Master of Business Administration (For Professionals)

The MBA program provides a strong foundation of business concepts, models, skills, and methods with which to face immediate and future managerial challenges. The basic program aims at creating a general management (rather than a functional specialist) perspective. Pragmatic in approach, the focus is on problem analysis and synthesis, decision making, action taking throughout the functional areas of business, and understanding the international context of business. The Lucas Graduate School of Business prepares students through a broad curriculum of functional, cross-functional and integrative core courses, and elective courses. The program is geared to the professionally-oriented person who aspires to move into middle management or to undertake greater managerial responsibility. It is designed to aid those who have the capabilities or potential to be action initiators. The MBA program accommodates students with a variety of educational and work backgrounds. Program Delivery: The MBA for Professionals is designed for working professionals with more than five years of work experience. This program offers a high level of flexibility in order to accommodate professionals with demanding life and work schedules. Classes are conducted in a hybrid format with a mix of in-person classes held on the SJSU campus and online classes. Classes meet during evenings and Saturdays in eight-week sessions during the Fall and Spring semesters and five-week sessions during the Summer semester, with some elective courses available in an asynchronous online format.