Executive MBA Curriculum

Designed to Empower

Engage in coursework that delves deep into leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, international business, and public policy. Our curriculum is designed to empower you to navigate diverse, complex challenges with precision. Immersive learning opportunities, rigorous academics, and distinguished faculty provide a curriculum truly tailored for the executive.

Defining Leadership

Shape the way you choose to lead through the EMBA curriculum and through our program’s four Defining Leadership Principles.

Explore Haas's Defining Leadership Principles

A Solid Foundation of Business Education

The Executive MBA is supported by four pillars that serve as the structure for the program and the curriculum:

Leadership

Learn how to lead authentically, building on your ability to inspire others and execute at scale. Gain skills through our Leadership Communications immersion, through core courses on leading and managing organizations and on building trust-based relationships, and in electives such as Executive Leadership.

Entrepreneurship

Frame problems and lead organizational innovation. An entrepreneurial mindset will give you essential leadership tools whether you lead a team or an entire organization. Grow your entrepreneurial skills in our Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Applied Innovation immersion weeks and in electives such as Opportunity Recognition and New Venture Finance.

Strategy

Design long-term strategies to achieve large-scale goals. You learn how to develop strategy throughout your coursework, including in the core Competitive and Corporate Strategy course, and in electives such as Financial Information Analysis, Global Strategy, and Game Theory, and in the Public Policy and Global immersion weeks.

Finance

Understand the bottom-line impact of strategic decisions. Learn finance in the core Financial Accounting and Finance classes and in electives such as New Venture Finance and Corporate Finance, which examines the subject from a CFO perspective.

Get a Glimpse into the Classroom

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer sed varius ante. Phasellus sit amet rhoncus mi. In vehicula dapibus lorem fermentum accumsan. Nulla et fermentum enim. Cras sit amet eros leo. Nam nec vehicula odio. Donec molestie congue pulvinar.

View Sample Courses

Working While Getting MBA Adds Another Layer of Learning

"When you’re surrounded by fellow classmates that are also working at the same time as going to school and that have years of experience under their belts like you have, it’s just another layer of learning. It’s a different kind of classroom when everyone shows up with that kind of experience under their belts, the conversations that you can have with people about what their experience have been like, what their career has been like, has really added another layer to the whole learning environment."

Lee Helms
Director of Innovation Programs, San Francisco Opera

Scheduled for Success

The EMBA program spans five terms, with each term consisting of five course sessions (blocks). Classes meet once a month, Thursday-Saturday, offering a flexible format designed to accommodate executive students’ busy professional schedules. Block week and elective schedules may vary in the final two terms to ensure a tailored and enriching educational experience with the flexibility you need to support your busy lifestyle.

The initial three terms in the program are dedicated to core courses that are meticulously designed for progressive learning, with each course building a strong foundation for the next. In the latter two terms, you'll encounter intellectually stimulating elective options along with the opportunity to engage in independent studies to align your academic journey to your career aspirations and interests.

Each term, students are required to participate in a field immersion program (totaling five for the program) which usually runs for 5-7 days and follows varying schedules.

Due to the accelerated nature of the program, all academic sessions and field immersions are required. Excused absences will be made for medical/family emergencies; other absences will be considered by the faculty on a case-by-case basis.

See Detailed Program Calendar

See EMBA Program Calendar

Schedule in a Typical Year

Term One

AUG-DEC

Immersion

Leadership Communication Immersion Week
Financial Accounting
Data Analysis for Management
Building Trust-Based Relationships (Part 1)

Term Two

JAN-APR

Marketing Management and Organization
Finance
Global Economic Environment (Macro)
Building Trust-Based Relationships (Part 2)
Immersion

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Immersion Week

Term Three

MAY-AUG

Creating Effective Organizations
Competitive and Corporate Strategy
Operations Management
Immersion

Applied Innovation Immersion Week

Term Four

SEP-DEC

Three Electives
Immersion

Public Policy

Term Five

JAN-MAY

Three Electives
Immersion

Sustainable Business (Global)