Program Overview

Executive MBA Program Overview

The Executive MBA program at Wharton delivers the undiluted MBA curriculum to working professionals through a residential every-other-weekend format tailored for working professionals. The program emphasizes an intensive core in general management and an unmatched selection of electives in a collaborative environment. The intensive, cross-functional core curriculum provides business fundamentals and the leadership, communication, and analytical skills that are critical to success. Through electives in the second year, students may develop one or more areas of expertise or continue to develop a breadth of knowledge.

Curriculum

Students are required to complete the core EMBA curriculum and may complete the rest of the required course units with electives. Students in the Executive MBA Program are not required to declare a major but have the option to do so if the necessary electives are offered.

• EMBA Core Requirements: 9.5 course units
• Electives or Optional Major: 9.5 course units
  • Students may complete any combination of electives and/or a major
• Total Course Units: 19

EMBA Core Requirements

The following courses are required:

• Accounting:
  • ACCT 6130: Fundamentals of Financial and Managerial Accounting (1 course unit)
• Business Econ & Public Policy:
  • BEPP 6110: Microeconomics for Managers: Foundations (0.5 course units)
  • BEPP 6120: Microeconomics for Managers: Advanced Applications (0.5 course units)
• Finance:
  • FNCE 6130: Macroeconomics and the Global Economic Environment (1 course unit)
  • Select one of the following:
    • FNCE 6110: Corporate Finance (0.5-1 course unit)
    • FNCE 6210: Corporate Finance (Half CU) (0.5-1 course unit)
• Legal Studies:
  • LGST 6110: Responsibility in Global Management (0.5 course units)
  • or LGST 6120: Responsibility in Business (0.5 course units)
• Management:
  • MGMT 6100: Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership (0.5 course units)
  • MGMT 6130: Managing the Enterprise (1 course unit)
• Marketing:
  • MKTG 6110: Marketing Management (0.5 course units)
  • MKTG 6130: Strategic Marketing Simulation (0.5 course units)
  • or MKTG 6120: Dynamic Marketing Strategy (0.5 course units)
• OIDD:
  • OIDD 6110: Quality and Productivity (0.5 course units)
  • OIDD 6150: Operations Strategy (0.5 course units)
• Statistics:
  • STAT 6130: Regression Analysis for Business (1 course unit)
• Management Communication:
  • WHCP 6140: Management Communication (0.5 course units)
• Global Business Week:
  • Select one of the following:
    • BEPP 8950: Global Business Week (0.5 course units)
    • FNCE 8950: Global Business Week (GBW) (0.5 course units)
    • HCMG 8950: Global Business Week (0.5 course units)
    • LGST 8950: Global Business Week (0.5 course units)
    • MKTG 8950: Global Business Week (0.5 course units)
    • OIDD 8950: Global Business Week (0.5 course units)
• Total Course Units: 9.5

Concentrations

Health Care Management

The Health Care Management concentration requires three course units, all taken for a letter grade. One course unit comes from the required courses, including 0.5 from a capstone project, supervised by a Wharton faculty member, and delivered through either an independent study or a HCM Global Modular Course.

• Required Courses:
  • HCMG 8410: Introduction to Health Management and Economics (0.5 course units)
  • HCMG 8990: Independent Study (0.5 course units)
  • or HCMG 8980: Global Modular Course (0.5 course units)
• Elective Courses:
  • HCMG 8450: US Payer and Provider Strategy (0.5 course units)
  • HCMG 8500: Health Care Reform and the Future of the American Health Care System (0.5 course units)
  • HCMG 8520: Health Services Delivery: A Managerial Economic Approach (0.5 course units)
  • HCMG 8530: Management and Strategy in Medical Devices and Technology (1 course unit)
  • HCMG 8570: Healthcare Data and Analytics (0.5 course units)
  • HCMG 8590: Comparative Health Care Systems (0.5 course units)
  • HCMG 8600: Leading Health Care Organizations (0.5 course units)
  • HCMG 8630: Management and Economics of Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industries (0.5 course units)
  • HCMG 8670: Health Care Entrepreneurship (0.5 course units)

Business Analytics

The Business Analytics concentration requires 2.5 course units in addition to the core/required Statistics and OIDD courses. These required courses are:

• STAT 6130: Regression Analysis for Business (1 course unit)
• OIDD 6110: Quality and Productivity (0.5 course units)
• OIDD 6120: Business Analytics (0.5 course units)
• OIDD 6150: Operations Strategy (0.5 course units)

The remaining 2.5 course units must come from the following elective courses:

• ACCT 7471: Financial Disclosure Analytics (0.5 course units)
• FNCE 7050: Investment Management (1 course unit)
• FNCE 7170: Financial Derivatives (1 course unit)
• FNCE 7800: FinTech (0.5 course units)
• MGMT 7930: People Analytics (0.5 course units)
• MKTG 7120: Data and Analysis for Marketing Decisions (0.5 course units)
• MKTG 7540: Pricing Policy (0.5 course units)
• MKTG 7760: Applied Probability Models in Marketing (1 course unit)
• MKTG 8520: Special Topics - Marketing Analytics (0.5 course units)
• MKTG 8950: Global Business Week (0.5 course units)
• OIDD 6360: Scaling Operations: Linking Strategy and Execution (1 course unit)
• OIDD 6530: Mathematical Modeling and its Application in Finance (1 course unit)
• OIDD 6620: Enabling Technologies (0.5 course units)
• OIDD 6670: A.I., Business, and Society (0.5 course units)
• STAT 7010: Modern Data Mining (1 course unit)
• STAT 7220: Predictive Analytics for Business (0.5 course units)

At most 1 course unit can be double-counted with a major. For example, if a student took FNCE 7050, FNCE 7170, and OIDD 6530 as part of their Finance major, they would not automatically be able to obtain the Business Analytics concentration and would still need 2 course units from the remaining elective courses.

The degree and major requirements displayed are intended as a guide for students entering in the Fall of 2025 and later. Students should consult with their academic program regarding final certifications and requirements for graduation.