YOUR CURRICULUM
Business
Build your knowledge : Business core
Your Executive MBA ’ s core curriculum is focused on the essential topics of business theory . Your core courses will give you a thorough grounding in the critical knowledge of general business and deepen the technical skills you ’ ll need to move to an advanced level .
The skills you ’ ll acquire as part of your core courses are based on a large-scale big data analysis conducted by Hult in partnership with Burning Glass . Analyzing millions of job descriptions , the study identified the most sought-after skills and technical abilities employers are looking for . These have been integrated throughout your Executive MBA ’ s core curriculum and certain electives to ensure you graduate with a skillset that employers value and that will serve you from day one in the workplace .
Throughout your degree , you will put the theory and skills you ’ re learning into practice with real challenges from real clients . In addition to ad hoc , professor-led challenges , you ’ ll have the option to compete in core campus-wide challenges , which will require you to creatively problem solve for both local and global businesses .
Your own path : Electives
Customize your degree to suit your career goals or personal interests with a broad range of electives covering more than 30 topics . Your electives take place in the summer , and you will normally take six elective courses . Explore any topic that interests you most , or specialize when you complete three or more electives in that field . Topics are far-reaching but can be grouped in the following disciplines :
–– Marketing
–– Finance
–– Entrepreneurship
–– Business Analytics
–– Disruptive Technology
World
Perspective : See the world differently
At Hult , you will be immersed in a global environment without even leaving campus , and every topic you study will be approached from a global point of view . Your business knowledge will be placed in the context of the complex global environment that organizations must operate in , with a focus on how to solve international issues and challenges .
–– Study with classmates of 160 + nationalities
––
Learn from faculty with experience in 45 countries bringing firsthand global business experience into the classroom
–– Be exposed to multinational companies
Experience : Global Campus Rotation
Each year after you complete your core courses , you will have the opportunity to take electives at up to two more of any of our campus locations :
–– Boston
–– London
–– Dubai
–– San Francisco
–– Shanghai
–– New York
Future
Tomorrow ’ s world : Emerging technology
You ’ ll learn about emerging technologies impacting the business world of tomorrow and be invited to join our Day of Disruption speaker series to hear directly from the people leading this development . Through electives in disruptive technology , you ’ ll develop the critical thinking to identify the potential impact and opportunities of new and emerging technologies including :
–– Blockchain
–– Internet of Things
–– Artificial Intelligence
–– 3D Printing
–– Gene Editing
–– Robotics
–– Autonomous Vehicles
Future thinking : Harness the power of innovation
Your final team project will push you to apply all your learning to develop an innovative solution to a question no one has found the answer to yet . You ’ ll use design thinking to explore the possibilities of emerging technologies and how you can harness their potential to solve the challenges businesses will face in the future .
You
Learning to lead : Leadership program
Through self-assessments , personal diagnostic tests , and expert workshops , you ’ ll identify your strengths and weaknesses and how best to utilize them as a teammate and leader . In class , you ’ ll apply these skills to real-world situations , reflect on your performance , and come to embrace every growth opportunity to realize your full leadership potential with the help of peer feedback and coaching .
Growth through practice : Learn by doing
Put theory into practice as part of your everyday classroom experience , and build on your individual strengths and weaknesses as you take part in :
–– Business challenges
–– Live client consulting
–– Hackathons
–– Design sprints
HULT . EDU / APPLY 29