The Flexible MBA is designed for people with full-time work experience in private sector, governmental, or public sector organizations. The program emphasizes the latest concepts, practices, and skills that professionals need to be effective managers and leaders in a wide variety of organizations.
Program Requirements
The Flexible MBA curriculum consists of Business Foundation courses and electives. Students may use elective courses to earn up to three Specializations but none are required. Students may take any combination of elective courses that meet the credit requirement, whether they count toward a Specialization or not. Specializations are simply a way to think about organizing elective courses and are optional.
Specializations include:
- Artificial Intelligence for Business
- Business Analytics & Risk Management (BARM)
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Health Care Management
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Real Estate
Students enrolled in the online Flexible MBA program will have the option to take sections of required and elective courses that contain a synchronous residency component. All residencies have the option to be completed onsite, some at the Harbor East campus in Baltimore, and some at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC. Some courses with residencies also have the option to be completed virtually through Zoom. No student is required to take sections with mandatory residencies, as these courses will also be offered in a synchronous online modality, which requires weekly, virtual class meetings, but does not have any residency component attached.
Course scheduling allows for the completion of the program in less than three years. Students must complete the required 54 graduate credits within six years. A waived course may be replaced with an equivalent number of credits in an additional elective course.
Curriculum
The curriculum for the Flexible MBA program includes the following courses. Course sequence and availability of specific electives may vary. All courses are 2 credits unless otherwise noted.
Business Foundations (22 credits)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BU.210.620 | Accounting and Financial Reporting | 2 |
| BU.520.601 | Business Analytics | 2 |
| BU.120.601 | Business Communication 1 | 2 |
| BU.220.620 | Business Microeconomics | 2 |
| BU.231.620 | Corporate Finance | 2 |
| BU.142.601 | Leadership and Organizational Behavior 1 | 2 |
| BU.410.620 | Marketing Management | 2 |
| BU.121.610 | Negotiation 1 | 2 |
| BU.680.620 | Operations Management | 2 |
| BU.510.601 | Statistical Analysis | 2 |
| BU.150.620 | Strategic Management | 2 |
| Total Credits | 22 | |
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Designates course with a two-day residency option for online asynchronous sections
Electives (32 credits)
Students may fulfill this requirement with any Carey course for which they meet the prerequisites and enrollment criteria. Electives may be used to earn one, two, or three Specializations, but no student is required to earn a Specialization to fulfill program requirements. Courses may count toward multiple Specializations, but no student may earn more than three Specializations.
Specializations (Optional)
artificial intelligence for business
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BU.520.710 | AI Essentials for Business | 2 |
| BU.142.775 | Machine Learning for Management | 2 |
| Select three of the following: | 6 | |
| Customer Analytics | ||
| Data Analytics | ||
| Digital Transformation of Business | ||
| Generative AI | ||
| Health Analytics | ||
| Human-AI Fusion | ||
| Responsible AI | ||
| Retail Analytics | ||
| Supply Chain Analytics | ||
| Total Credits | 10 | |
BUSINESS ANALYTICS & RISK MANAGEMENT
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BU.510.650 | Data Analytics | 2 |
| BU.520.650 | Data Visualization | 2 |
| Select three of the following: | 6 | |
| Advanced Business Analytics | ||
| Business Law | ||
| Crisis Management | ||
| Customer Analytics | ||
| Data Science and Business Intelligence | ||
| Enterprise Risk Management Frameworks | ||
| Financial Crises and Contagion | ||
| Global Immersion: United Kingdom—Navigating through Crises | ||
| Managing Financial Risk | ||
| Simulation for Business Applications | ||
| Social Media Analytics | ||
| Supply Chain Analytics | ||
| Total Credits | 10 | |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BU.233.730 | Entrepreneurial Finance | 2 |
| BU.152.710 | Entrepreneurial Ventures | 2 |
| Select three of the following: | 6 | |
| Business Law | ||
| CityLab Catalyst: Business Innovation for Social Impact | ||
| CityLab Practicum: Social Impact Project 2 | ||
| Cost Measurement and Control | ||
| Discovery to Market I and Discovery to Market II 2 | ||
| Global Immersion: Business in Latin America—Chile | ||
| Global Immersion: Navigating Innovation in India | ||
| Introduction to Angel and Venture Investing | ||
| Managing Complex Projects | ||
| Marketing Research | ||
| New Product Development | ||
| Pharmaceutical Strategy | ||
| Real Estate Entrepreneurship | ||
