Program Description

Full-Time MBA

The William & Mary full-time MBA is a highly personalized, experience-based program that challenges the student on the same fronts as today’s business leaders. The experience will span core courses, electives, Career Acceleration Modules (CAMs), the Field Consultancy Program, and our Leadership Development Experience. There are seven concentrations available which include: business analytics, consulting, entrepreneurship and private enterprise, finance, healthcare, marketing, and operations and supply chain management.

Major General James Wright MBA Program (Armed Forces MBA)

The Major General James Wright MBA Fellowship (Armed Forces MBA) is an exclusive partnership between the William & Mary School of Business and the U.S. Army. Classes are held at the College of William & Mary in Alan B. Miller Hall, and the curriculum is tailored with an intensity meant to match the pedigree of Army leaders. The program includes a focus on the Federal government budgeting process as it applies to national defense, as well as a specialization in Six Sigma and Supply Chain Management.

Academic Calendar

2013 Fall Semester

2014 Spring Semester

Fact Sheet/Tuition

Full-time MBA:

The William & Mary Full-time MBA exposes students to a wide array of complex, real-world business experiences. To be successful you must be able to address the intricacies of the business world where opportunities and challenges impact multiple functional areas in an organization. The structure of our program mirrors the complexities of the business world by combining theory with practice. As an MBA student, you will utilize our ever-expanding network of business resources to achieve your potential. You will refine your business acumen through core courses, electives, Career Acceleration Modules (CAMs), the Field Consultancy Program, Leadership Development Experience and William & Mary CareerPREP.

Length of Program:

Two years (21 months)

Format:

Your first year of studies is divided into three modules, each composed of core courses. You will also begin fostering mentorships in the Leadership Development Experience. Following a summer internship, your second year immerses you into the business world. You will take part in two Career Acceleration Modules during the fall semester, followed by your Field Consultancy project, and a mixture of core and elective courses in the spring.

Joint/Dual Degree Programs:

JD/MBA: Joint degree program with the William & Mary School of Law, Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration. (4 years)

MBA/MPP: Joint degree program with the William & Mary Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy. (3 years)

MBA/MGM: Dual degree program with the Thunderbird School of Global Management. (2.5 years)

MBA/MAcc: Dual degree program within the Master of Business Administration and a Master of Accounting Programs. (2.5 years)

Admissions Requirements:

William & Mary is looking for candidates who intend to do great things and make a difference in the world. Successful applicants come from a variety of academic, professional and cultural backgrounds. We require submitted online application form and application fee, academic transcripts from any colleges/universities attended, GMAT or GRE, TOEFL, IELTS or PTE, essays, resume, letters of recommendation and interview offered by invitation (on-campus, via Skype or phone).

Application Deadlines:

Admissions deadlines are divided into five rounds:

Website: http://mba.wm.edu

Sample Class Profile:

Top Recruiters: Companies that consistently recruit at W&M include: Amazon, Amerigroup, LifeNet Health, Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte Consulting, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Ernst & Young, Bristol Myers Squibb, MeadWestvaco, SAIC, American Airlines, Reckitt Benckiser, Smithfield Foods and Darden Restaurants.

Full-time Graduate Business Tuition rates for the 2012–2013 academic year:

The Full-time MBA program offers financial assistance through scholarships, graduate assistantships and student loans. All candidates are automatically considered for merit-based scholarships and graduate assistantships at the time of admission. The cost of room, board, a laptop, books and supplies will vary depending on individual needs.

Concentrations

The Mason MBA is a general management degree. The full-time program offers seven market-driven concentrations designed to enhance your success in the career of your choice.  These 7 areas were chosen for concentrations based on an assessment of where jobs are, and more importantly, where they are going to be in the coming years.  Each concentration includes one of Mason’s unique CAMS (Career Acceleration Modules) as well as electives tailored to meet the requirements recruiters in each field tell us they are looking for in MBA candidates. The choice is yours–pursue a concentration to tailor your preparation for a specific field or a general management degree without a concentration, which provides the maximum flexibility in terms of CAMS and electives.
 

