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Transform your career with a world-class business degree

Because ‘business as usual’ has changed

Business leaders today must embrace a new type of leadership where ethics, corporate responsibility, sustainability, and social innovation are essential for success. So the Clark MBA does more than deliver core competencies in accounting, management, marketing, finance, and analytics. We prepare students who can meet the demand for socially-conscious business practices.

Build confidence and your resume

Through classroom and experiential learning, you will learn by doing, and benefit from a broad range of perspectives and acquire leadership qualities that are in demand. And you will translate your academic insights into real-world practice through student projects and internships that build confidence as well as your resume.

Get credit for your work experience

We value your professional work experience. If you have spent three or more years in a managerial position, you may be eligible for a course waiver, allowing you to earn your Clark MBA faster.

MBA Concentrations

Customize your area of expertise with one of eight concentrations:

  • Accounting
  • Expanded Accounting (offers specified courses that prepare you for the CPA exam)
  • Finance*
  • Information Management and Business Analytics*
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Social Change and Sustainability
  • Talent Management and Human Resources

*STEM-designated program: International students who graduate with a STEM degree today may be eligible to remain in the U.S. for up to 36 months on Optional Practical Training (OPT).

Earn a lifetime credential that sets you apart

  • Get your MBA degree from a globally ranked and accredited university – Clark is among the elite 5% of business schools worldwide to receive AACSB accreditation, and has been named a Princeton Review “Best Business School” and U.S. News & World Report “Best Part-time MBA”
  • Jump-start your degree with potential course and internship waivers for relevant professional experience with our Professional Track MBA.
  • Join our international community of collaborative problem-solvers representing 90+ countries and 150 nonprofit and business partners around the world.
  • Pursue your MBA on your own terms, with options for part-time, full-time, online, on campus, and accelerated study.

Student Journeys

Career Outcomes

 

The MBA program allows you to translate your business acumen into a meaningful career opportunity. Upon graduation, you will be positioned to become a leader who can make sound decisions based on contemporary, global management practices and drawing on a set of interdisciplinary skills sought by forward-thinking organizations worldwide.

“I was well prepared for my role with Deloitte & Touche LLP through my SOM coursework, especially my Principles of Internal Audit course, in conjunction with my summer 2019 internship with Hologic and networking with Clark alumni.”
— Hannah Goldeberg, MBA ’20, Accounting Concentration
— IT & Specialized Assurance Analyst, Risk & Financial Advisory Practice, Deloitte & Touche

The Essentials

Program Overview

Clark’s MBA allows you to complete the program at your own pace by choosing either full- or part-time enrollment status and beginning in either Spring, Summer (online only),  or Fall. A choice of seven distinct concentrations allows you to tailor your experience to fit your needs and interests.

We value your professional work experience. Students with sufficient experience as a manager in a professional position may be eligible for a course waiver, allowing mid-level professionals to advance quickly. Successful completion of an undergraduate or graduate course in economics is required prior to starting the program.

  • The ability to develop innovative solutions to complex management challenges
  • An understanding of the cultural, economic, environmental, and political factors shaping management today
  • Insight into how to solve real-world problems in a global context
  • Competencies to help your company tap into emerging markets
  • Business in Society
  • International Management
  • Sustainability Consulting Projects
  • Creating Effective Organizations: Leadership
  • Strategic Decision Making

For students who have applied for and been accepted to the Professional Track (worked for three or more years in a professional position with managerial experience), the MBA program differs in the following ways:

  • Students are waived of the Experiential Learning Requirement (ELR) – Internship.
  • Students may be waived of, at most, one unit in MIS, MKT, FIN, ACCT, or OM based on extensive work experience. Waivers are granted by the Graduate Admissions Review Committee at the time of admission. (Note: Being accepted to the Professional Track does not guarantee a course waiver.)
  • Students take the advanced leadership course, MGMT 4200 Advanced Organizational Leadership.
  • The total unit requirement for the program is 12 units, depending on waivers.
  • PLEASE NOTE: Your internship is waived; however, if you decide you would like to do an internship, you will be required to use Optional Practical Training (OPT.) You will not be allowed to use Curricular Practical Training (CPT), nor will you be allowed to switch to the Traditional MBA in order to complete an internship as part of your program.

Requirements

12 course units

  • 9 core course units
  • 3 electives
  • Completion of a professional internship

Course Catalog

Relevant. Challenging. Transformative.

Faculty Research Areas

Mary-Ellen Boyle

Mary-Ellen Boyle

Associate Professor

Managing social – and structural – change

How does social change intersect with education, corporate citizenship, university-community partnerships, and the arts – and how can organizations manage effectively in a constantly shifting marketplace?
Keith Coulter

Keith Coulter

Professor

Professor Coulter studies consumer behavior and marketing strategies to determine how and why we’re persuaded to make purchases.
John Dobson

John Dobson

Associate Professor

Helping small businesses grow through data

Professor Dobson studies how home-based entrepreneurs use information systems to improve livelihoods and incomes, including the impact of entrepreneurial education and social networks on small-business performance.
Donna Gallo

Donna Gallo

Assistant Professor

Running a tight ship

Professor Gallo teaches courses related to business policy, international management, and real estate; her research focuses on effective decision-making and business strategy.
Laura Graves

Laura Graves

Professor

Exploring why we work – and how we can work better

Professor Graves studies work-life balance, how organizations encourage diversity, and how business leaders engage with socially responsible activities.
Tom Murphy

Tom Murphy

Lecturer

A better way to market

Tom is a consultant to global companies, helping improve business plans and investments across global markets. He designed the unique "Sustainability Marketing" course for GSOM.
Will O’Brien

Will O’Brien

Associate Professor

Adopting an entrepreneurial – and environmentally responsible – mindset

Will is an experienced executive, entrepreneur, consultant, teacher, and attorney. His research interests include business sustainability and environmental stewardship.
Jing Zhang

Jing Zhang

Professor

Systems of knowledge in the world of big data

Professor Zhang dedicates her research to examining management information systems, including interorganizational knowledge sharing and networking.
Zhenyang (David) Tang

Zhenyang (David) Tang

Assistant Professor

Information as a catalyst for action

Professor Tang studies empirical corporate finance, market efficiency, and insider trading.
Xiao Zhong

Xiao Zhong

Visiting Assistant Professor

Gaining a glimpse of the unknown

Professor Zhong focuses on exploring new computational and intelligent methodologies to predict the unknown, and developing efficient stationarity tests in time series, with applications to business and others.
Steve Ng

Steve Ng

Associate Professor

Investing in knowledge

Professor Ng has held senior positions at many financial firms, and studies wealth management, capital markets, portfolio management, and investment strategies. He is a principal at Woodland Investment Consulting.
Sitikantha Parida

Sitikantha Parida

Assistant Professor

Setting prices, realizing value

Professor Parida focuses his research on empirical asset pricing, mutual funds, and behavioral finance.
Inshik Seol

Inshik Seol

Associate Professor

Seek and you shall find

Professor Seol studies audit judgment, environmental auditing, and accounting education.
Zhihong Wang

Zhihong Wang

Assistant Professor

Cultural behaviors, global effects

Professor Wang conducts behavioral research in management control systems, the impact of cultural values on financial reporting systems, business ethics and fraud, and accounting professionals' decision-making.

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