The concepts, skills, and tools taught in business schools shape every aspect of modern life. From law to technology, political science to medicine, the lessons of economics, marketing, finance, accounting, and management provide vision and value to organizations of every stripe. The Custom specialization allows students to pick and choose the classes that will best serve them and their career goals.
The Custom specialization provides you with the flexibility to create your own MBA based on your unique career goals. This specialization is ideal if you want to combine a set of electives that are tailored to a specific skill set needed to advance in your career or if you have multiple interests you would like to combine. Students who do not declare another specialization at the beginning of their program are automatically assigned to the Custom specialization.
Specific highlights include:
- Freedom to choose any graduate-level business courses
- Creativity to design a series of study aligned with specific career interests
- Flexibility to take new, topical elective courses offered during one’s time in the program
- Ability to take any elective courses available (provided any prerequisites have been met) instead of waiting for specific electives to be offered
What jobs do MBA students with a Custom specialization pursue?
- Business Consultant
- Entrepreneur
- Business Development Executive
- Chief of Staff
- Non-Profit Director
- Other Professional (lawyer, doctor) – combined degree
Custom MBA Specialization Requirements
Students complete a Custom MBA specialization by completing any three elective courses offered by the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.
With this option, the student is free to choose elective courses from among the different areas of study within the graduate school of business without concern for whether these courses satisfy the requirements of a specific specialization. Students should consider how this custom option will help them achieve their career goals and may wish to consult a career advisor, an academic advisor, and/or a faculty member for advice.
If a student does not declare a specific specialization, the student will be assigned the Custom MBA specialization at the beginning of the program.