Middle Manager

The MBA Middle Manager Program Curriculum

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

1. The MBA Middle Manager Program is a non-thesis program offered on a trimestral basis with fifteen (15) weeks of classes. Students participate in class one (1) night per week, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. except for STRAMA. The maximum number of students per class is thirty (30).
2. The degree can be completed in two (2) years and one (1) trimester or seven (7) trimesters.
3. The maximum load per trimester is two (2) courses. Additional load per trimester requires approval from the cluster chair and the faculty member assigned to handle the class.
4. The MBA Middle Manager Program consists of the following courses:
   

   Core Courses	33 units
   Electives	6 units
   Integrating Course	3 units
   Total	42 units

5. Each course has a detailed learning guide (module) for the entire course, as well as for every class meeting. The module serves as the road map for both the students and their professors. Each meeting has a well-defined goal and objective.
6. The reading materials and cases for each session are provided prior to the start of the classes. Thus, on the first day of the class, students are expected to have read the reading assignments and to be ready for discussion.

 

PROGRAM DELIVERY: FACILITATION AND STUDENT PARTICIPATION

The curriculum for the MBA Middle Manager Program includes analytical learning through time intensive courses designed specifically for working adults. The design of the courses recognizes that adults learn most effectively and most rapidly through a process of self-learning, bringing both life and work experiences that can be a learning resource for the other students in the class.

Self-learning occurs before class so that each participant can contribute in a meaningful way to group discussions and be an effective resource in shared-learning. Shared-learning occurs in the classroom, where each participant learns from the life and professional experiences of others.

Each adult learner must be an active participant in the learning process. The principal responsibility of the facilitator is to assist in this process, not to teach the technical content of the course. The facilitator is a technical expert in the field and will answer questions beyond the competence of the participants, but the primary responsibility for learning belongs to the student. Ordinarily, the facilitator will not lecture for extended periods of time.

The level of learning to meet the learning objectives of the courses is quite high. Students will need to think at the creating and evaluating levels. They operate at the evaluation level when they form judgments and assessments by combining their own medley of experiences and learning with disparate conflicting and complex facts. They operate at the creating level when they originate, integrate, and combine ideas into a product plan or proposal that is new. They will find that all elements of these courses will focus on learning outcomes primarily at the creating and evaluating levels.

 

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