Clemson's on-campus MBA program includes a full range of courses intended to give students a firm grasp of broad-based business fundamentals and a choice of specializations, or a focus within a second, graduate degree. Added to this is the diversity of the students who come from a wide variety of non-business undergraduate majors and backgrounds. This program targets individuals who are non-business majors relatively new to their career, or who are new to the U.S. Students in this MBA program often pursue dual graduate degrees, frequently combining a technical masters or PhD with the MBA. U.S. citizens with a business undergraduate major and at least two years of work experience take the Career Accelerator program. This can be taken full or part-time, mostly on the Clemson Campus or entirely at the University Center in Greenville.

During the first year, all students take the same classes. By studying under a common curriculum, students build a solid, broad foundation of general management concepts and skills across all the key disciplines. The MBA Seminar series includes top industry speakers, etiquette seminars and career enhancing workshops.

During the second year, students take 4-6 classes in a specialization area. These include Innovation & Entrepreneurial Leadership, Supply Chain & Information Management, Real Estate, Marketing Management, or an area in which the student is pursuing a second graduate degree. Students also take strategy and project-oriented classes. This portion of the program enables them to focus on specific career goals as well as to integrate the functional skills of year one into an understanding of organizations as a total enterprise. With careful selection and prior planning, qualified students may pursue a dual graduate degree.

Summer Activities between the first and second year include internships, study abroad, or taking classes at Clemson and graduating early.

PREREQUISITE:
A laptop computer is required and a basic knowledge of MicroSoft Excel, Powerpoint and Word is expected.

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CURRICULUM:
Year One: Lays a solid foundation in both breadth and content of material for developing the necessary knowledge and skills to handle more advanced topics. Some courses are taught in an intensive, highly rigorous seven-week condensed format.

Year Two: By building upon what you learned in year one, you focus your educational experience in one of the offered specialization areas.

Fall and Spring Semesters -- 27 semester hours total, 9 classes including:

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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
The MBA specialization allows you to focus your course work and develop a marketable expertise. As a Clemson MBA your specialization may follow one of the four designated tracks below, or may be one which helps you purse of a second graduate degree. You take 4 to 6 classes in your specialization.

*Note: This is a short list of example areas of study done by dual degree students (MBA plus another graduate degree). Please contact the MBA office for more information - mba@clemson.edu.

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STUDY ABROAD

• Italy: Stay 4-weeks during one of two summer sessions in Asolo, Italy (a scenic town in the foothills of the Italian Alps) where you will take two classes (taught in English) with MBA students from other U.S. universities. The long weekends are structured to allow time to travel throughout Europe.
  
• China: During a 2-week Maymester course on Doing Business in China, visit companies, meet with commerce officials, tour major historical sites (Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Temples, Tombs, Museums) and stay in Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai.
• Belgium: Students can take advantage of English taught international business and management courses available at ICHEC, Brussels Management School. These classes are taught during the fall and spring semesters. There is also the potential for earning a dual Clemson MBA / Master in International Management from ICHEC for interested individuals.

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CLASS DEMOGRAPHICS: 2007

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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Email: mba@clemson.edu
Phone: (864) 656-3975
Fax: (864) 656-0947

Mailing Address:
Clemson MBA Program
124 Sirrine Hall
Clemson, SC 29634-1315

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