Full-Time MBA

Our MBA core curriculum introduces you to all the disciplines and analytical tools of business. Nine different modules form the solid, cross-functional foundation for the five curricular specializations and experiential learning opportunities.

Beyond the core MBA courses required of all students, you’ll start taking electives as early as your second term. A total of five electives the first year will launch your selected specialization and give you a head start on your summer internship. To earn a specialization notation on your transcript, you'll take required and recommended courses in your specialization beginning in the second term of your first year.

At a Glance

First Year	Second Year
MBA core courses, courses required for specialization, and electives	Courses required for specialization, electives, and final MBA core course
Three Terms: Late Sept. to early June	Three Terms: Late Sept. to early June
Nine core courses plus five 3- or 4-credit specialization courses and/or electives	Eleven 3- or 4-credit specialization courses and/or electives, plus the MBA core course on business law and ethics in final fall term

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MBA Core Courses

The core courses of the full-time Oregon MBA provide the foundation for subsequent coursework. Regardless of your chosen specialization, you and all your classmates will take the following core courses together. The final culminating course on business leadership and ethics sees you come together once more with your peers during your final term.

First Fall Term

ACTG 612: Financial Accounting (3 credits)
OBA 612: Quantitative Methods for Managers (3 credits)
FIN 612: Fundamentals of Finance (3 credits)
MGMT 612: Managing Individuals and Organizations (3 credits)
MKTG 612: Marketing Management (3 credits)

First Winter Term

OBA 613: Operations Management (3 credits)
FIN 613: Managerial Economics (3 credits)

First Spring Term

MGMT 614: Strategic Management (3 credits)

Second Fall Term

BE 625: Business Law & Ethics (3 credits)

During Your Journey

Experiential Learning

In keeping with the Lundquist College's mission, experiential education will be a core value and competency emphasized throughout the Oregon MBA curriculum. Experiential learning is more than just learning by doing or applying theoretical lessons to practical situations. It's about reflecting and evaluating. It's about feedback and continuous improvement. What worked? What didn't? How might we do better next time?

Much of the experiential learning in the Oregon MBA program is mediated by the business school's four centers. Among the experiential learning course work students complete is the Strategic Planning Project (SPP). Another principal experiential learning opportunity for entrepreneurially minded students is the Venture Launch Pathway, in which some students are given the opportunity to present at business plan competitions nationally and internationally. If you are pursuing in the innovation and entrepreneurship specialization and qualify for these competitions, you may elect the Venture Pathway in lieu of the Strategic Planning Project. In addition, finance and securities analysis students actively manage the Emerging Markets Fund portfolio instead of completing the Strategic Planning Project.

Other experiential learning opportunities include our hallmark Engaging Asia study tour, as well as study tours to New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and more.

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Nonbusiness College Electives

In addition to the courses offered by the Lundquist College of Business, MBA students may choose up to three courses from other UO colleges and departments. Naturally, these electives should advance your business career and make sense as part of an MBA degree.

Oregon MBA students have taken courses in advertising, economics, education, environmental studies, geography, law, not-for-profit management, political science, psychology, and public administration.