The curriculum

Fifteen courses. One cohort. Twenty months.

Every course is 8 weeks, fully remote, and taken with the same twenty people from orientation to graduation. Four courses put you to work on real projects for employer partners. The last two-to-four months are a full-time, paid apprenticeship with its own academic companion course.

Your week

Tuesday6:00–8:30 pm CT
Thursday6:00–8:30 pm CT
Saturday8:00 am–1:00 pm CT

About 10 hours in class plus homework and project time outside of class each week. Live, online, Central time. You keep your job.

Year 1 · Spring

Jan–May 2027
ORIOrientation: Intro to Polymathy (Term 1)Polymath core
BUS 502Statistics & Research Methods (Term 1)
BUS 556Systems Thinking (Term 1)Polymath core
BUS 503Organizational Management & Leadership (Term 2)
BUS 555Project Management (Term 2)PMP exam included

Year 1 · Summer

May–Aug 2027
BUS 557Human-Centered Design (Term 3)Polymath coreEmployer project
BUS 512Organizational Communication (Term 3)
BUS 530Organizational Marketing (Term 4)Employer project
BUS 520Managerial Economics (Term 4)

Year 1 · Fall

Aug–Dec 2027
BUS 558Artificial Intelligence (Term 5)Polymath core
BUS 550Issues in Financial Management (Term 5)
BUS 559Leadership Through Inquiry (Term 6)Polymath core
BUS 540Accounting Issues (Term 6)Employer project

Year 2 · Spring

Jan–May 2028
BUS 560Global Issues (Term 7)Employer project
BUS 580Political, Social & Ethical Issues (Term 7)
BUS 594Cooperative EducationRuns with apprenticeship
May–Aug 2028 · 2–4 months

Apprenticeship. Full-time. Paid.

Two to six months with an employer partner in your new industry, applying everything you learned. BUS 594 Cooperative Education runs alongside it as the academic companion, turning what you do on the job into what you know. You are paid at a rate of no less than $50,000 per year, depending on your apprenticeship placement. Graduate in August 2028 with an accredited MBA, zero debt, and a two-year commitment to the employer who invested in you.

PMP exam included

PMI PMP certification

BUS 555 prepares you to sit for the Project Management Professional exam. The exam fee is included in the degree; passing it is not required to graduate.

Employer project

Four real projects

Work-based projects with healthcare employer partners in design, marketing, accounting, and global issues. Real deliverables, on your résumé before you graduate.

Polymath core

The four pillars

Curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, and community, built through Orientation, Systems Thinking, Human-Centered Design, Leadership Through Inquiry, and Artificial Intelligence.

Every course

One cohort of twenty

The same people in every class for twenty months, with faculty who coach you individually. You graduate with a network, not just a transcript.

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