Areas of Study

The power of a Foster MBA Program lies in its flexibility. Eleven business disciplines plus hundreds of courses throughout the Michael G. Foster School of Business and the University of Washington equal a personalized MBA. There are no required majors, just a firm business foundation complemented by individual courses and certificates. Follow a proven formula or create a new professional niche, you can work closely with career and academic coaches to:

• Pursue a single discipline such as marketing or operations management
  Focus: finance
  Career target: CFO
• Combine disciplines into a custom focus
  Focus: general management + entrepreneurship
  Career target: founder, start-up
• Enhance your degree with a certificate program
  Focus: marketing + Global Business Certificate
  Career target: international marketing strategist
• Create a custom program with a mix of courses
  Focus: corporate strategy, organizational dynamics, information systems
  Career target: management consultant to technology sector

Concentrations

You are encouraged to choose elective courses from a variety of subject areas to create the right blend of coursework to meet your desired objectives. Concentrations are informal and do not appear on transcripts.

• Accounting
• Business Administration
• Business Communications
• Business Economics
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Information Systems
• International Business
• Management
• Marketing
• Operations Management
• Quantitative Methods

Learn more about certificate programs and concurrent degrees to create your custom Foster MBA degree.