Master of Business Administration - Leadership MBA Program
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program is for those serious
about Leadership.
If you seriously care about the depth and breadth of the influence you can have,
then our leading-edge integrative leadership program will provide the engaging
learning experience you need to bring your potential to life.
Highlights
- You will learn the essentials of leadership through our cutting edge curriculum through dialogue-intensive teaching strategy.
- You will be invigorated and find relevance in learning as you experience our unique dialogue-intensive teaching strategy.
- You will develop the highly demanded critical thinking evident in effective leaders.
- You will learn how to foster and sustain a value-based organizational culture for sound ethical & socially responsible practices
- You will find value in both our curriculum and our tuition.
- You will be able to align life’s essential demands on your time with our convenient cyber class schedule.
- You can earn your MBA online in as little as 18 months (sample schedule)
. You can accelerate your progress through the program with an optional 5-week term which includes an extended weekend in Maine.
Course Terms
Courses in the Leadership MBA degree program are offered in either the 10-week online term or the 5-week online term which includes an executive summer weekend.
Ten-week online term
In the 10-week term, you enter the online classroom (available 24/7) to: (a) contribute and learn through dialogue-intensive activities with other learners; (b) access course and other learning resources; (c) develop professionally beneficial relationships with co-learners and faculty.
Five-week online term
In the 5-week term, you will have an extended weekend where you will collaborate with your co-learners in a face-to-face seminar in Portland, Maine, and 4-weeks in the online classroom. The extended weekend seminar runs from Thursday evening through the following Monday morning, and involves 3 hours on Thursday and Monday, and 6 hours on Friday through Sunday.
Admissions requirements
You may apply for and be granted admission status at any time during the year, regardless of program choice.
For all graduate programs, applicants are required to have a bachelor's degree from an institution of higher learning accredited or accepted as accredited in the United States, with a cumulative grade point of 2.5 or better. Students who do not meet the cumulative grade point standard may be conditionally accepted and required to take specific introductory course work completed with a grade of 3.0 or better, prior to consideration of formal acceptance.
Additional admissions requirements for the Leadership MBA
- A minimum of two years full-time work experience.
- MBA applicants must submit a 750 word essay that synthesizes their reflections on their personal beliefs and life experiences and why they believe that the Leadership MBA program suits their values, ethics, professional goals and aspirations.
This self-assessment essay should explain what the applicant believes is the gap between where they perceive their current leadership skills to be and where they would like those skills to be upon completion of the MBA program.
To this end, there are two areas of self-assessment and reflection that the essay must address:
- Who are you as a person? Who do you aspire to become?
Example questions that might be considered for critical introspection include: Who am I? What do I care about? What matters to me most? What lessons have my life taught me? What kind of person do I aspire to be? How do I hope others will be influenced by my example? - What is it about this Leadership MBA program that aligns with who you are and who you are seeking to become?
This portion of the essay should explain how you believe that the Leadership MBA program aligns with your values and ethics, personal and professional goals, and life experiences.
Please note that the essay must not be a biographical accounting of the applicant's positions held, accomplishments and skills, but rather an in depth self-analysis of the person who he/she is.
Applicants must demonstrate that they are able to speak directly to the two required areas of self-assessment and reflection, as this is a required ability for success throughout the program.
The essay will be evaluated for clarity and quality of expression. The essay will also be evaluated for evidence of the ability of the applicant to connect their values and experiences to their understanding of the focus of the MBA program.
- As support and documentation, please also submit your resume with the essay.
- Completing the GMAT is not required.