The Second Year: Portfolios
The portfolio curriculum of the Penn State Smeal College of Business MBA program is outlined, along with descriptions of each portfolio.
The Second Year: Portfolios
During your second year, you’ll customize your learning through our six course portfolios – groups of courses concentrating on specific areas of business. Whether you combine one primary portfolio with individual courses from the others, select two complementary portfolios to study in depth, or mix in a few courses from outside the business school, you have the ability at Smeal to tailor the second-year curriculum to your specific needs and goals.
The portfolio curriculum during the second year is taught in the same “7-1-7” modular format as the first year: one seven-week module, followed by an immersion experience, and then a second seven-week module.
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| Portfolio | Objective |
| Corporate Financial Analysis and Planning | Enables you to gain perspective in financial analysis and planning needed for careful decision-making in the ever-changing economy. |
| Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Enables you to effectively identify, initiate, and grow new opportunities within an existing business or as a new business. |
| Investment Management and Portfolio Analysis | Enables you to conduct analysis and management of financial assets and provides a strong background in capital markets. |
| Product and Market Development | Enables you to create products and expand markets. You may choose to specialize in business-to-business or consumer marketing. |
| Strategic Leadership | Enables you to assess and improve the overall strategic health of an organization by recommending appropriate courses of action in a management role. |
| Supply Chain Management | Enables you to accommodate organizational and supply chain goals for
profitability, asset utilization, customer service, and systems
flexibility. |
