students complete 33 credits of core courses and 27 credits of electives, selected from more than 20 functional or cross-functional specializations. Students cover management fundamentals in terms one and two and advanced management (including specializations and the strategy project) in terms three and four. Many study options are available, including three campuses, multiple start dates and scheduling choices, plus the ability to switch between full-time and part-time study, as well as opportunities to study abroad. Full-time students typically complete the program in four terms; the average completion time for part-time students is ten terms. A limited amount of advanced standing is available for qualified applicants. Please visit http://schulich.yorku.ca for more information.
The Master of Business Administration can be completed on a full- or part-time basis. Entry is fall or winter term.
The length of time required to complete the MBA depends on a number of factors, including a student’s previous educational and work experience and choice of study options. Full-time students usually complete the program in 20 months (4 active terms with one break term), but can opt to complete in 16 continuous months (no break term).
*This graduate program is not accepting new registrants this year.
The Schulich IMBA is a specialized MBA program designed for students interested in understanding and exploring the global challenges facing firms in an increasingly complex business environment. The program immerses students in global management education and practice from day one and is designed around two interrelated themes: functional business management and the professional development skills necessary to succeed in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
The IMBA is a full-time program for the first year with the option to go part-time in year two. It consists of 42 required credits, including an international work term and an international capstone consulting project, and a minimum of 24 elective credits. Students also pursue a 12-week international work term in the summer semester between first and second year to obtain relevant work experience in an industry sector of interest to them and in a country in which they have not had prior work or life experience. Other unique features of the IMBA program include an integrated curriculum, language development in six supported languages, unique IMBA courses such as the two-semester Integrated Management Experience course and a professional development course, and a smaller cohort that enables IMBA students to take all their first-year courses together. In second year, IMBA students take the same courses as MBA students and have the opportunity to choose from 18 different specializations as well as to take a semester at one of Schulich’s many exchange partners around the globe. Please visit http://schulich.yorku.ca for more information.
The International Master of Business Administration must be completed on a full-time basis in year 1, but can be completed on a full- or part-time basis in year 2. Entry is fall term.
The length of time required to complete the IMBA depends on a student’s choice of study options in year 2. Full-time students usually complete the program in 20 months (5 active terms).
The Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA is an 18-month, general management program leading to a joint Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Schulich School of Business at York University. The program is designed for promising managers with substantial experience who are on executive career paths in their employing organizations.
With its global content, locations, faculty members and students, the Kellogg-Schulich EMBA makes the world one’s classroom. This global EMBA gives students the unique opportunity to learn from and interact with business leaders from around the world. The KelloggSchulich Executive MBA is part of a growing global network of joint Executive MBA programs with Kellogg. Graduates of the Kellogg-Schulich program become part of a global alumni network with Kellogg’s other joint programs with the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School, the Tel Aviv University School of Management, and the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar/Koblenz, Germany.
The curriculum includes 20 core courses and eight elective courses. It provides exposure to all of the key functional areas of business for general managers and emphasizes United States, Canadian and international perspectives on global leadership and strategic management. The program’s faculty members are drawn from the Kellogg School, Schulich’s senior faculty members and Kellogg’s global EMBA partners. Among the program features are speciallydesigned preparatory tutorials to help strengthen quantitative and qualitative skills, diverse study teams, guest speakers, and a global strategy project that combines classroom with experiential learning and includes a trip to an emerging market. A culminating hands-on project focuses on an entrepreneurial venture design presented to Schulich and external experts.
With classes generally held every third weekend, the schedule minimizes time away from work and maximizes in-class and study team learning. The overall format of the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA is flexible, balanced and designed to accommodate students’ career development and personal goals.
The program begins each year in January and concludes in June of the following year. Please visit http://schulich.yorku.ca/programs/emba for more information.
*This graduate program is not accepting new registrants this year
The Schulich School of Business offers an Executive MBA program at the GMR/Schulich India campus in Hyderabad, and awarded by York University.
The program is geared towards educating managers in core and advanced management topics. The program runs in Schulich’s Hyderabad campus but includes courses in Toronto and other international locations. It facilitates the busy work lives of practicing managers by offering courses over extended weekend sessions. Students engage in peer learning, international immersion and a capstone applied management project. Please visit https://schulich. yorku.ca/programs/mba-india for more information.
