Areas of Study

The power of the UW 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 UW MBA degree.