Master of Business Administration

The M.B.A. program at National-Louis University's College of Management and Business offers a diverse series of courses which will present the experienced practitioner with the financial/accounting/economic skills, as well as the practical people/leadership skills needed to succeed in today's increasingly complex organizational settings. The focus of our program is strategic management: the art and science of aligning business vision, strategy and performance. Our M.B.A Program is designed for students to earn their degree in just 22 months.

Our M.B.A provides a "business management laboratory" where you'll learn to apply the knowledge and skills necessary to manage an enterprise. Guided by credentialed faculty with extensive practical experience, the courses are designed to address practical problems, rather than theoretical ones, so that students will be able to apply their new knowledge and skills in their work settings almost immediately. Furthermore, the courses contain common themes and threads. These themes and threads include communication issues, issues of diversity, law and ethics, as well as strategic thinking and leadership skills. This program is designed to serve adults who work in complex organizations, public as well as private, not-for-profit as well as for-profit, and to help them work more effectively with superiors, peers and subordinates in identifying, clarifying and solving organizational goals and problems.

This M.B.A program contains 13 courses and is offered at selected locations convenient to working adults. Students meet in cohort groups which remain together for the entire program. Students will work on teams, devising strategies, contributing their own viewpoints and bringing their team's objectives together to achieve a goal. In the process, students will develop their business instincts and build valuable skills, both quantitative (such as analyzing a financial statement) and qualitative (as in project team management).

Our M.B.A program is offered in three innovative formats: in-class (Web enhanced), online and hybrid. Students progress through the program with a cohort of 15 to 20 diverse students who reflect teams you may encounter on the job. Courses meet just once a week in the in-class format, in which face-to-face coursework is supported by participation in a Web-based classroom site that can be accessed anytime, anywhere. Instruction in the online format is conducted via our Web-based learning platform. Online courses are much like classroom courses, with definite objectives tied to specific course content. Cutting edge tools such as streaming media and strategic management simulations will enhance your learning. Our hybrid format provides innovative combinations of our in-class and the online formats.