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2012 - 2013 Graduate Catalog 
    
2012 - 2013 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Executive Master of Business Administration


 

Fact Sheet/Tuition

Web site: http://emba.wm.edu

Length of Program

  • 20 months (January start)

Format

  • Five semesters. Classes held two weekends a month (Friday/Saturday) including three domestic residency periods and one international trip.

Designed For

  • Focused, hard-driving mid-career professionals without a minute to spare who want to go to the next level in their careers or start their own business.

Admissions Requirements

  • Professional and managerial experience, application, transcripts, three letters of recommendation, GMAT score or GMAT waiver; interview may be required.

Application Deadlines

  • Early Application Deadline: August 1 ($100 application fee waived)
  • Final Application Deadline: November 15

Class Profile

  • Average age: 35
  • Average Work Experience: 12 years
  • Average GMAT: 588
  • Average GPA: 3.0
  • Male: 88%; Female:12%

Represented Companies

  • AOL, Inc., ASM Research, Inc., Cameron-McQueen Research & Consulting, CarMax, Chesapeake Investment Group, ClearPoint Financial Solutions, Cox Communications, DDL Omni Engineering, Genworth Financial, Hackworth Reprographics, Inc., Hankins and Anderson, Inc., Narricot, Naviance, Robert Brown & Associates, Inc., SAIC, Skanska, Subway, Tangier Island Health Foundation, The American Civil War Center, United States Navy, Virginia International Terminals

Program Cost $79,500*

  • Tuition and fees
  • Laptop computer and software
  • All books and cases, delivered
  • Catered meals and breaks on class days
  • Mason CareerPrep
  • Family Events
  • Parking Fees
  • Lodgings on Friday nights
  • Domestic Residency Periods (lodging/meals)
  • International Trip (airfare included)

Tuition Payment Schedule*

  • Nov. 2, 2012: $4,500 (Non-refundable Deposit)
  • Dec. 14, 2012: $16,400
  •  May 6, 2012: $16,400
  • Aug. 12, 2013: $16,400
  • Jan. 3, 2014: $16,400
  • May 2, 2014: $16,400

*Program Cost Subject to Change

Team Guidelines

Designing and leading effective teams is an essential skill for executives and, for this reason, teams are an integral component of the Executive MBA Program. Most of your learning of course material relies upon your active participation in assigned study teams. To support your learning and your effectiveness as a team player, the program includes a series of team assessment and feedback activities.

As part of your first-semester Leadership course, you will be asked to create a team contract, provide peer feedback to teammates mid-semester, complete a self assessment of team skills, participate in a facilitated team feedback session, and to submit a revised version of your team contract. These activities are intended to raise your awareness of team processes and to increase your effectiveness as a team player. A coach will be assigned to each of the study teams to assist you in your team dynamics.

While it is very common for teams to experience growing pains and challenges as they develop an effective working style, occasionally issues arise that go beyond what should reasonably be expected and team performance is significantly impacted. If this happens, teams have several options.

The first step is for the team to address the problem on its own, using the revised team contract as a guideline for acceptable behavior and the first-semester facilitated team feedback sessions as a model for confronting unacceptable behavior. Teams should use this opportunity to renegotiate team contracts.

If members are unable to resolve problems on their own, the team should ask the Director to provide an External Facilitator to help the team resolve the problem. The External Facilitator will do an independent diagnosis of the problem and provide feedback to individuals and the team as a whole. On the basis of this feedback, members will be asked to submit individual personal development plans to the External Facilitator and Director detailing what steps they will take to address problematic behaviors and conform to agreed-upon acceptable behaviors.

If these steps are not successful, at the discretion of the Program Director, teams may disband entirely. Members of teams that disband will be reassigned to other teams by the Program Director. This measure will be considered as a last resort only.

Refund Policy

Initial Deposit: Nonrefundable

  • If an individual does not attend the orientation program and cancels participation in the program, s/he will be considered ‘dropped’ from the College of William & Mary. The deposit will not be refundable, and “Tuition and Other Program Fees” will follow the refund schedule below.
  • If a student completes orientation, begins classes, and then discontinues in the Executive MBA Program, they will be considered ‘withdrawn’ from the College of William & Mary. The deposit will not be refundable, and “Tuition and Other Program Fees” will follow the refund schedule below.
  • Attendance is required for all elements of the program and no fees are transferable or refundable. If a student is unable to attend a part of the program, he or she must meet with the Assistant Dean and no refunds will be granted.

Refunds for Fall and Spring Academic Semesters: The chart below refers to the amount that can be refunded to a student for the “Tuition and Other Program Fees” portion of the overall cost of the Program. “Text Books and Supplies” and “Meals, Travel and Lodging” fees are non-refundable after the semester has begun.

Class Day Percentage Refund after operating cost deduction
Before classes begin 100
1 80
2 80
3 80
4 80
5 80
6 80
7 70
8 60
9 50
10 40
After class day 11 0

Refunds for Summer Semesters: The chart below refers to the amount that can be refunded to a student for the “Tuition and Other Program Fees” portion of the overall cost of the Program. “Text Books and Supplies” and “Meals, Travel and Lodging” fees are non-refundable after the semester has begun.

Class day Percentage Refund
1 80
2 70
3 60
4 50
5 40
After class day 6 0

Courses

    EMBA Program Curriculum - First SemesterEMBA Program Curriculum - Second SemesterEMBA Program Curriculum - Third SemesterEMBA Program Curriculum - Fourth SemesterEMBA Program Curriculum - Fifth Semester