Executive Master of

Business Administration

Geared for Real-World Success

GGU's Executive MBA is a demanding, transformational experience. Unlike many other "executive" programs, it is not a spin-off from a traditional MBA for full-time students.

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39 Total Units

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Our EMBA program is based on 100+ years of proven success developing and delivering programs for working professionals, and was designed to leverage the real-world professional experience and knowledge of the EMBA participants with GGU's renowned active and practice-based learning methods.

As you complete GGU's 16-month Executive MBA program, you will gain confidence not only from advancing your knowledge of business and leadership concepts, but also from mastering and applying what you learn to boost your professional performance.

From day one, you will have the opportunity to connect with a peer group of accomplished, high-energy professionals, in the heart of San Francisco's thriving business district. You will join an active alumni community that is 68,000-strong, and you will benefit from a network of corporate partnerships and entrepreneurs that GGU has forged during its 115-year history in the center of this world-changing business hub.

As a participant in the EMBA program, you will collaborate with and learn from executive coaches and instructors who are influential business leaders and who transform GGU classes into dynamic learning laboratories. More than 80% of our EMBA faculty members are scholar-practitioners, and they will constantly challenge you to enhance your business knowledge and hone your leadership skills by solving real, meaningful and practical business problems.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants should hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited US institution or the equivalent from a recognized foreign (outside the US) institution, and provide official transcripts.
Applicants whose native language is not English must meet the English Language Proficiency Admission Requirements.
Applicants should also submit:
- A written statement of purpose explaining the applicant’s interests in how the executive MBA program will benefit their career.
- A detailed resume showing at least five years of full-time work experience with three years at the managerial or professional level.
- A letter of recommendation from an officer of the applicant’s employment organization.
Candidates will be contacted by the program director to schedule an interview upon receipt of all application documents.
GMAT/GRE is not required.
F1 Students are not eligible for the Executive Master of Business Administration degree.

PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS

Math Proficiency

Intermediate Algebra (Math 20); See Graduate Mathematics Proficiency Requirement for more information.

Writing Proficiency

Candidate will demonstrate his/her writing and English language proficiency by:

Submitting a statement of purpose
Submitting an additional writing sample
Participating in an interview with the Program Director as part of the application process

Sequence of Courses

PROGRAM FORMATS

GGU's EMBA program is designed for busy professionals who recognize the value of applying their learning from day one. The program is delivered in a 16-month, accelerated cohort format, specifically designed to leverage the professional experience of EMBA students.

During the program's four, 16-week trimesters, the cohort meets on GGU's campus every other Saturday, where students are immersed in GGU's renowned activity-based learning methodology. In between these on-campus sessions, EMBA students use GGU's innovative eLearning platform to perform course work, connect and collaborate in teams and engage in groundbreaking discussions with classmates and faculty members.

Throughout the program, EMBA students also have access to a wide range of on-campus and online learning events — speakers, panels and workshops — that address current management and leadership topics, cases and challenges.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Graduates of the executive MBA program will be able to:

Work effectively in teams
Sell their ideas
Apply theory to understand real practical situations
Think “outside the box” and develop novel solutions
Integrate the functional department issues into a coherent strategic whole
Analyze and synthesize problems
Manage the development of their own careers

Graduates will be knowledgeable about:

Current international and global issues
Ethical and diversity issues
Current technology and environmental issues
Leading change in an organization
Current management trends

MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEPARTMENT

Kathy Bell, Adjunct Professor
Tandra Bell, Adjunct Professor
Rick Berry, Sr. Adjunct Professor
Joe Black, Distinguished Adjunct Professor
Mary Anne R. Brady, Adjunct Professor
P. Marcia Brown, Adjunct Faculty
Katherine Chen, Adjunct Professor
Mike Cheng, Adjunct Professor
Brian Chiaramonte, Adjunct Professor
Christine Chojnacki, Adjunct Professor
Daniel Popkin Clurman, Senior Adjunct Professor
LouAnn Conner, Adjunct Professor
Heather Cowan, Adjunct Professor
Terry Curl, Senior Adjunct Professor
Thomas Cushing, Senior Adjunct Professor
Lydia Daniels, Senior Adjunct Professor
Rose Davis, Adjunct Professor
Vincent Deluard, Adjunct Professor
Ronald Demerin, Senior Adjunct Professor
Carol Dixon, Adjunct Professor
Sylvia Doss, Adjunct Faculty
Lawrence Ebert, Adjunct Professor
David Fickbohm, Distinguished Adjunct Professor
Paul Fouts, Professor
Peter C. Freeman, Senior Adjunct Professor
Philip Friedman, Professor
Gwendolyn Giblin, Senior Adjunct Professor
Robert Gigliotti, Adjunct Professor
Steven Gilman, Senior Adjunct Professor
Reem Gohar, Senior Adjunct Professor
Donetta Gunnells, Adjunct Professor
John L. Hansen, Adjunct Professor
Wanda Harmon, Senior Adjunct Professor
Felicia Harris-Foster, Adjunct Professor
John Hawes, Senior Adjunct Professor
Aben Hill, Adjunct Professor

Pamela Hopkins, Adjunct Professor
Robert Hughes, Adjunct Professor
S. Phillip Dillard II, Adjunct Professor
Tina Jackson, Senior Adjunct Professor
Manvinder "Mini" Khroad, Adjunct Professor
Marianne Koch, Interim Dean of Operations, Ageno School of Business
Aisha Leach, Adjunct Professor
Steven Lee, Adjunct Professor
Judith Lee, Associate Professor & Department Chair, Business Innovation & Technology
Christopher Lynch, Adjunct Professor
Roldan Mallorca, Adjunct Professor
Robin Miles, Adjunct Professor
Marion Moreno, Adjunct Professor
Tommy L. Moreno, Adjunct Professor
Deborah Morton-Padilla, Adjunct Professor
Sharon Mulgrew, Adjunct Professor
Maureen O'Keefe, Adjunct Professor
Ly Huong T. Pham, Senior Adjunct Professor
Gianna Phillips, Senior Adjunct Professor
Peter Rocha, Adjunct Professor
George Romanko, Adjunct Professor
Alan R. Roper, Senior Adjunct Professor
Marcia Ruben, Chair, Graduate Management Program
Patrick Schmidt, Adjunct Professor
Henry Siegel, Senior Adjunct Professor
Yvette L. Smith-Smith, Senior Adjunct Professor
Walter Stevenson, Professor
Tom Taylor, Senior Adjunct Professor
Dana Waldman, Adjunct Professor
Bruce M. Wasserman, Senior Adjunct Professor
Jeremy Welland, Adjunct Professor
Constance Williams, Senior Adjunct Professor
Jan Wilson, Senior Adjunct Professor
Harry Wittenberg, Adjunct Professor
Jeffrey D. Yergler, Associate Professor, Management & Department Chair, Management

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