Overview: The Zicklin Executive MBA program is designed for seasoned professionals, and it follows six trimesters. Each trimester in the program focuses on a different stage of development a business may go through and any challenges it faces in terms of growth and further development. The program is context-oriented to allow students to constantly evaluate their experience in terms of how it would affect their performance in their current and future professions.
Program Format: Classes are taught on the Baruch College campus in New York, New York. Class size is small, so students are able to better collaborate with their peers and faculty. There is a strong emphasis on group work.
Program Schedule: Classes meet one day per week, and the program’s duration is 22 months. A typical academic year will hold 39 to 40 classes with each class day divided into three parts; there are generally 8 Fridays and 32 Saturdays. Classes begin at 8:30 A.M. and end at 5:30 P.M. Students are also responsible for attending an international study tour (typically for 8 to 10 days), which takes place during the second year of the program.
Curriculum: Each Trimester is centered on a focal module that describes the decision context and learning framework of a manager. Year One focuses on teaching the student the core concepts of business by an examination of how a business organization grows from an entrepreneurial venture to a large cap entity.
Year One
T-1 The Entrepreneurial Enterprise – Creation and Survival
The core module in the first trimester focuses on business start-ups. It combines the elements of entrepreneurship with an understanding of how to operate in competitive markets, and what it takes in terms of resources and risk-taking to create a successful enterprise.
Topics covered include Entrepreneurial Cases and Strategy, Marketing, Financial Accounting and Finance for Entrepreneurs.
T-2 Growing the Mid-Cap Enterprise.
The focus of this trimester is transforming and growing a start-up venture into a viable growing enterprise.
Modules in this trimester include Operations Management, Marketing Management, Managerial Accounting, Financial Decision Making, Statistics and Organizational Behavior.
T-3 Transforming the Enterprise- Preparing the Manager to Lead the Large Cap Entity
This module focuses on providing the manager with the tools and skills they will need to lead the large cap entity.
Students participate in modules covering Microeconomic & Macroeconomics Analysis, Dynamics of Competition & Industry Structure, Advanced Organizational Behavior, Statistical Decision Making and Corporate Finance.
Year Two
T-4 Strategy Formulation and Implementation at the Enterprise Level.
This trimester examines how a manager can formulate and implement a strategy to grow or transform their organization in light of their competitive environment.
This Trimester includes modules on Strategy, Financial Statement Analysis & Valuation, Business and Society and Managerial Communications.
T-5 Competing and Managing in Global Markets/ Mergers and Acquisitions.
This trimester concentrates on competing in the global arena and introduces the concepts of leadership and managing change. A separate module examines Mergers and Acquisitions.
Modules include International Financial Markets, Managing Change, and Mergers and Acquisitions. The trimester also prepares students for the international study trip with class sessions in country analysis and international management.
T-6 Leading and Managing the Large Corporation.
The final trimester examines leadership and the management of large corporations. In this trimester students examine the role and responsibilities of a leader and business decision maker.
Modules include Business Policy, Marketing Strategy, Corporate Financial Strategy, Human Resource Strategy, Negotiations and the Legal Environment of Business.
International Study Tour
Past locations visited have included Warsaw and Amsterdam (2010), Guangzhou and Ho Chi Minh City (2009), Sao Paolo, Brazil and Buenos Aires, Argentina (2006); Beijing and Shanghai, China (2008, 2005, 2002 & 2001); Hong Kong (2002 & 2001); Prague, The Czech Republic (2004 & 2003); Budapest, Hungary (2004 & 2003). The trip typically takes place in March or April in the second year of the program.
Class Profile: The average age for the program is 35 years.
Admission Requirements: To apply to the Executive MBA program an applicant must submit a completed application, submitted a personal statement, sent in a $125 application fee, submitted all official college transcripts, have two letters of recommendation written on their behalf, submitted a sponsors agreement from their place of employment, sent in a current resume, submitted an organizational chart, had an interview with the Academic Director or a member of the faculty, and submitted a TOEFL score if educated in a non-English speaking institution(s).
Application Deadlines: The deadline is July 15th, depending on space availability in the program.