Executive MBA Academics
Expand Your Professional Competencies
In just five semesters or 18 months, William & Mary's Executive MBA program equips you with the skills and knowledge for C-suite leadership.
Expand Your Professional Competencies
In just five semesters or 18 months, William & Mary's Executive MBA program equips you with the skills and knowledge for C-suite leadership.
The curriculum combines on-campus and remote residencies, two global immersion experiences, and rigorous coursework led by highly-ranked faculty, focusing on Business Basics, Decision-Making, Functional Expertise, and Strategy & Change. The program includes a comprehensive leadership development component, where you create personalized action plans and set professional goals, supported by one-on-one executive coaching through the exclusive Executive Partner program, providing mentorship from active and retired C-suite professionals.
Our streamlined, 18-month curriculum allows for a quicker route to graduation without sacrificing a world class, transformative executive experience.
Regular classes are about every other weekend--all day Friday and all day Saturday.
Enhanced leadership focus that combines leadership-enhanced curriculum and full-scale executive coaching.
Distinct global business immersions that are seamlessly woven into the program to give you real-world international experience.
Domestic residencies in Williamsburg and the Washington, D.C. area deliver immersion into coursework and special topics.
Technology enhanced curriculum provides more work/life/school balance than ever before.
January Kick-Off Residency - Williamsburg, VA
1st Semester | 2nd Semester | 3rd Semester | 4th Semester | 5th Semester |
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Business Foundations | Decision Making | Functional Expertise & Global Immersion I | Strategy & Change | Customized Electives & Global Immersion II |
Accounting - Reporting & Analysis | Accounting for Decision Making & Control | Global Environment of Business | Leading Change in Organizations | Ethical Accountability |
Analytical Tools for Business Decisions | Data Analysis | Marketing Strategy | Corporate Financial Policy | Leadership Development Program 2 |
Marketing Management | Managerial Economics & Public Policy | Financial Management | Strategic Management | Required Global Immersion |
Leadership in an Uncertain Era | Communication for Executives | Operations & Supply Chain Management | Managing Information Systems | |
Leadership Development Program 1 | Leadership Development Workshops | Leadership Development Workshops | ||
Required Global Immersion - China |
We believe that to truly be an effective executive, entrepreneur, or leader, you must have a global perspective. In order to provide our Executive MBA students with a grounding in international business, we offer two distinct international experiences. Both of our global residencies were created specifically to immerse you - along with your classmates and faculty - in current issues permeating international business today.
Global Immersions are a hallmark of our experience, providing you double the global content through cultural, economic, governmental, and geographic lenses compared to other executive MBA programs. A requirement for all of our Executive MBA students, you'll emerge from these international trips with a deeper understanding of the world around you and how challenges facing the global business market impact you and your organization.
Program tuition & fees cover double occupancy hotel accommodations (single occupancy is available for an additional fee), all educational programming and excursions, cultural outings, and group meals. Tuition & fees do not include the cost of long-haul international flights to and from each international location. Any travel between countries during the residency (air, train, bus) is covered by tuition & fees.
The Executive MBA Experience begins with Kick-Off Residency in Williamsburg and is a week filled with new people, new experiences, and the beginning of a new way of thinking, learning, and leading. Members of the new class begin working in their Learning Teams, start their first semester coursework with faculty, network with Business School leaders and Executive Partners, and participate in a number of team-building exercises that bring the entire group together as a true cohort.
The second residency week is held in the Washington DC area and kicks off the fourth semester. With a deep dive into critical considerations of innovation and technology, this residency prepares executive students for what they must know to lead in today's highly-connected world.
"The EMBA program is designed to make you get comfortable with being uncomfortable. I was challenged in ways that required me to evolve and expand my thinking to allow me to grow in unexpected ways."