Program Overview

Introduction to the Leeds School of Business

The Leeds School of Business offers a variety of programs for undergraduate and graduate students.

Undergraduate Programs

Areas of Study

• Accounting
• Business Analytics
• Finance
• Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Real Estate
• Strategy & Entrepreneurship
• Supply Chain Management
• Sustainable Business

Enhance Your Experience

• Certificate Programs
• Global Programs
• Industry Treks
• Business Residence Hall
• Mentoring Programs
• Case Competitions

Additional Programs

• Business Minor
• Pre-Business
• Honors and Scholars
• Career Development
• Opening Doors to Achievement (ODA)
• Women in Business Programs
• Business and Computer Science Program

Graduate Programs

MBA Programs

• MBA Programs Overview
• Full-Time MBA
• Evening MBA
• Hybrid MBA
• Executive MBA
• Application Process
• Scholarships

MS Programs

• MS Programs Overview
• Accounting
• Finance
• Real Estate
• Sustainable Business
• Taxation
• Application Process

MS in Analytics

• Business Analytics
• Marketing Analytics
• Supply Chain Analytics
• Application Process

PhD Program

• PhD Program Overview
• How to Apply
• Research Requirements
• Teaching Requirements
• Funding

Faculty and Research

Faculty Directories by Division

• Accounting
• Finance
• Marketing
• Organizational Leadership & Information Analytics
• Professional Effectiveness
• Social Responsibility and Sustainability
• Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Operations
• All Faculty A-Z

Faculty Insights

• Faculty Insights
• Faculty Publications
• Faculty Appointments and Awards

Executive MBA Curriculum

The Leeds Executive MBA program is delivered in a cohort model that provides a shared learning experience with rich collaboration among classmates.

Course Descriptions

Fall Year 1

• Data and Uncertainty: This course familiarizes students with statistical techniques commonly found in the workplace, with the goal of making them better consumers of data.
• The Economics of Pricing, Price Forecasting, and the Macroeconomy (Econ): This course focuses on three key components of managerial decision-making.
• Executive Leadership: This class examines the requisite skills for organizational leadership, including communication, teamwork, leading change, and strategic leadership.
• Executive Level Strategy: The fundamental question of strategy is how firms can attain and sustain competitive advantage.
• Strategic Marketing I: In this course, students apply strategic marketing tools to better identify, reach, persuade, and satisfy their organization’s customers.
• Financial Accounting I: This course introduces the basic concepts and practices of the financial reporting system used by companies to convey the results of their operations to stakeholders.

Spring Year 1

• Strategic Marketing II: In this course, students apply strategic marketing tools to better identify, reach, persuade, and satisfy their organization’s customers.
• Financial Accounting II: This course introduces the basic concepts and practices of the financial reporting system used by companies to convey the results of their operations to stakeholders.
• Creating Value Through Innovation: This course focuses on how to use innovation to generate value for businesses and their customers.
• Business Finance: This course presents the foundational concepts of corporate finance and investments, addressing equity, debt, and derivatives markets.
• Strategic Human Resource Management: This course focuses on how to align human capital with business strategy in order to create long-term prosperity in organizations.

Fall Year 2

• Change Leadership: Course description coming soon.
• Operations Management: This course addresses the interface between a firm’s operations and its overarching strategy.
• Entrepreneurship: This course focuses how to grow a business into a complex enterprise.
• Applied Financial Management I: This applied course provides a toolkit for decision-makers to answer three fundamental questions in finance.
• Ethics I: Focuses upon individual leadership and personal ethics.

Spring Year 2

• High Growth Ventures: This is a course about how to grow a business.
• Applied Financial Management II: This applied course provides a toolkit for decision-makers to answer three fundamental questions in finance.
• Ethics II: Focuses on the overlap between organizational leadership and business ethics.
• Digital Strategy: This course focuses on what it means to be an information-based organization.
• Negotiations: This course addresses the strategies and tactics of negotiations in a variety of contexts.
• Risk Management: This course provides a framework for identifying risks faced by organizations, and for developing risk mitigation plans to manage uncertainty.
• Global Business Experience: This course is designed to provide graduating students with a meaningful international experience.

Centers

Important Bridges to our Business Community

• Burridge Center for Finance
• Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
• Michael A. Klump Center for Real Estate
• Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
• Research Centers of Excellence

About Us

About

• About Us
• Mission, Vision and Values
• Strategic Plan
• Rankings and Pride Points
• History
• DE&I
• Meet Our Dean

Life at Leeds

• Graduate Students
• Undergraduate Students
• Alumni
• Corporate Partners & Recruiters
• Faces of Leeds

Resources

• Map, Directions and Parking
• Faculty and Staff Directories
• Employment Information
• Contact Us
• Organizational Chart

News and Commentary

• Business at Leeds Magazine
• Leeds Business Insights Podcast
• Business and Engineering Expansion: The Rustandy Building
• News