Academics
Offering 鈥渕ore of a technical leadership program than a traditional MBA,鈥 the School of Business at Worcester Polytechnic Institute unites a broad-based degree in business essentials with highly specialized instruction in technology and technology management to fit the needs of graduate-level biz-savvy technophiles. Students appreciate the value of this approach; 鈥淭he technology focus is great, considering where the business world is headed,鈥 one MBA observes. Another explains that the program 鈥渨orks very well in the intersection of business and technology, teaching us how to create and extract maximum value鈥 from that nexus.
WPI鈥檚 forty-eight-credit hour program features ten highly-integrated required courses; two major projects; and four electives. All coursework is taught from a technological perspective and practical applications to business theory are emphasized. Students tailor their education via electives in cutting-edge fields such as information security management, process design, or technological innovation. In addition to electives offered through the business school, WPI students can enroll in graduate-level electives in other departments, including computer science, biomedical engineering, and electrical engineering. Students may study on campus, online, or switch back and forth between the two formats, an arrangement they love. 鈥淵ou can take classes online or portions of it online in case you are away on business and can鈥檛 make the class one night,鈥 creating a 鈥渉igh amount of schedule[ing] flexibility.鈥
WPI is committed to keeping up with the Data Age, with 鈥渃ourses updated frequently鈥 and online course delivery 鈥渁llowing for larger numbers of students to take classes, so I have never been closed out of a class.鈥 It isn鈥檛 just all-tech, all-the-time at WPI; professors 鈥渆xpress strong concerns with teaching us the importance of ethics applied in business management.鈥 Course work, students warn, 鈥渋s fairly extensive, averaging about three to six hours per week per credit for reading and homework,鈥 but 鈥減rofessors are fair in their grading and flexible to accommodate working student schedules,鈥 which helps. Administrators 鈥渙perate the program seamlessly,鈥 another plus.
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