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THE ONE YEAR MBA
The Bryant One Year MBA offers the in-depth and practical education necessary for students who have little or no professional experience. This program provides the foundation in leadership and management that is important in all professional areas and leads to career-long success.
As you plan your career path, whether it is in the arts, public service, government, not-for-profit, publishing or retail, the Bryant One Year MBA is a smart and effective way to realize your personal and professional ambitions.
Myth: I can only get into an MBA program if I have a degree in business.
Fact: All majors can be successful in the Bryant One Year MBA program and are encouraged to apply.
Short-Term Investment for Lifelong Success
The one year, full-time program provides students with a comprehensive understanding of:
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the functional and strategic areas of business including leadership, management, accounting, finance, marketing, operations, and technology
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team-building
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communication and leadership
The Network
All Bryant One Year MBA students are members of a cohort, moving through the entire program with the same group of students. This community of peers will offer support and encouragement -- and become the foundation of a professional network. As a graduate, students will join a strong alumni community that includes industry leaders across the country and around the world.
The Curriculum: What sets us apart
In addition to course work that will focus on the functional and strategic areas of business, two distinct experiences are included in the program that will prepare you for the responsibilities of leadership.
The Building Lifelong Career Success course offers practical experience in career planning, interviewing, negotiations, and project management. This intense two week experience includes hands-on exercises that stimulate real business problems, insights from business executives, and skills development.
The MBA Business Practicum is a team-based experience where students solve real business problems in a corporate environment. Industry executives serve as mentors throughout the course and beyond. The skills you build and the relationships you develop during the practicum will set you apart from your peers.
Apply Now
The Bryant One Year MBA begins in the fall semester and applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Priority Admission Deadline: April 15
Regular Admission Deadline: July 15
Priority Deadline:
In order to be eligible for a graduate assistantship or merit scholarship, full-time students must submit a completed application by the priority deadline.
Complete application requirements, downloadable forms, and submission guidelines are available online.
For More Information
To learn more about the Bryant One Year MBA, please contact:
The Graduate School of Business
gradprog@bryant.edu
401-232-6230
Course Descriptions
Business Foundation Courses:
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Statistics
These courses may be waived if you have successfully completed coursework in one or all or these areas at the undergraduate or graduate level.
MBA Boot Camp (1 Credit)
MBA515 Introduction to Management Concepts and Skills
During an intensive multi-day course, MBA students will be exposed to and participate in instructional sessions addressing technology, research resources, team-building, leadership, communication skills, and case analysis exercises.
Core Courses: (24 Credits)
MBA520 Managing Corporate Enterprise: Operating in a Complex and Global Setting
Successful management of a corporate enterprise begins with a coherent, well-defined strategy. This course develops the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze, formulate and implement strategy effectively. The course will address the complexity of leading a business in this era of globalization, social and technological change, and dynamic firm and industry boundaries.
MBA521 Leading Effective Organizations: Personal Aspects of Managing People and Organizations
Emphasizes the importance of understanding the diverse ways that people interpret and respond to situations, emphasizing the complexity of organizational problems, especially in project-oriented, team-based environments. Discusses ways to align individual behavior with the organizations mission and objectives and encourages decision making that is consistent with established models of effective leadership and standards of ethical behavior. Requires students to create personal leadership development profiles and self-improvement plans for their professional practice to aid in the career development.
MBA522 Reporting and Controlling Resources: Planning, Control and Decision-making
Emphasizes the role of accounting in controlling the operations of an organization and the relationship between cost, profits and volume, decision making techniques using accounting data, and the use of programmed budgets as a control mechanism.
MBA523 Managing Information Resources: Gaining Competitive Advantage in Information Technology
Emphasizes knowledgeable and effective use of information systems, IS decision making, knowledge management, and information systems as an element of corporate strategy development.
MBA524 Managing Financial Resources: Raising and Investing Capital to Maximize Value
Emphasizes the tools and techniques necessary for sound financial decision making including the time value of money, risk and return, capital budgeting, working capital management, and acquisition of long-term capital.
MBA525 Marketing for Competitive Advantage: Leading Innovation and Managing Relationships
Emphasizes markets, innovation and opportunities, consumer characteristics affecting demand, marketing institutions, ethics and government business relations, product planning and pricing problems, distribution channels, promotion, and competitive strategy.
MBA526 Value Formation through Operations: Managing Production, Logistics, Technology and Services
Emphasizes the theories and techniques used to manage world class operations for competitive advantage including operations strategy, process design, quality, inventory control, and project management.
MBA640 Building Lifelong Career Success
This course provides a focus on building a long term career plan and developing skill sets that are necessary for a successful career in business. Topics include industry and company research, analysis of career interest and aptitude, credential development, interviewing skills. Management simulations, project management, consulting, and effective communication, interpersonal and leadership skills will be addressed.
MBA645 MBA Business Practicum
Students will work with a corporation or non-profit organization to develop and implement solutions to business problems or plans to exploit business opportunities. Teams will work closely with company executives to develop a project that adds value to the firm and provides students with hands on experience working with a company.
MBA651 Mastering Strategic Analysis and Decision-Making: Achieving Competitive Performance of the Firm
This MBA Capstone course emphasizes managerial decision-making that involves all aspects of a firm and crosses all functional lines, focusing on the integration of acquired knowledge for strategy development.
MBA Electives: (6 credits)
Two 600-level electives are required for the MBA degree. Electives are offered in a variety of business disciplines including accounting, computer information systems, finance, economics, communication, management, marketing, and operations management
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