The Schulich School of Business and the Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Fine Arts programs offer a three-year, full-time, combined program leading to a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) or Master of Arts (MA) degree for students interested in the arts and cultural sector. York University has distinguished itself in many ways but among its central achievements are the excellence of its School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, and that of the Schulich School of Business. These Faculties have created a combined MBA/MFA degree in the programs in Visual Arts, Film, and Dance and a combined MBA/MA degree program in Art History, Dance, Music, Film/Cinema & Media Studies and Theatre & Performance Studies at York University. The combined degree offers students a unique opportunity for study. Graduates of this highly challenging program follow career paths in which knowledge of the arts and of management and business are required. The MBA and MFA/MA programs complement each other in focus and offer excellent preparation for those interested in management careers in the arts and entertainment sectors.
For acceptance into this combined graduate program, students need to meet the application requirements for both the MBA and the MFA or MA as outlined by the University. Students must apply to each program separately. Students may apply for admission to the combined program during the first year of study in either the MBA program or MFA or MA program.
The program has been designed so that students are normally able to complete the program of study over a three-year period. Students are encouraged to complete their first year of core requirements in the MFA/MA program, the MBA core requirements in the second year and electives in both programs in year 3. Students are encouraged to complete an optional internship between years two and three. This internship is required for students who choose to pursue the Graduate Diploma in Arts, Media & Entertainment Management (please see below for further information). Students may also reverse years one and two. Please visit http://schulich. yorku.ca for detailed information.
The Master of Business Administration/Master of Fine Arts/Master of Arts must be completed on a full-time basis. Entry is fall term.
Students who enrol in the combined program should be able to complete it over a three year period, from date of entry.
The Joint Master of Business Administration/Juris Doctor (MBA/JD) Program offered by the Schulich School of Business together with Osgoode Hall Law School features a unique combination of courses that prepares students for the demands of leading edge careers in business, law and a variety of fields in which the two disciplines intersect.
The full-time joint degree gives students the added value of completing studies in just four years, one year less than if both degrees are undertaken separately. Students may also complete the program in three years by starting in the summer term (May). This option condenses years one and two to 16 months through year-round study. Admission is required by both Schulich and Osgoode Hall Law School.
Graduates from these highly challenging programs follow career paths in which business and law overlap. Students normally specialize in some business/law combination such as environmental law/business management; economic regulation; finance; international business; corporate / commercial law; corporate tax; labour law/labour relations; public administration; and real estate and infrastructure. Regardless of their proposed career path, students should always ensure sufficient breadth in their legal studies to prepare for the lawyer licensing and the demands of a legal career. This program offers full-time study only.
The Joint Master of Business Administration/Juris Doctor must be completed on a full-time basis. Entry is fall term.
The length of time required to complete the MBA/JD is 48 months (the three-year option is not accepting new registrants). Please visit http://schulich.yorku.ca and http://www.osgoode.yorku.ca for more information.
In addition to specializing, students may pursue a concurrent Graduate Diploma in the following areas: Arts, Media & Entertainment Management; Business & the Environment; Culture, Communication & Leadership in Canadian Business; Financial Engineering; Health Industry Management; or Nonprofit Management. Graduate diplomas are available in addition to a degree, and must be completed within a term following the MBA or IMBA. Besides specializing and completing their strategy field study in the appropriate field as approved by the specialization director, students also engage in an internship or research project to deepen their knowledge. To obtain a graduate diploma, Schulich graduate students must satisfy both the graduate diploma requirements and degree requirements.
The Schulich School of Business offers three stand-alone graduate diplomas: the Post-MBA Diploma in Advanced Management, the Graduate Diploma in Intermediate Accounting and the Graduate Diploma in Financial Engineering. Please consult the relevant sections and http://schulich.yorku.ca for further information about the stand-alone diplomas.
This designation is available to graduates of the MBA program who have completed the specialization in Arts, Media & Entertainment, a Management 6100 3.0: Strategy Field Study examining an organization in the Arts or Media sector, and satisfied an approved internship/placement. The diploma must be completed within one term of completing graduate program degree requirements.
Graduates of both MBA and MES programs require a solid grounding in new-style business and environment skills for the twenty-first century economy. This graduate diploma provides the perspectives, understanding, tools, skills and recognition for York master’s graduates to become leaders in business and the environment. Students in the MBA and MES programs are eligible to receive this designation in conjunction with the completion of either graduate degree. The course requirements for the graduate diploma are the completion of 12 credit-hours in designated Business & Sustainability courses. MBA students are also required to incorporate an environmental or sustainability component into their Management 6100 3.0: Strategy Field Study, while students in the MES program are required (in the MES III stage of their program) to undertake their major paper, major project, or thesis with a strong business and environment focus. In addition to the course requirements, students must complete an internship or placement of at least 12 weeks in an organization or agency with a focus on business and the environment. The diploma must be completed within one term of completing graduate program degree requirements.
