MBA — Master of Business Administration

The MBA is a 12-course sequence, delivered by a combination of research professors and practitioners who are at the forefront of their field in areas ranging from organizational behavior and behavioral finance to strategic management and leadership.

The innovative curriculum delivery method combines weekly online learning through WorldClassRoom (Canvas) with one in-person, three-hour application and discussion session for eight-week terms. Class times are adapted to the cohort of students who are currently enrolled. Common options include two weekday evenings from 6 p.m. or Saturdays from 11 a.m. with special events/networking also built into the terms. Please contact admissions to discuss your preferences.

Webster offers five eight-week terms per year (Fall 1 and Fall 2, Spring 1 and Spring 2, and one Summer term). This allows busy professionals to attend, and for those who may be seeking employment or internships to keep an open daytime schedule.

Required Courses in the MBA Degree

• Foundation courses (4)
  1. Business 5000*
     *Students with a previous ACBSP (or equivalent) accredited degree or students who pass a waiver exam may substitute an elective for BUSN 5000.
  2. Value Creation
  3. Quantitative Methods for the MBA
  4. Marketing Analysis and Business Planning
• Value Creation (CORE) Components (5)
  1. Adding Value through Human Capital
  2. The Financial Value of Capital Projects
  3. Providing Value to Customers
  4. The Supply Chain and Business Processes
  5. Information Support for Decision Making
• Value Creation in Practice (2)
  1. Cases in Value Creation
  2. Walker Consulting Project
• Electives (3-6 hours)

Walker Joint MBA Program

Students who have completed an ACBSP-accredited undergraduate program at Webster within the past 10 years may waive 6 credit hours of electives, reducing the number of required courses to 30 credit hours. The degree can then be completed in as little as one calendar year.

NOTE: Not all options may be available on the Geneva campus. For more information on the current offering, contact graduate admissions.

MBA with an Emphasis in Corporate Finance**

39 to 45 Credit Hours

The MBA with an emphasis in Corporate Finance must include the following courses:

• FINC 5000 Finance* (3 hours)
  (prerequisites: BUSN 5760 and BUSN 5600)
• FINC 5100 Financial Modeling (3 hours)
• FINC 5810 Capital Budgeting and Corporate Investment (3 hours)
• FINC 5880 Advanced Corporate Finance (3 hours)
• FINC 5890 Financial Statement Analysis (3 hours)
• FINC 6100 Corporate Finance Emphasis Exit Exam (0 hours)

*FINC 5000 may substitute for MBA 5200. FINC 5000 and BUSN 5760 may substitute for MBA 5020.

MBA with an Emphasis in Cybersecurity

42 to 45 Credit Hours

The MBA with an emphasis in cybersecurity must include the following courses:

• CSSS 5000 Introduction to Cybersecurity (3 hours)
• CSSS 5120 Cybersecurity Infrastructures (3 hours)
• CSSS 5210 Cybersecurity Law and Policy (3 hours)
• CSSS 5220 Cybersecurity Threat Detection (3 hours)

MBA with an Emphasis in Digital Marketing Management**

42 to 45 Credit Hours

The MBA with an emphasis in digital marketing management must include the following courses:

• MRKT 5740 Management of Digital Marketing (3 hours)
• MRKT 5895 Marketing Analytics (3 hours)
• MRKT 5750 Management of Social Media (3 hours)
• MRKT 5790 Digital Marketing Strategy (3 hours)

**Note, not all emphasis classes are available at Webster Geneva.

Students who have earned a master's degree from Webster or another regionally accredited college or university (or its international equivalent) may earn a sequential master's degree in another major, as outlined below. Art, Counseling and other specialized master's degrees are excluded as sequential master's degree options.

Students who have completed any required courses with a grade of B- or higher as part of a previous Webster master's degree must seek approval for substitute coursework prior to enrollment, in consultation with their academic advisor. A required course completed in a previous degree and used toward the first degree, must be repeated if the grade is below a B-.

The sequential master's degree requires both of the following:

- Completion of the required core courses of the degree program

- Completion of the equivalent core course hours. If courses were completed in prior degree, hours requirement must still be met to meet sequential degree requirements. Approval for substitute coursework must be requested and approved prior to enrollment, in consultation with an academic advisor.

The following conditions apply to the sequential master's degree:

- Prerequisite courses or other prerequisite requirements may not be used to reduce sequential degree requirements.

- No transfer of credit may be applied toward this minimum residency.

- Sequential degrees are not eligible for graduate academic honors.

Minimum 24 credit hours required for:

Health Care Management (MA) (Taught in French)

Management and Leadership (MA) 

Master of Business Administration (MBA) 

For students pursuing a sequential MBA, if the student completed any of the MBA core courses in a previous master's degree program with a B or better, up to six credit hours may be reduced from the required 30 credit hours of MBA core courses, reducing the MBA core requirements to 24-27 credit hours. Only three credit hours of the total six credit hours of substitutions or reductions may be applied to the following courses: MBA 5100, MBA 5200, MBA 5300, MBA 5400 or MBA 5500.

Minimum 30 credit hours required for:

Migration, Climate Change and the Environment (MA)

Webster carries both American accreditation as a university (institution-wide), as well as a specific ACBSP accreditation for our business programs, which ensures the long-term recognition of your degree around the globe (see also our accreditations page).