Full-Time MBA

Even before you set foot on campus, our focus is you and your development. Our unique "Be Fearless" summer webinar series is a career development curriculum that will help you define your career targets so you can actively engage in job search conversations as soon as you arrive.

7 Phases of Career Development:

1. Inventory Yourself: Great job candidates and emerging business leaders know themselves inside and out.
2. Map the Market: The job market can be understood in industry terms that help you understand the entire "career-scape."
3. Structure Your Narrative: Business school job search conversations are brief and story-based. Your stories need to be compelling and succinct.
4. Activate Your Network: Strategic networking is the most effective job search practice. You have a global Terp community available to you.
5. Plan Your Job Search: The most competitive job candidates take a strategic and organized approach to the job search.
6. Prepare for Interviews: Candidates who win top job offers have absolute command of their value proposition and interview content.
7. Negotiate Offers: Knowing market data and how to approach critical conversations will allow you to optimize your job offers.       

Maryland Smith’s Full-time MBA curriculum has been carefully designed to deliver what you need for long-term success. We balance rigorous core learning that delves into the theory of business practice with focus areas and career specializations that better prepare you for a specific segment of the job market.

Smith’s MBA Curriculum is Different

While you will leave Smith with a solid education in leadership and all facets of business, what will set you apart in your career will be your ability to make data-informed decisions to create exceptional value for your organization. You’ll learn how to acquire relevant information and ask the right questions about it. And while that data is important, centering decisions around informed human judgment is a skill that must be mastered for the complex situations you’ll inevitably encounter.

Integrated Capstone

This two-credit course puts everything you've learned into practice as you integrate decision-making across all disciplines, and examine the impact of decisions on financial statements and on stakeholders both inside and outside of the firm. There's an emphasis on ethical leadership skills through building awareness of ethical issues, learning tools for analysis of ethical dilemmas and strengthening the capability to act on your values.

Integrating A.I. in Business

Integrating A.I. throughout all facets of business is the next step in gathering an incredible wealth of data for organizational decision-making. But how do you balance that with the ethical dilemmas that are sure to follow? Infused throughout Smith's curriculum, your courses will explore having that power at your fingertips and knowing how to use it responsibly.

Focus Areas

• AI & Business Strategy
• Entrepreneurship & Innovation
• Finance
• Marketing
• Sustainability

Smith Live Cases

A Smith Live Case brings executives from partner corporations into the MBA classroom to talk about real issues impacting the organization, and student teams compete to provide innovative solutions. Many core courses will feature a Live Case, giving you the opportunity to network, connect course content to top companies and hone your business acumen.

Mayer Fund

The Mayer Fund has yielded valuable returns. Members of the management team learn about stock selection, equity analysis, and portfolio management. They meet with Wall Street and local financial professionals. They get jobs with world-class companies. And their work has provided a five percent annual dividend to the Smith School and enhanced its reputation.

Case Competitions

Case competitions allow you to develop your teamwork and presentation skills, and demonstrate your strategic thinking and analytical skills. Smith MBAs compete all over the country and regularly bring back a win—and sometimes a job offer.