Business Analytics
Business analytics can be broadly described as collecting and analyzing data to make better business decisions. This concentration exposes students to a broad array of analytic techniques that can be applied to any business from manufacturing to healthcare,  finance, and marketing. Thus, this concentration can be an excellent complement to many other areas and demonstrates to potential employers that a student has the command of analytic techniques that can be employed in their industry. Indeed, it is difficult to find job candidates with both domain knowledge as well as technical skills and so those who concentrate in analytics are in high demand.

Consulting
This concentration prepares students to succeed in a variety of consulting practices (from operations consulting to human capital consulting).  Courses in this concentration cover the gamut of stages and skills needed in a typical consulting engagement.

Entrepreneurship and Private Enterprise
This concentration delivers a “real-world, hands-on” curriculum of study which develops student’s understanding of the fundamentals of creating and running an enterprise.  It applies equally to ‘intrepreneurship.’

Finance
This concentration will help prepare students for careers in the finance function of corporations in manufacturing or service industries, commercial banking, as well as general management positions in almost any industry.

Healthcare
This is one of the fastest growing areas for employment nationwide. Students may learn (1) operational, (2) analytical, or (3) financial strategies within this concentration, all of which prepare students to work within the complexities of this expanding field.

Marketing
Business to Business and Business to Consumer are covered in this concentration.  Emphasis is placed on the development of skills in branding, market analytics, segmentation and positioning, account management, and the full range of marketing mix factors.   Development and implementation of successful marketing strategies is a key aspect of this approach. 

Operations and Supply Chain Managment
This concentration helps students to analyze and manage activities in all types of businesses from the manufacturing and distribution of physical goods, to the delivery of information products and services. This background is informative to those who manage the customer-facing processes through which value is derived as well as the support or “back-office” functions. The breadth of course offerings is such that students can focus on supply chain operations, service operations , information systems, or healthcare. This background is also beneficial for consultants who advise managers how to improve these types of operations.

Graduate Assistantships

Graduate assistantships are the primary form of aid to second-year MBA students. The selection for graduate assistantship positions is a competitive process that is based on academic performance and contributions to the program and community during the first year of MBA studies and the match between faculty or administrative needs and student skills and interests.

Mason School of Business graduate assistantship assignments typically include activities such as working in a research capacity with a Mason School of Business faculty member, serving as a tutor or resource for a first-year MBA course(s), and/or working with one of the administrative offices in the School. A modest research stipend accompanies most graduate assistantships. Assistantship assignments are made in most cases based upon a match between project needs and student skills and interests; the availability of positions is dependent upon funding, resource allocation and input from business school faculty and staff and may change from year to year. In all cases, assignments are made at the discretion of the Graduate Assistantship Committee.

Unless specified otherwise in the award notification, graduate assistantship positions are established for consecutive fall and spring semesters. Typically, two types of graduate assistantships are offered:

1. A 5-hour per week assistantship (or the equivalent of 75 hours per semester for each of the fall and spring semesters), which pays an annual stipend of $2,000 ($1,000 per semester.)
2. A 10-hour per week assistantship (or the equivalent of 150 hours per semester for each of the fall and spring semesters), which pays an annual stipend of $4,000 ($2,000 per semester.) Occasionally, a 10-hour assistantship assignment may include working with two faculty members, or in two assistantship roles, for 5 hours per week each. Students paying tuition at the out-of-state level may be permitted to pay tuition at the in-state rate if they earn a $4,000 assistantship stipend; the Graduate Assistantship Committee will determine whether in-state tuition status will accompany an assistantship award.

The assistantship assignment period includes fall, winter, and spring breaks; students may be required to work during breaks and should be prepared to do so if requested by their supervisor(s). Graduate assistants must be registered for 12 or more credit hours of graduate coursework per semester, with a minimum of 9 credit hours of graduate coursework in the Mason School of Business per semester. If a student’s registration falls below the levels described above, s/he does not fulfill their assistantship hours or assignment(s), or s/he resigns his or her assistantship before the end of the term, the student’s assistantship status and payment will be cancelled. Students receiving in-state tuition status as the result of an assistantship must complete the full year assignment in order to be eligible for in-state tuition status. Thus, the student will be required to pay out-of-state tuition charges (including retroactive payments if applicable) if their assistantship is cancelled.

