Tennessee Tech's Hybrid, Industry-Immersed MBA

INDUSTRY IMMERSED

Earn your degree alongside a team of industry professionals with the Hybrid, Industry-Immersed MBA

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ABOUT The hybrid, industryimmmersed MBA

The hybrid, industry-immmersed MBA option was designed specifically with working professionals in mind. The goal of the program is to provide students with fundamental graduate level business education that will supplement their current

LEARNING TOGETHER

Participants in the hybrid MBA program will move through the curriculum as a member of a team of professionals who all work within a common industry.

This “industry immersion,” coupled with a team-like atmosphere, allows for industry networking, career opportunities, and collaboration on projects over the course of the entire MBA program.

acumen and allow them to become more effective industry leaders.

Every College of Business student has access to unique TTU resources like iCube virtual-reality projects and partnerships, and Student to Career professional development resources. TTU’s MBA program is AACSB-accredited, which is the highest accreditation a business school can achieve worldwide.

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industry

IMMERSION

The program is “industry-focused” in that the team of students moving through the program will all come from the same industry – allowing for increased networking and knowledge sharing.

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HYBRID versus

ONLINE

MBA

When or why to pay for facetime * “ More business deals are sealed over golf games than at the teleconference tables. Online learning hasn’t changed the human tendency to trust more completely

HYBRID COMPONENT

anyone you’ve met eye-to-eye. If an online hybrid MBA program can expand both your mind and your business network why not honestly invest in both”?

PROGRAM

“One of the major benefits to being a member of the first class going through this program, is that tuition prices will be the same as those for the traditional MBA. Beginning with the second class of students, a new fee structure will be in place which will increase tuition for this particular MBA option.”

While the majority of the program’s content will be delivered

COST

online, the program is “hybrid” in that the online content will be supplemented with monthly meetings in Nashville, during which the team of students will have the opportunity to interact with faculty members and peers, network in person, and enjoy the city of Nashville. Hybrid weekends will include, but not be limited to, activities such as review and/or application of content, proctored testing, or bringing in guest speakers.

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NEWS

* “Online learning can’t delever peer bonding. The best way to meet new business buddies is to look them dead in the eye”. * (geteducated.com/online-mbas/501-hybrid-mba)

in the

NEWS

* “Immerse yourself and you’ll be networking nose-to-nose with both faculty and fellow students”. * (geteducated.com/online-mbas/501-hybrid-mba)

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CURRICULUM The program’s curriculum will be lock step – all students will move through the program taking the same courses (two per semester) at the same time. Students will complete the program in about a year and a half (five semesters) with anticipated graduation for the first cohort being August of 2018.

Students participating in this program will need to be

AS SEEN IN FORBES

TTU College of Business Launching Master’s Degrees for Healthcare Professionals.

prepared for five consecutive semesters of work (including summers). Research shows that students who

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is not just for business school graduates anymore. Two innovative

move through programs in this type of cohort manner

Tennessee Tech University (TTU) programs are drawing doctors, pharmacists, engineers, and graduates of math

are less likely to perform at a sub-par level in classes,

and science programs to the College of Business for a tailored MBA.

or to take semesters off.

The Industry-Focused Hybrid MBA, starting at TTU in January with a healthcare cohort of 20 students, is designed for working professionals who aspire to leadership roles in their current fields. The degree is “hybrid” in nature because online content will be supplemented with monthly weekend meetings in Nashville – a true healthcare epicenter within the state of Tennessee – during which students will interact with faculty, peers and guest speakers. The year-and-a-half degree will be comprised of TTU’s core MBA courses, and some directed electives. The difference, explains Exploring the VisCube in Tennesse Tech’s iCube Lab

TTU’s College of Business Director of MBA Studies Kate Nicewicz, is the added value these students will gain studying alongside colleagues in their profession. “They’ll network, share knowledge and work together to identify how fundamental business knowledge can enhance their contributions to healthcare,” she says. The program has been designed to accommodate other industries outside of healthcare as well.

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TTU OFFERS FLEXIBILITY AND UNIQUE RESOURCES There are many ways to earn a Master’s degree from TTU: on campus or online, straight through or with breaks, in one year or many, full-time or parttime. Every path includes the same coursework.

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IMMERSE YOURSELF. LEARN BETTER. LEAD.

MBA Program Student

Healthcare Professional

College of Business Dean

HYBRID, INDUSTRY-IMMERSED

MBA

FROM WORLD-RENOWNED TENNESSEE TECH.

Now enrolling HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS for spring of 2017

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