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Accelerated MBA
An MBA for the Future Leaders in Business – Concordia Accelerated MBA
The Master of Business Administration is a powerful degree. At Concordia University Chicago, candidates can earn their MBA in just one year and with the resources, network and talented faculty needed to push their careers forward.
In its essence, the Concordia Accelerated MBA will provide candidates with a competitive business education in the analytical, managerial and technical skills of business today. Concordia University Chicago works together with organizations and industries to ensure that its MBA programs are in tune with the reality of business as well as relevant to the career aspirations of its candidates. In this capacity, the Concordia Accelerated MBA can be customized to suit the professional goals and interests of each candidate, in addition to providing a solid foundation in business marketing, finance, management and economics.
Ethics in Business
Within the Concordia Accelerated MBA, the ethics of business is a consistent and underlying theme. Designed to address the future of global and responsible business, the Concordia MBA will provide candidates with a business education that is grounded in the needs of the natural global environment as well as business markets. With the holistic integration of ethical conduct into business studies, Concordia MBA graduates will gain a competitive edge.
Small Class Sizes, Tremendous Opportunities
At the benefit of its students, Concordia University Chicago keeps its MBA class sizes at an average of 15 candidates. With intimate class sizes, candidates are able to connect with classmates and receive individual coaching from instructors and faculty. As classmates play a significant role in the educational experience of the Concordia MBA, candidates will complete the program together and collaborate with other members of their cohort.
Ultimately, members of each cohort will experience enhanced and accelerated learning thanks to the knowledge and experience sharing enabled by strong relationships with their classmates. Beyond the classroom, Concordia University Chicago also provides its MBAs with exclusive networking events with other cohorts and members of the alumni association.
High-Caliber Faculty
The instructors and faculty at Concordia University Chicago complete the puzzle in delivering high-quality education. As nationally acclaimed business professionals, Concordia business faculty members have significant insight from a spectrum of business industries, which regularly finds its way into the MBA classroom. In addition to providing MBA candidates with insight into various industries and essential business knowledge, Concordia instructors and faculty open students to a vast network of professional contacts. As core aspect of the MBA program, candidates will develop close and productive working relationships with faculty members
Want to know more?
For more information about Accelerated MBA , please submit an information request below and the school will contact you with further information.Application and Admission Requirements
Concordia University Chicago assesses potential MBA candidates on a rolling basis. Candidates are selected based on their academic and professional experiences.
Admissions Criteria
- A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university
- A GPA of 2.85 or above
GMAT scores are not required.
Application Requirements
All applications for the Concordia University Chicago MBA are submitted online and must include:
- Official transcripts of previous degrees and credentials
- An English language resume
- A personal statement with details one's professional goals and objectives
Degree and diploma etc.
Graduates will receive a Master in Business Administration from Concordia University Chicago.
Concordia University Chicago is full accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, North Central Association.
Program Structure
Program Scheduling
Candidates of the Accelerated MBA will meet on campus each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning. Courses are taught in 8-week clusters of 2-3 courses.
The program can be completed either in Chicago at Concordia university Chicago's home campus or in London at a sister campus.
Program Structure
The Accelerated MBA at Concordia University Chicago is designed to provide candidates with a comprehensive and holistic business education, as it relates to the contemporary business environment. Candidates will receive a complete perspective on the core disciplines of business, via the following core modules and final student project:
Global Managerial and Organizational Behavior
An exploration of interpersonal behavior, in relation to organizational performance: Behavioral science motivations, social perceptions, group decision-making, ethical leadership and multicultural behavior.
Financial Accounting and Analysis
An introduction to the key concepts of financial accounting: Analysis of a firm's historical, current and prospective financial state and performance, with an emphasis on investment and credit decision.
Marketing Design and Strategy
The development and evaluation of brand strategies over the course of a product life: Strategies for introducing and reviving brands, including basic marketing principles of the product, price, promotion, environmental factors and consumer studies.
Managerial Economics
A comprehensive overview of the microeconomic principles of a business and their relevant in the business decision-making process: The law of supply and demand and its relationships to market outcomes and economic determinants of consumption, savings and labor behavior.
Seminar in Descriptive Statistics
A basic view of statistical concepts and analytical tools for data-driven decision-making. An introduction to the concepts of frequency, distribution, variation and normal curve correlations with application to business decisions.
Ethical Strategic Leadership
A look into decision-making, negotiations and ethics: The impact of culture on management strategy, creating value, motivating resources, leading, creating high-performing teams and integrating performance strategy & measures across all business units.
Macroeconomic Analysis
The creation and management of money: The function and roles of financial institutions, fiscal and monetary policy and the Federal Reserve System.
Management of Human Resources
An analysis of the policies which govern human resource management and organisational design in terms of recruitment, selection hiring, development promotion and incentive-based pay.
Operations Management
The Strategic decision-making which surrounds the production and delivery of goods and services: Value-added activities that transform resource into product, process analysis, quality, inventory control, capacity planning and location decisions.
Corporate Finance
An explanation of corporate budgeting, working capital management and financial analysis. Corporate decision-making in relation to complex capital structures and how these decisions impact the incentives of stakeholders.
Managerial Accounting and Analysis
Accounting principles and tools use in decision-making. Why firms adopt activity-based costing and economic value-added and balanced scorecard decision models. Budgeting, cash flow and incremental analysis.
Managers and the Legal Environment
The legal environment which impacts all businesses. The legal aspects of business relationships and business agreements. Forms of business organizations, duties of officers and directors, intellectual property, antitrust, contracts, employment relationships, criminal law and debtor-creditor relationships, including bankruptcy.
Competitive Strategy
An evaluation of the principles that guide strategic decisions, including game theory, strategic moves, industry analysis, competitive interactions. A recognition of barries to great decision-making, including biases and decision traps. The development of frameworks for scenario analysis and processes for making sound decisions.
Capstone Experience
In the final project, MBA candidates will consolidate their knowledge and apply it to the actual business environment. Candidates will work in teams to solve an actual business challenge for a real company.
Alumni Benefits
Graduates of the Concordia University Chicago Accelerated MBA will gain exclusive membership and access to the Concordia Alumni Association of more than one thousand members. In addition to networking opportunities and career-building connections, alumni members benefit from the Concordia University Chicago Career Services, including self-assessments, workshops, career planning and internships.
Expenses / Tuition Fees
- Tuition fees are based on $699 per credit (39 credits)
- Total fees: $27,261
- Fees due at the beginning of each term
- Financial aid available for qualified candidates.