Business leaders face new challenges in all types of organizations that require a business understanding not found in the traditional business school curriculum. Program architects designed the online MBA at the Haslam College of Business to prepare graduate students to lead business forward with an agile suite of core leadership and management principles. The online MBA will equip distance learners with valuable business insights in less than one calendar year to become informed leaders proficient in advancing organizational development.
Business School
Haslam College of Business leaders at the University of Tennessee are committed to improving the world. Big Orange, Big Ideas is a slogan they often hear at Tennessee. At Haslam, business educators take those words further, producing significant results by offering better, more prepared business school graduates and impactful, interdisciplinary research. Haslam students and instructors create the change that changes the world for the better.
Tennessee’s business school is over 100 years strong in business education, covering the not-for-profit, for-profit, and governmental business sectors. Haslam’s top-notch supply chain management and highly ranked accounting programs, renowned Global Leadership Scholars Program, and PEMBA program, are excellent examples of what the Haslam spirit offers.
The eight departments within the Haslam College of Business are as follows:
- Accounting & Information Management
- Business Analytics & Statistics
- Economics
- Finance
- Graduate & Executive Education
- Management & Entrepreneurship
- Marketing
- Supply Chain Management
Online MBA Requirements
The business school designed its online MBA so enrolled students can earn their MBA in less than one year, with only 25 days out of the office. The four one-week residencies are on Knoxville, Tennessee’s University of Tennessee campus. They are reinforced with distance learning sessions.
Graduates of this program build the expertise to lead their organizations with an industry-specific MBA curriculum. As online MBA students, Haslam learners study business principles in the context of dynamic reality to conceptualize the real-world application of their coursework from day one in the program.
Students join a network of business leaders and expert managers representing top organizations in every state and international location. Haslam alumni cite these relationships with classmates as one of the most pivotal components of the program and one that remains long after graduation.
Stress on leadership development means online MBA students develop the business and executive competencies to confidently guide their teams as both a manager and business leaders. All students undergo extensive leadership training with dedicated coaches to become strategic and capable business leaders.
Application Requirements
Program candidates can complete their applications online. A good application packet contains:
- A current resume
- Appropriate GMAT/GRE scores (Waivers are available for qualified applicants with at least five years of managerial experience)
- Character and performance references
- An application essay
- Transcripts
- A $60 non-refundable application fee
