Master of Business Administration (MBA)

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Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Online

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Drive your career forward

Become a confident, transformative manager with a woman-centered, flexible MBA.

Make an impact on the business you lead.

Women are underrepresented in leadership. The MBA program at St. Catherine University provides you with the practical skills, ethical perspective, and hands-on experience needed to excel as a business leader — from strategic leadership and financial planning to team management and market analysis. We’ve cultivated a uniquely collaborative and welcoming environment that offers you a chance to express your ideas and practice business strategies without the traditional power dynamic of typical MBA settings. The online format is flexible enough to allow you to continue working while earning your degree.

The online MBA program at St. Catherine University will help you:

Develop strategies for long term growth
Uncover insights to improve business performance
Understand how to use data and analytics to drive decision making
Examine business practices to improve efficiency
Examine how the macro business climate affects organizational operations
Understand the role innovation plays in business success

Students with a business degree more than 10 years old, or a degree in an area other than business, will complete a 3-credit, one-week, intensive Business Bootcamp prior to starting the MBA to learn the basics and get off to a fast start.

Students of all genders are welcome in the program.

MBA Program Accreditation

This program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Learn more and see outcomes here.

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Plan of Study

Start the online MBA program in the fall or spring semesters. You can access course descriptions and other curriculum details in our Graduate Catalog. Examples of full-time and extended plans of study are below:

Fall-1^st half
MBA 6000: Management Essentials* (Business Bootcamp) (3cr)
MBA 6100: Personal and Team Leadership (3cr)
MBA 6150: Managing Innovative Talent and Teams (1cr)
MBA 6202: Financial Accounting for Managers (2cr)

Fall-2^nd half
MBA 6300: Managerial Accounting for Decision Making (3cr)
MBA 6400: Strategic Marketing: Building Value and Brand (3cr)

Spring-1^st half
MBA 6900: Behavioral Economics and Decision Making (3cr)
MBA 7200: Corporate Finance: Funding Innovation and Creating Value (3cr)

Spring-2^nd half
MBA:7150: Operations and Supply Chain Management (3cr)
MBA 7660: Business Intelligence (3cr)

Summer-1^st half
MBA 7450: Agile Project Management (3cr)
MBA 7350: Customer Insights and Strategy (2cr)

Summer-2^nd half
MBA 7050: Design Thinking for Innovation (1cr)
MBA 8200: Strategic Management Capstone (3cr)

*The MBA Bootcamp is required only if applicable based on previous education, and is completed 1-2 weeks prior to the start of the first semester.

Year 1

Fall-1^st half
MBA 6000: Management Essentials* (Business Bootcamp) (3cr)
MBA 6100: Personal and Team Leadership (3cr)
Fall-2^nd half
MBA 6400: Strategic Marketing: Building Value and Brand (3cr)

Spring-1^st half
MBA 6150: Managing Innovative Talent and Team (1cr)
MBA 6202: Financial Accounting for Managers (2cr)
Spring-2^nd half
MBA 6900: Behavioral Economics and Decision Making (3cr)
MBA 6300: Managerial Accounting for Decision Making (3cr)

Summer-1^st half
MBA 7660: Business Intelligence (3cr)
MBA 7200: Corporate Finance: Funding Innovation and Creating Value (3cr)
Summer-2^nd half
MBA 7150: Operations and Supply Chain Management (3cr)

Year 2

Fall-1^st half
MBA 7450: Agile Project Management (3cr)
MBA 7350: Customer Insights and Strategy (2cr)
Fall-2^nd half
MBA 7050: Design Thinking for Innovation (1cr)
MBA 8200: Strategic Management Capstone (3cr)

*The MBA Bootcamp is required only if applicable based on previous education, and is completed 1-2 weeks prior to the start of the first semester.

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Elina Shampan '11, MBA'22

I was thrilled when I learned I could major in Fashion Merchandising at St. Kate's through the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC) program. Even though I was a St. Thomas student, St. Kate's welcomed me into their community. My fashion merchandising classes were demanding yet interactive and enjoyable. I still have my binder of textile swatches and some textbooks saved from my fashion classes. I've held a few roles at Target, but my current role is as an analyst under the Financial Retail Services pyramid. <blockquote> After starting my most recent position, I decided to pursue my MBA. My undergraduate experiences at St. Kate's were so positive. I knew I needed to become a Katie one more time if I wanted the same challenging, practical, and well-rounded education. </blockquote> My advice to other Katies is to understand the fundamentals of the type of work you enjoy doing or what you want from your career. Then be open to pursuing roles that allow you to keep growing your experiences and building your resume around those fundamentals. Do that, plus network, and eventually, you will get precisely where you want to be.

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