Oregon MBA Summary
An MBA differs from other advanced degrees. It's about broadening and deepening your knowledge and skills. It's about integrating your real world experience with the latest insights from the experts. It's about elevating your understanding of all the facets of business. Companies hiring MBAs look for more than a piece of paper with those three letters. They want bright, practical, and creative women and men who combine a broad range of functional skills and industry-specific knowledge with experience and the ability to see the complete picture.
The Oregon MBA curriculum combines mandatory core classes with courses in four tracks: Innovation/Enterpreneurship, Securities Analysis (Finance/Accounting), Sports Business, and Sustainable Business Practices.
Our program consists of
Online PrepPrologueCommon CoreTrack RequirementsExperiential LearningSummer OptionsChina Study TourOnline Prep
Called MBA Math, this online program is designed, depending on your undergraduate background, as an introduction to or refresher on the fundamentals of accounting, finance, microeconomics, and statistics. Working at their own pace over the summer, all new regular MBA students must complete this preparation before orientation. Costs are covered by the Oregon MBA.
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Prologue
For two weeks, you will work with our Leadership & Communication Center, Career Services Center, and a Portland-based improvisation group On Your Feet on professional skills assessment and development: case analysis, leadership and team dynamics as well as presentation and other communication skills. You’ll also carry out a community service projects. And we'll celebrate and bond by rafting the white water of the nearby McKenzie River. Participation in Prologue is mandatory.
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Common Core
To begin your program, our mandatory first-year core introduces you to all the disciplines and analytical tools of business, laying a solid foundation for your subsequent coursework. Effective leadership and ethics are two sides of the same coin, whether in business, politics, or your personal affairs. Regardless of your chosen track, you and all your classmates will come together once more in your last term to take a culminating course on business leadership and ethics. Read more
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Track Requirements
The Oregon MBA features four curricular tracks in Innovation/Entrepreneurship, Securities Analysis, Sports Business, and Sustainable Business Practices. You must choose a primary track and may select a secondary one. Each track comes with its own set of required and recommended courses in both the First year and Second year of your studies. These courses have been carefully selected to direct and optimize your MBA education and experience in one of four areas associated with our centers of excellence.
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Experiential Learning
In keeping with the Lundquist college's mission, experiential education is a core value and competency of the Oregon MBA Experiential learning is more than just learning by doing or applying theoretical lessons to practical situations. It's about reflecting and evaluating after the fact. It's about feedback and continuous improvement. What worked? What didn't? How might we do better next time?
Much of the experiential learning in the Oregon M.B.A. program is mediated by the four LCB Centers. The centerpiece of experiential learning is the Strategic Planning Project (SPP). Another principal experiential learning opportunity is Venture Pathway which builds on the second-year fall-term New Venture Planning course. The best business plans from teams of business, law, and science students are given the opportunity to present at business plan competitions nationally and internationally. If you are on the Innovation/Entrepreneurship track and qualify for these competitions, you may elect the Venture Pathway in lieu of SPP. Read more
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Summer Options
The summer between your first and second years is an important opportunity for you to build your professional experience, broaden your horizons and/or accelerate your studies.
Internship facilitated by one of the four center and Career Services
1-2 courses in the departments of Economics or Planning, Public Policy and Management. LCB does not offer graduate level courses in the summer.
Study abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark or Reims, France
Travel
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China Study Tour
Given Oregon's geographic location and growing economic ties as well as the University of Oregon's membership in the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the UO, LCB and the Oregon MBA strongly promote exposure to and better understanding of China's history, culture and economy. LCB centers and individual faculty are cultivating collaborative connections with their Chinese counterparts. MBA students have an opportunity to learn from prominent area experts in the spring term before embarking on a ten-day study tour of major cities and businesses in China just before the start of their second year.
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