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Online MBA Curriculum
The online MBA program curriculum at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School explores business fundamentals through the lens of 21st-century insights and strategies. As a student in the program, you will learn about topics including leadership development, business tech, organizational behavior, profitability, financial management, and strategic management.
Students are required to complete:
The MBA program gives you the flexibility to earn your degree at a pace that aligns with your personal and professional commitments. The program can be completed in as few as 20 months or up to 48 months part time. Check out a sample course sequence. (PDF, 95KB)
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Immersion

As part of the program requirements, you will attend one immersion experience in Los Angeles.
Personal and Leadership Development Workshop – 1 unit
This workshop immersion experience serves as an orientation to the experiential and team-based models of learning used at Graziadio. Students engage in exercises that enhance communication, ethical decision making, career development, and other relevant skills for interpersonal effectiveness in business.
You are required to attend one immersion, which will take place during your first term in the program. The immersion will be held over a weekend within the first three weeks of the start of your term.
Global Learning Opportunities
The Pepperdine Graziadio Business School gives students the unique opportunity to expand their business savvy abroad. Students who choose to join us for a one-week global intensive can expect a combination of collaborative learning, immersive course work, and enriching cultural experiences.
The global intensive is optional and, depending on the selected concentration, may be taken as an elective for academic credit. Students will need to pay for their flight, as well as a program fee that covers room and board, most meals, and all planned academic and cultural activities during the week.
Concentrations
The curriculum enables you to customize your education by choosing either a general concentration or one of seven specific concentrations:
General
Develop expertise across business areas by choosing a combination of electives in finance, marketing, digital innovation, and leadership.
Business Analytics
Gain a solid foundation in statistical methods, data analysis, and modeling techniques.
Finance
Explore topics related to corporate finance, investment banking, risk management, new venture financing, and real estate markets.
Marketing
Learn how to develop global marketing strategies, with a focus on areas such as pricing, consumer segmentation, and product development
Digital Innovation and Information Systems
Discover how to build businesses using technologies including IT security and infrastructure management.
Leadership and Managing Organizational Change
Hone your skills as a leader who celebrates diversity while making strategic, ethically responsible decisions.
Entrepreneurship
Tap into your creativity and translate your vision into a real business—one that not only produces wealth but also allows you to express your personal values.
Courses
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Core Courses
- Accounting Information and Control Systems
- Behavior in Organizations
- Quantitative Analysis for Business Operations
- Prices, Profit, and the Market Economy
- Financial Management of the Firm
- Information and Process Systems
- Political, Regulatory, Ethical, and Legal Issues of Business
- Marketing Management
- Integration in Business Operations
- Strategic Management
Elective Courses
Explore courses you can take within each concentration.
Business Analytics
- Advanced Statistical Tools
- Optimization Modeling
- Predictive Analytics
- Simulation Modeling
- Multiple Attribute Decision Analysis
- Social Media Analytics
- Databases and Big Data Management
- Applying Analytics to Achieve Business Impact
- Marketing Informatics
- Business Process Analysis and Innovation
- Valuation of Real Options
- Healthcare Analytics
- Information Security Data Analytics
- Business Analytics and Intelligence
Leadership and Managing Organizational Change
- Advanced Principles of Organizations and Leadership
- Leadership and Ethics
- Leadership Theory and Practice
- Business Negotiation and the Resolution of Conflict
- Organizational Dynamics and Managing Change
- Talent Management
- Managerial Creativity and Innovation for Leadership
- Leadership: Great Leaders, Great Literature