Programs
Kellogg offers Full-Time MBA (2-Years and 1-Year MBA), Executive MBA, MMM (MBA + MEM), JD-MBA, and Part-Time MBA (PTMBA), programs, as well as non-degree Executive Education programs.
The Full-Time and Part-Time MBA programs offer a flexible curriculum, allowing students to specialize across 19 different areas of focus including (Accounting Information and Management, Managerial Analytics (formerly Analytical Consulting), Analytical Finance, Decision Sciences, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance, Health Enterprise Management, Human Resources Management, International Business, Management and Organizations, Management and Strategy, Managerial Economics, Marketing, Marketing Management, Media Management, Operations Management, Real Estate Management, Social Enterprise at Kellogg, and Technology Industry Management). In addition, these programs offer experiential learning opportunities maximizing direct experiences. In addition to the core course requirements, graduates of the two year (2Y) program are required to complete one international elective and declare at least one major.
Part-Time classes are held during the evening as its students have full-time jobs. Most courses are held at Wieboldt Hall located in downtown at Chicago at 340 E. Superior Street and the remainder are held at the Evanston campus. Saturday Part-Time MBA program, a program begun June 2007 which is designed for students who do not live near Chicago or travel during the week for work. After completion of a Kellogg MBA, the Part-Time program offers graduates the opportunity to continue their education free of charge with the Degree Enhancement Program (DEP). As part of this program, within two years of graduating students may elect to take up to six additional courses to further their studies or complete the requirements for additional majors. Students in DEP receive a grade which is retroactively posted to their transcript. The Managers' Ball is an annual gala social / charity event held in the spring at a premier Chicago location. As the signature event for the Kellogg PTMBA, the Managers' Ball provides a wonderful opportunity for PTMBA students, alumni and faculty to come together to enjoy an elegant evening while at the same time also raising money for a student-selected local charity.A wide array of silent auction items is also available for bidding with all proceeds benefiting the selected charity.
Kellogg requires its students to complete a core curriculum consisting of the following 10 classes: Accounting for Decision Making, Business Strategy, Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Finance, Leadership in Organizations, Marketing Management, Microeconomic Analysis, Operations Management, Statistical Methods for Management Decisions, Values and Crisis Decision Making.
Kellogg is also one of very few top MBA school that offers extensive career support to Part-time students by providing resources and skills that helps participants pursue their career goals.
The Executive MBA program is offered as a joint degree with the Schulich School of Business at York University in Canada, the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany, Tel Aviv University's Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration in Israel, and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
In addition to its MBA programs, the school also offers a PhD program whose principal objective is to train candidates for academic positions in universities. Seven areas of study are offered at the PhD level: Accounting Information and Management, Finance, Managerial Economics and Strategy, Marketing, Management and Organizations, Management and Organizations and Sociology (a joint initiative of the Kellogg School and Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences) and Operations Management. Kellogg also offers a JD-PhD degree that enables doctoral students to earn a law degree and a PhD degree concurrently.
The 1-Year (1Y) program is an accelerated MBA program for students looking to progress their career in a shorter amount of time. Based on previous academic experience, students in the 1Y program are exempted from many of the core classes which allows them to take all electives in any of the majors offered by the school. The program runs for 4 calendar quarters, June through the following June. It was announced in February that Kellogg would dramatically increase the size of the 1Y program and reduce the size of their 2Y program citing changing market dynamics and demand for business school education.
The MMM Program is a dual-degree program for MBA and MEM (Master of Engineering Management) that integrates management, operations and design, from concept to execution. This program admits approximately sixty students each year and combines the rigors of the Kellogg School's management program with challenging work in operations and design at McCormick, one of the country's leading engineering schools. The MMM coursework culminates with an Integration Project, which involves applying specific knowledge of design and operations together with general knowledge of business to address a real world problem of importance to a client. The MMM students receive the Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management and the Master of Engineering Management from the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University while taking the same 24.5 academic points as the MBA students.
The JD-MBA Program is a dual-degree program administered by both Kellogg and the Northwestern University School of Law. The Northwestern JD-MBA program is completed in 3 years, as opposed to the four years required at most other institutions. Students graduate with both a Juris Doctor (JD) degree and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. The program pioneered a unique application process among JD-MBA programs, in that there is a single admissions application and the GMAT is required, but not the LSAT. In 2010, The University of Pennsylvania revised their JD-MBA application requirements to match those at Kellogg. The Kellogg JD-MBA program enrolls, on average, 25 students per year.
In addition to degree programs, the Kellogg School offers non-degree executive programs covering an array of topics. Both open enrollment, custom and longer form general management programs are offered at the Kellogg executive education facility, the James L. Allen Center and at the Kellogg School's Miami campus.
As part of its international initiatives, Kellogg offers the Global Initiatives in Management program (GIM) where students will spend 10 weeks learning about the global business environment. This is followed by a 2 week trip to a country chosen by the students where they can learn about specific industries by visiting companies of interest and meeting with several government officials. Past destinations have included South Africa, South East Asia, Japan, China, The Middle East and many others. In 2012, students will visit India, China, Japan, South Africa, Southeast Asia and South America. Additionally, Kellogg will begin offering Part-Time MBA students opportunities to participate in short term study abroad programs with one of Kellogg's many partner schools around the world.
Also, graduate students at Northwestern University who are actively enrolled in a school other than Kellogg are eligible to enroll in one Evanston Campus (Full Time Program) Kellogg MBA course per term, with the approval of the home school and Kellogg, if the following conditions are met: both 1) All pre-requisites are met, and 2) A seat is available in the course
During an interview in February 2012, Dean Blount shared future plans to shrink the two-year, full-time MBA program from 1,115 students to about 850. At the same time, enrollment in the one-year MBA program may grow from 80 to as many as 240 students. Branded "Envision," Dean Blount's strategy also incorporates an overhaul of the curriculum around four main concepts: innovation and entrepreneurship; how business interacts with government; markets, customers and growth; and “architectures of collaboration”—the new ways that companies are organised, including with suppliers and customers.
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