Curriculum

Each element within Miami's MBA curriculum, including enabling technologies seminars, business seminars, internships and the consultancy, is part of an integrated whole. As a result, course content is covered not from the traditional, functional perspective, but through a focus on business process, giving students a more realistic and complete view of today’s global work environment. Click on the specific curriculum element within the graphic below for additional information.

A fourteen-month intensive curriculum

At Miami, our goal is to get students back in the workplace as soon as possible. Our program can be completed in just 14 months, divided into four stages:

1. Summer Boot Camp. The program begins in early summer with the boot camp experience. Devoted to teaching business concepts and theory, the boot camp modules serve two purposes: providing a foundation of business “literacy” as well as introducing material, including business strategy, which will be expanded upon in future courses. Subjects including Accounting, Economics, MIS, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, and Statistics are among those covered during boot camp.
2. Fall semester. The fall semester focuses on the internal enterpriseinvestigating processes and functions within the business itself. During the first half of the semester, students learn about product, service and customer development. The second half focuses on organizational processes.

   Product, Service and Customer Development	Organizational Processes.
   The courses included in the first half of the semester focus on preparing students to infuse innovative thinking into their organizations, structure new product/service initiatives, evaluate alternative initiatives, and then launch them successfully. Additionally, courses introduce students to the basic concepts involved with the customer acquisition process covering topics such as market segmentation pricing and profitability analysis, product and service promotion and customer relationship management.	The courses included in the second half of the semester introduce students to internal business processes that span functional boundaries with specific focus on the four dominant processes of financial planning, resource planning systems, the cash-to-cash cycle and after-sale processes.
   Throughout the semester, students also take a course in enabling IT technologies. learn more

   
   
3. Spring semester. During the spring semester, students focus on the external enterprise — those relationships or factors which affect the business but which are not found within the company itself such as supply chain management, vendor partnerships and capital acquisition. Following a structure similar to that of the fall semester, the first half of spring semester consists of two, eight-week courses: one devoted to external process integration and the other devoted to capital acquisition. The second half of spring semester examines the competitive environment through another pair of eight-week courses: managing competition and global markets.
   

   Structuring External Relationships	The Competitive Environment
   The courses included in the first half of the second semester introduce students to processes that span business boundaries and result in business-to-business relationships including supply chain management, inbound and outbound logistics configuration, outsourcing, supplier performance metrics and customer relationship management.	The courses included in the second half of the second semester focus on competitive intelligence and its application to dynamic markets and involves competitive intelligence; the acquisition, dissemination and tactical and strategic application of knowledge.
   The enabling IT technologies course is also continued; click here for more information on Enabling IT Technologies II.

   
   
4. Second summer—Global Consultancy. Today’s marketplace is global, whether you are working for an international conglomerate or a small, locally-owned business. Miami’s Global Consultancy component helps you gain the knowledge you need to compete in the international economy. Click here for more information on the Global Consultancy.

Extended Internships

Throughout the fall and spring semesters, students participate in extended internships. Each Miami MBA student joins a team of peers assigned to a project with one of the program’s business partners. During this extended internship, the team works onsite with the company one day per week and also performs off-site work on the project. The combination of internship and corresponding seminar series allows students to apply classroom learning to real-world business situations, and to integrate real-world experiences into the classroom. Click here for more information on Extended Internships.

Enabling IT Technologies

Throughout both the fall and spring semesters, the course Enabling IT Technologies I and II will parallel the processes being covered in the other courses and address relevant IT theory, applications and decisions.

Professional Development

To complement the core offering of concept and theory in classroom activities, the Miami MBA program includes an emphasis on professional development skills. Throughout the program, students perfect overall business communication skills such as presentation delivery, business writing, persuasive selling and negotiation along with other critical business aptitudes such as performing industry analysis. In addition, simulated business performance reviews and 360° feedback will be conducted by MBA staff and corporate intern managers on all students.

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