Smith EMBA Curriculum

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Schedule

Executive MBA classes meet on an appropriate cadence of alternating weekends for the program duration of 18 months. EMBA classes begin Fridays at 8 a.m. and continue through Saturdays at 6 p.m. The program is divided info five terms, each lasting between 12 and 14 weeks. The Action Learning Projects take place in terms 2, 3 and 4.

You will be actively engaged in academic work for up to 21.5 hours each session (every other week). In addition to class, you will be spending time in team meetings and other group work. You will average approximately one hour of class out of class work for each hour spent in class plus approximately five hours per week for the Action Learning Project.

All Executive MBA classes are taught in Van Munching Hall (VMH), home of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, at the University of Maryland’s College Park campus. The $38-million expansion of VMH opened for classes in September 2002.

All EMBA participants are required to stay on campus each weekend that the EMBA is in session. Participants stay at the Marriott Inn and Conference Center or another appropriate location.

Please note that the EMBA is an accelerated program, there are no vacation breaks. There is, however, a short break between each term with no deliverables.