MBA Program
As of 2011, UCLA Anderson enrolls 70 executive MBA, 90 global MBA, 280 fully employed MBA, and 360 full-time MBA students. UCLA Anderson’s teaching model combines case study, experiential learning, lecture and team projects. UCLA Anderson’s curriculum consists of ten core classes (required courses which cover a broad range of business fundamentals) and twelve (minimum) elective courses. Students are assigned to cohorts, called sections, of 65 students throughout the core curriculum.
The cohort system is almost entirely student run, with each cohort electing 17 different leadership positions ranging from President to Ethics chair. In addition, there is the student-led Anderson Student Association (ASA) which deals with all issues of student life including company recruiting, social clubs and academic issues.
Students may choose (but are not required) to focus in one or more of the following areas:
- Accounting
- Decisions, Operations, and Technology Management
- Communications, Media, and Entertainment Management
- Entrepreneurial Studies
- Finance
- Global Economics and Management
- Human Resources and Organizational Behavior
- Information Systems
- Marketing
- Policy
- Real Estate
Students also may participate in the Applied Management Research Program, a two-quarter team-based strategic consulting field study project required during the second year of study in lieu of the comprehensive exam for the master's degree. Students complete strategic projects for companies partnering with the school, ultimately presenting recommendations to senior management. The program has been around since the late 1960s and is presently led by George Abe, its Faculty Director. In 2004, two alternatives to the field study were introduced: a Business Creation Option, and a research study option.
Anderson also has a very strong focus on giving back to the community. One of the biggest clubs on campus is the Challenge for Charity, a competition between the top West Coast business schools to put in the most volunteer hours per student and raise the most money for Special Olympics per student. In 2010, Anderson was the #1 school for total volunteer hours.
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