Business Administration (Full Time), MBA
The Full-Time MBA, a two-year, cohort program combining cutting-edge business analytics and leadership skills to navigate complexities in fast-growing markets. The program teaches students to develop strategies and techniques to harness technological advancements and innovation and hone their skills through a curated mix of immersive experiential learning, classroom learning, and co-curricular experiences.
The program requires 54 credits and is completed in two years, which cannot be accelerated. Course waivers are not granted in this program.
Requirements
In this program students choose between two pathways: Analytics, Leadership, and Innovation (ALI) or Health, Technology, and Innovation (HTI). Students will be expected to select a pathway by Fall II of the first year, with distinctions between being:
Analytics, Leadership, and Innovation (ALI) Pathway
Understanding the application of business analytics alone won’t drive innovation. Students translate data insights into innovative solutions. Students will hone their leadership skills to engage the people around them to implement data-driven strategies.
32 Foundational credits
8 Pathway credits
14 Elective credits
Health, Technology, and Innovation (HTI) Pathway
To lead in the health industry, students have to be ready to navigate changing government regulations, new technologies, and increased competition. Students will leverage the power of Johns Hopkins University’s health ecosystem and find technology-driven, human-centered solutions to complex health problems. With the Health, Technology, and Innovation pathway, students will build the specialized business-analytics and leadership skills to find technology-driven, human-centered solutions to complex health problems.
32 Foundational credits
10 Pathway credits
12 Elective credits
CURRICULUM
Foundations Week – The Full-Time MBA program starts with Foundations Week. Students will network with peers, launch their career development goals, prepare for their courses with behavioral science and data science boot camps, and explore the world of experiential learning.
The NEXT Program - Students will leverage their personalized board of advisors from inside and outside Johns Hopkins to grow professionally and explore career opportunities.
Electives focus on key areas of expertise
All courses are 2 credits unless otherwise noted.
Required courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BU.920.602 | Accounting Foundations | 2 |
| BU.920.632 | Behavioral Science: Design Thinking | 1 |
| BU.920.631 | Behavioral Science: Leadership and Organizational Behavior | 2 |
| BU.920.634 | (Behavioral Science: Leading Change) | |
| BU.920.633 | (Behavioral Science: Negotiating Collaboratively I) | 2 |
| BU.920.601 | Business Communication | 2 |
| BU.920.607 | Competitive Strategy | 2 |
| BU.920.624 | (Data Science: Artificial Intelligence) | 2 |
| BU.920.623 | Data Science: Big Data Consulting Project | 2 |
| BU.920.622 | Data Science: Econometrics for Market Analysis | 2 |
| BU.920.621 | Data Science: Statistics | 2 |
| BU.920.604 | Finance | 2 |
| BU.920.816 | Innovation Field Project | 4 |
| BU.920.605 | Marketing Management | 2 |
| BU.920.603 | Microeconomics and Market Design | 2 |
| BU.920.606 | Operations Management | 2 |
| BU.001.351 | Professional Development for Career Success | 0 |
Analytics, Leadership, and Innovation (ALI) Pathway
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BU.920.713 | (Ethical Leadership) | 2 |
| BU.920.721 | Foundations of Business of Health | 2 |
| Students are required to take two of the following Experiential menu courses in their second year. | ||
BU.920.814 | (Advising Team Projects) | |
BU.920.815 | (Applied Behavioral Strategy for Organizational and Social Impact) | |
BU.920.812 | (Commercializing Discovery) | |
BU.920.811 | (Design Lab) | |
BU.920.813 | (Leadership Development Expedition) | |
Health, Technology, and Innovation (HTI) Pathway
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BU.920.722 | Business Law, Health Law, and Regulations | 2 |
| BU.920.812 | (Commercializing Discovery) | 2 |
| BU.920.811 | (Design Lab) | 2 |
| BU.920.723 | (Ethics of Business of Health) | 2 |
| BU.920.721 | Foundations of Business of Health | 2 |