The Schulich Graduate Diploma in Culture, Communication & Leadership in Canadian Business provides students with an opportunity for an in-depth appreciation of cultural differences, business practices, skills and knowledge of conventions and vocabulary to effectively interact with and contribute to the organizations they will be engaged with post-graduation. This outcome is achieved with a professional development course, a selection of courses focused on communication, culture and leadership, and a placement.
The Graduate Diploma in Culture, Communication & Leadership in Canadian Business must be completed on a full-time basis. Entry is fall term.
Of interest to students with strong quantitative backgrounds in economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering or computing, financial engineering is a Schulich specialization which offers a graduate diploma in conjunction with the MBA degree. Students are required to complete 21 credit-hours of required core Diploma courses consisting of three credit-hours of courses taken in the first year of the MBA, and either an internship/placement in a financial institution or an additional research paper. The diploma must be completed within one term of completing graduate program degree requirements. Also see the Graduate Program in Mathematics & Statistics section of this Calendar.
The Graduate Diploma in Financial Engineering is also offered as a stand-alone graduate diploma, for students not registered in a graduate program, requiring five masters-level courses offered by the Schulich School of Business and the Graduate Program of Mathematics & Statistics. This graduate diploma is of particular interest to students with strong quantitative backgrounds in economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering science or computing who are looking to accelerate their career in financial management. Financial engineering students gain the theoretical knowledge and specialized skills necessary to develop new financial instruments and to understand the role of financial instruments in risk management.
The stand-alone Graduate Diploma in Financial Engineering must be completed on a part-time basis. Entry is Fall term. Further information about the graduate diploma is available at http://schulich.yorku.ca.
Students may graduate with an MBA and a Graduate Diploma in Health Industry Management. The graduate diploma focuses on healthcare management in all subsectors of the healthcare industry including medical devices, biotech, pharmas, hospitals, long-term care facilities as well as healthcare consulting and healthcare insurance. To obtain the diploma, students specialize in health industry management and complete an internship or placement. The diploma must be completed within one term of completing graduate program degree requirements.
The Graduate Diploma in Intermediate Accounting develops students’ academic and intellectual abilities in the core competency areas that constitute the field of accountancy. This includes courses that are fundamental to accounting as well as basic and intermediate courses in accounting. This graduate diploma is suitable for graduates of non-business programs and graduates of business programs not accredited by the CPA. The curriculum is academically rigorous and comprises 30 credits over two terms.
After completing the program, graduates will have acquired in-depth learning of all of the field’s competency areas and will have acquired expertise in basic and intermediate accounting, covering the Core 1 and Core 2 of the CPA qualification path. Graduates may proceed to complete their education necessary for professional certification by pursuing Schulich’s Master of Accounting (advanced standing will be provided to successful graduates) or enter the CPA’s professional certification stream.
The Graduate Diploma in Intermediate Accounting must be completed on a full-time basis. Entry is summer term.
Please refer to the Graduate Program in Accounting section in the Calendar and visit http://schulich.yorku.ca for more information.
Students may graduate with an MBA and Graduate Diploma in Nonprofit Management upon completion of the following requirements: 12 credits of courses as required by the specialization, a Management 6100 3.0: Strategy Field Study conducted on a non-profit organization, and an internship or placement consisting of a minimum of 12 weeks in an organization in the non-profit sector. The diploma must be completed within one term of completing graduate program degree requirements.
The relentless and radical change associated with the business environment means that those holding MBA degrees must constantly upgrade their management knowledge and skills in areas such as inventory management, the management of workplace diversity, information systems, global operations and women in management. In recognition of this need, Schulich has developed a program that is unique in North America, the Post-MBA Diploma in Advanced Management. While other schools have chosen to mount brief ‘refresher programs,’ Schulich has opted instead to support more in-depth study through full-term (12 week) MBA elective courses. Open to individuals who hold an MBA degree from a recognized business school, the diploma re-immerses the MBA graduate into the mainstream of Year 2 of the Schulich MBA program.
The Post-MBA Diploma in Advanced Management can be completed on a full- or part-time basis. Entry is fall or winter term.
The length of time required to complete the diploma will depend on a student’s choice of study options. Full-time students usually complete the program in 4 months (1 active term).
Further details are available from the Schulich School of Business Graduate Handbook. To obtain a prospectus and an application form, please visit http://schulich.yorku.ca.