During the course of a graduate assistantship, a student may have access to information that is confidential or protected by privacy laws. Disclosure to unauthorized parties is not permitted. When accessing this information, graduate assistants should only access the information needed to complete a specific, authorized task. By accepting a graduate assistantship position, the student acknowledges receipt of this warning and accepts the associated responsibilities.

Courses

• BUAD 501 - Management Communications
• BUAD 510 - Financial Accounting: Reporting and Analysis
• BUAD 511 - Accounting for Managerial Decision Making
• BUAD 521 - The Technology Infrastructure
• BUAD 522 - IT-Enabled Technological Transformations
• BUAD 530 - Financial Management
• BUAD 540 - Marketing Management
• BUAD 550 - Organizational Behavior and Process
• BUAD 551 - Leadership Development Experience
• BUAD 560 - Design and Control of the Modern Operations Function
• BUAD 570 - Data Analysis
• BUAD 571 - Economic Analysis & Insights
• BUAD 580 - Ethics
• BUAD 581A - BRS - Global Issues Discussion Group
• BUAD 594 - Business, Government, and the Global Economy

• BUAD 500 - Internship Issues

• BUAD 590 - Global Competitive Strategy
• BUAD 596 - Field Consultancy
• BUAD 598 - Career Acceleration Module

• BUAD 598A - Enterprise Engineering
• BUAD 598B - Brand Management
• BUAD 598C - Corporate Finance
• BUAD 598D - Entrepreneurship
• BUAD 598F - Business-to-Business Marketing
• BUAD 598G - Financial Instruments and Markets
• BUAD 598I - Real Estate
• BUAD 598J - Healthcare

Second year full-time MBA students, Flex MBA and MAcc students may register for MBA electives. During the second year in the full-time MBA program, in addition to the required second year courses, and two six-credit hour CAMs, students are able to select 9 (or more) credit hours of electives. Because the MBA degree connotes breadth of study, we encourage the desire to balance a concentration with the need to broaden one’s perspectives in the world of business. A student wishing to take more than 15 hours of elective courses in a specific area must receive approval from the Program Director. Electives are grouped into seven areas. Availability of electives is dependent upon faculty resources. Every effort is made to accommodate student requests. By the end of add/drop, it is very rare for a student not to have his schedule of preference.

• BUAD 531 - BRS – Forecasting
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Lean Toolkit
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Lean Toolkit & Lean Six Sigma Project
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Six Sigma Toolkit

• BUAD 515 - The Influence of Taxation on Business Decisions
• BUAD 518 - Tax Compliance Research and Planning

• BUAD 532 - Corporate Financial Policy
• BUAD 536 - Portfolio Management
• BUAD 538 - International Financial Management

• BUAD 542 - Marketing Strategy

• BUAD 553 - Leadership Development Experience II
• BUAD 557 - Leadership and Planned Change

• BUAD 561 - BRS - Supply Chain Management
• BUAD 562 - Project Management

• BUAD 531 - Forecasting
• BUAD 574 - Principles of Negotiation

• BUAD 581 - Global Business Analysis & Immersion

• BUAD 582 - BRS – Contracts/Corp/Bankr & Reorg
• BUAD 583 - Non-Profit Organizations
• BUAD 584 - Entrepreneurship and the Law
• BUAD 587 - Managing & Financing a Small Business Enterprise
• BUAD 588 - Private Equity and Venture Capital

• BUAD 597 - Independent Study in Business

• BUAD 581 - BRS – Global Business Immersion
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Advanced Modeling Techniques
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Applied Decision Theory
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Business Ethics
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Doing Business in Brazil
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Estate and Financial Planning
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Lean Toolkit
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Lean Toolkit & Lean Six Sigma Project
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Negotiations
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Six Sigma Toolkit
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Strategic Foresight
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Supply Chain Management
• BUAD 595 - BRS – Teams: Design, Selection and Development
• BUAD 595 - Consulting
• BUAD 595 - Customer Experience Management
• BUAD 595 - Healthcare Informatics
• BUAD 595 - Marketing and Society