MBA program structure

Phase One

*Graduate Diploma in Management (GDM)

Six foundational courses build upon each other and are capped by a week-long comprehensive examination.

This exam is case-based and requires students to integrate and apply all they have learned to this point.

*The GDM and Phase One of the MBA are the same.

Phase One Core Courses:

• Strategic Management
• Human Resource Management
• Financial and Managerial Accounting
• Marketing Management
• Managerial Economics and Quantitative Analysis
• Operations Management
• Comprehensive Exam

Award of Graduate Diploma in Management (GDM)

Phase Two

Four core advanced courses solidify students’ holistic, organizational view of the senior management function.

In this phase, students also complete 18 elective credits, either in the form of six* elective courses, or three* elective courses plus an applied project.

At least one elective must be taken in residence. In residence electives are held in locations across Canada and internationally.

*Some in residence electives are six credits and can be taken in lieu of two, three credit electives.

Phase Two Core Courses:

• Information Technology Strategy
• Corporate Finance
• Strategy and Organizational Analysis
• Ethical Decision Making

Electives:

• three, three credit* elective courses plus a nine credit applied project, or
• six, three credit* elective courses.

Award of Master of Business Administration degree (MBA)

Elective Courses*

To see a list of electives you can choose from, click here »

*not all electives are on the schedule at all times; some electives are offered bi-annually.