Cornell University – SC Johnson College of Business 1-Year MBA

The Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business also offers a one-year MBA degree which is an accelerate program designed for established professionals who are targeting leadership roles or who want to advance their careers within the little time they have away from work. This program allows those students in possession of professional certifications and/or advanced degrees to be awarded credits for those certificates at the start of the program. The program features a rigorous curriculum that is delivered within 12 months, which not only fast-tracks your program but also saves you time and money. This accelerated format encapsulates a Two-year MBA experience into one year with an ideal blend of lockstep core courses and custom-tailored electives. Students begin the program in the summer semester in which they study core courses that cover all the key functions of business, and provide you with the knowledge foundation needed for general management and other leadership roles. In the fall semester, students engage in a three-credit management practicum that provides students with an experience that is similar to an internship. In this performance-learning course, students collaborate in teams solve complex challenges in real business projects of major companies. This opportunity enables you to apply your learned knowledge as well as gain intensive, hands-on experience in teamwork, leadership, ethical decision-making, and strategic thinking. The program’s numerous electives that also feature courses from Cornell’s other graduate schools allow you to tailor the curriculum based on your interests. In the following semester, you are allowed to tailor the curriculum based on your interests through numerous electives that even feature courses from Cornell’s other graduate schools. In the spring semester students participate in an immersion program to add further enhance their MBA experience with one or more concentrations.