Curriculum

This page describes the Smeal MBA curriculum.

Courses in the Penn State Smeal MBA Program are taught within a “7-1-7” modular format. The first set of courses is taught in the first seven weeks of the fall semester. You then experience a one-week immersion course before returning to a final set of courses during the remaining seven weeks of the semester.

Year 1

Orientation: The first year begins with an intensive 2-week program designed to help you prepare for your future in the program.

Module 1	Immersion	Module 2
Leadership Communications	Career Immersion Week	Leadership Communications
Financial Accounting		Finance
Statistics		Economics
Teams		Risk & Decision
Marketing		Managing People
Module 3	Immersion	Module 4
Leadership Communications	Global Immersion Week	Leadership Communications
Supply Chain		Strategy
Global Perspective		Ethics
Global Business Environment		Concentration Electives
Managerial Accounting
(Optional) Concentration Electives

Executive Panel: Present your team's business strategy to a panel of senior alumni and corporate partners in this case competition.
Summer Internship

Year 2

Module 5	Immersion	Module 6
IT Strategy	Negotiations Immersion Week	Concentration Electives
Concentration Electives
Module 7	Immersion	Module 8
APEX (BA 575)	Service Immersion Week	APEX (BA 575)
Concentration Electives		Concentration Electives

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Curriculum

Year 1

Year 2