| Total Credits | 10 | |
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These courses must be taken in sequence
FINANCe
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BU.232.701 | Investments | 2 |
| BU.230.620 | Financial Modeling and Valuation | 2 |
| Select three of the following: | 6 | |
| Advanced Corporate Finance | ||
| Advanced Portfolio Management | ||
| Corporate Governance | ||
| Cost Measurement and Control | ||
| Cryptos and Blockchain | ||
| Derivatives | ||
| Emerging Markets | ||
| Entrepreneurial Finance | ||
| Financial Crises and Contagion | ||
| Financial Institutions | ||
| Financial Statement Analysis | ||
| Fixed Income | ||
| Global Immersion: Germany – Finance and Fintech in the EU (Part 1) and Global Immersion: Germany – Finance and Fintech in the EU (Part 2) 2 | ||
| Introduction to Angel and Venture Investing | ||
| Managing Financial Risk | ||
| Mergers and Acquisitions | ||
| Student Managed Investment Fund | ||
| The Firm and the Macroeconomy | ||
| Wealth Management | ||
| Total Credits | 10 | |
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These courses must be taken in sequence
HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BU.881.702 | Frameworks for Analyzing Health Care Markets | 2 |
| BU.883.702 | Health Information Technology | 2 |
| or BU.881.706 | Health Innovation and Evaluation | |
| Select three of the following: | 6 | |
| Discovery to Market I and Discovery to Market II 2 | ||
| Fundamentals of Health Care Systems | ||
| Global Immersion: Italy - Health Care in Europe: Models, Regulation, and Business | ||
| Health Analytics | ||
| Health Care Financing and Financial Management | ||
| Health Care Law and Regulation | ||
| Health Care Organization and Management | ||
| Health Care Strategy Consulting Practicum I and Health Care Strategy Consulting Practicum II 2 | ||
| Health Innovation and Evaluation (may be used as elective if not used as second required course) | ||
| Health Marketing and Access | ||
| Medical Devices and Diagnostics | ||
| Negotiation in Health Care Settings | ||
| Pharmaceutical Strategy | ||
| Providers and Payers | ||
| The U.S. Health Care System: Past, Present, and Future | ||
| The Wire: Business Solutions for Community Health Improvement | ||
| Total Credits | 10 | |
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These courses must be taken in sequence
leadership
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BU.141.710 | Effective Teaming | 2 |
| BU.151.770 | Power and Politics | 2 |
| Select three of the following: | 6 | |
| Business Leadership and Human Values | ||
| CityLab Catalyst: Business Innovation for Social Impact | ||
| CityLab Practicum: Social Impact Project 2 | ||
| Corporate Strategy | ||
| Crisis Management | ||
| Foundations of Innovative Leadership | ||
| Global Immersion: United Kingdom—Navigating through Crises | ||
| Global Immersion: Peru Community and Societal Impact | ||
| Virtual Global Immersion: Peru - Cross-Cultural Teaming on Business Challenges | ||
| Global Strategy | ||
| Innovation for Humanity – Part 1 and Innovation for Humanity – Part 2 2 | ||
| Innovative Leadership in Uncertain Times | ||
| Leadership Development Expedition | ||
| Managing Complex Projects | ||
| Managing in a Diverse & Global World | ||
| Strategic Human Capital | ||
| Strategy Consulting Practicum | ||
| Strategy Execution | ||
| Total Credits | 10 | |
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These courses must be taken in sequence.
marketing
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BU.420.710 | Consumer Behavior | 2 |
| BU.450.710 | Marketing Strategy | 2 |
| Select three of the following: | 6 | |
| Advanced Behavioral Marketing | ||
| Branding and Marketing Communications | ||
| Business-to-Business Marketing & Channel Strategy | ||
| Customer Analytics | ||
| Customer Relationship Management | ||
| Global Immersion: UK—Technology & Society through a Behavioral Economics Lens | ||
| Integrated Digital Marketing | ||
| Marketing Research | ||
| New Product Development | ||
| Pricing Analysis | ||
| Retail Analytics | ||
| Sales Force Management | ||
| Social Media Analytics | ||
| Strategic Market Intelligence | ||
| Total Credits | 10 | |
real estate
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BU.241.745 | Fundamentals of Real Estate Valuation and Investment | 2 |
| BU.241.630 | Real Estate Products and Emerging Trends | 2 |
| Select three of the following: | 6 | |
| CityLab Catalyst: Business Innovation for Social Impact | ||
| CityLab Practicum: Social Impact Project 2 | ||
| Global Perspectives in Real Estate | ||
| Project Finance and Public-Private Infrastructure Delivery | ||
| Real Estate Capital Market Analysis | ||
| Real Estate Entrepreneurship | ||
| Real Estate Investment and Development | ||
| Selected Topics in the Real Estate industry | ||
| Smart Growth, Infrastructure and Real Estate Development | ||
| The Evolution of Housing, Property, and Public Finance Policy | ||
| Total Credits | 10 | |
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These courses must be taken in sequence.