Program Overview

Executive MBA (EMBA) Program

The Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago offers a transformative 20-month Executive MBA (EMBA) program designed to help professionals hone their analytic capabilities, business knowledge, critical thinking, and management and leadership skills.

Overview

The EMBA program is tailored to meet the needs of experienced professionals seeking to advance their careers. The program focuses on building leadership, management, decision-making, and analytic skills, providing students with the advanced knowledge and skills required to succeed in today's competitive business environment.

Curriculum

The EMBA program consists of a comprehensive curriculum that includes:

• Business Fundamentals
• Business Analytics
• Human Resource Management
• Leadership
• Management
• International Business
• Other elective courses

The course list includes:

• ACCT 400E: Financial Statement Analysis and Decision Making (3 hours)
• ACCT 424E: Strategic Cost Accounting (3 hours)
• ECON 420E: Managers, Markets and Decision Making (3 hours)
• FINC 450E: Financial Management (3 hours)
• MARK 460E: Marketing Management (3 hours)
• SCMG 481E: Performance Improvement in Business Processes (1.5 hours)
• INFS 604E: Business Data Analytics - Infrastructure (1.5 hours)
• INFS 605E: Business Data Analytics - Application (1.5 hours)
• ISSCM 400E: Quantitative Methods (1.5 hours)
• HRER 501E: Performance Management (1.5 hours)
• HRER 513E: Strategic Human Resource Management (1.5 hours)
• ETHC 441E: Business Ethics and Values (1.5 hours)
• MGMT 460E: Values Based Leadership (1.5 hours)
• ISSCM 484E: Project Management (3 hours)
• LREB 443E: Executive Legal Liability (1.5 hours)
• MGMT 430E: Capstone (1.5 hours)
• MGMT 472E: Organizational Change and Development (1.5 hours)
• MGMT 474E: Strategic Management (1.5 hours)
• MGMT 481E: Innovation and the Entrepreneurial Mindset (1.5 hours)
• ECON 424E: Global Issues in Economics (1.5 hours)
• FINC 455E: International Financial Management (1.5 hours)
• MGMT 606E: International Immersion (3 hours)
• SCMG 486E: Global Supply Chain Management (1.5 hours)
• BSAD 409E: Integrative Strategy (1.5 hours)
• ISSCM 491E: Data Analysis for Managers (3 hours)

Total hours required for the program: 49.5 hours

Suggested Sequence of Courses

The suggested sequence of courses is provided to help students plan their coursework. However, students should consult their advisor for assistance with course selection.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Quinlan Executive MBA (EMBA) program, graduates will have achieved the following learning outcomes:

• Core Business Fundamentals: exposure to and academic roots in core business fundamental coursework
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation: ability to anticipate challenges and demonstrate an innovative approach to strategy and decision making
• Global Perspective and Diversity: equipped with a global perspective and ability to recognize international business issues
• Ethics and Values-Driven Leadership: exposed to and rooted in ethics and values-related coursework
• Decision Making: ability to analyze business opportunities, processes, and problems, and develop strategic approaches to lead and manage businesses

Graduate & Professional Standards and Regulations

Students in graduate and professional programs can find their Academic Policies in Graduate and Professional Academic Standards and Regulations under their school. Any additional University Policies supersede school policies.