COURSE
SCHEDULE

MBA@Rice offers every MBA student the flexibility to create an experience that works for their learning styles—and their lives. Adjust your course load anytime to accommodate your work schedule and other shifting priorities—all while pursuing a top-notch Rice education.

You can complete the online MBA program in as few as 24 months, or you can take fewer courses per quadmester to earn your degree in 36 months. The first year will consist of all required core courses, and the second year will feature a combination of core and elective courses.

The below schedules are examples of how your program of study might look. They include all required core courses in the order you’ll take them, as well as the electives and Intensive Learning Experiences. Each quadmester lasts 11 weeks.

24-Month Schedule

quadmester 1

  • Financial Accounting (3 credits)
  • Competitive Strategy (1.5 credits)
  • Organizational Behavior I (1.5 credits)
  • MBA@Rice Residential (3 credits)

quadmester 2

  • Data Analysis (3 credits)
  • Strategic Business Communication (1.5 credits)
  • Managerial Economics (1.5 credits)

quadmester 3

  • Marketing (3 credits)
  • Operations Management (1.5 credits)
  • Managerial Accounting (1.5 credits)

quadmester 4

  • Finance (3 credits)
  • Leadership (1.5 credits)
  • Strategy Formulation and Implementation (1.5 credits)
  • Global Field Experience (1.5 credits)**

quadmester 5

  • Economic Environment of Business (1.5 credits)
  • Business-Government Relations (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)
  • MBA@Rice Residential Elective Track (1.5 credits)*

quadmester 6

  • Business Law (1.5 credits)
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)

quadmester 7

  • Enterprise Acquisitions (1.5 credits)
  • The New Enterprise (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)

quadmester 8

  • Capstone Consulting Project (3 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)

Schedules are subject to change. Contact an admissions officer or your student success officer for the most up to date schedule.

*Students are required to attend one MBA@Rice Residential and participate in a Global Field Experience. Students may attend an MBA@Rice Residential elective track or take an additional elective during a second-year quadmester.

** Pending matriculation date

36-Month Schedule

quadmester 1

  • Financial Accounting (3 credits)
  • Competitive Strategy (1.5 credits)
  • Organizational Behavior I (1.5 credits)
  • MBA@Rice Residential (3 credits)

quadmester 2

  • Data Analysis (3 credits)
  • Strategic Business Communication (1.5 credits)

quadmester 3

  • Marketing (3 credits)
  • Managerial Economics (1.5 credits)

quadmester 4

  • Leadership (1.5 credits)
  • Operations Management (1.5 credits)
  • Managerial Accounting (1.5 credits)
  • Global Field Experience (1.5 credits)**

quadmester 5

  • Finance (3 credits)
  • Strategy Formulation and Implementation (1.5 credits)

quadmester 6

  • Business Law (1.5 credits)
  • Economic Environment of Business (1.5 credits)
  • Business-Government Relations (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)

quadmester 7

  • Business Law (1.5 credits)
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)*
  • MBA@Rice Residential Elective Track (1.5 credits)*

quadmester 8

  • Enterprise Acquisitions (1.5 credits)
  • The New Enterprise (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)

quadmester 9

  • Elective (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)

quadmester 10

  • Elective (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)

quadmester 11

  • Elective (1.5 credits)
  • Elective (1.5 credits)

quadmester 12

  • Capstone Consulting Project (3 credits)

Schedules are subject to change. Contact an admissions officer or your student success officer for the most up to date schedule.

*Students are required to attend one MBA@Rice Residential and participate in a Global Field Experience.  Students may also substitute a standard quadmester elective with an MBA@Rice Residential elective track

** Pending matriculation date

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