Basic Information
The UIC Liautaud MBA may be pursued on a part-time or full-time basis. Part-time students register for one or two courses per semester and complete the program in three to four years; full-time students complete the program in approximately two years.
Each course meets once a week for 16 weeks, from 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. All of our core courses are also offered online and some elective courses are offered on Saturday mornings.
The UIC Liautaud MBA program is a 13.5 course (54 credit hours) program comprised of six core courses (24 credit hours) and 7.5 advanced electives (30 credit hours).
The core courses are designed to provide students with a basic business foundation. These courses will teach you the fundamental concepts needed to deepen your functional business knowledge. The core curriculum consists of the following six courses (24 credit hours):
- Financial Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Marketing
- Microeconomics
- Operations Management
- Organizational Behavior
Following the completion of the core courses, 30 credit hours of advanced elective courses are taken. Using advanced electives, MBA students customize their curriculum to meet their individual career interests and goals by emphasizing one or more of the following concentrations. In order to complete a concentration, students must complete three courses within the following fields of study:
- Accounting
- Economics
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- International Business
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Real Estate
- Self Directed*
*The Self-Directed option is for individuals who would like to customize their plan of study to reflect specific career goals. Students work with their advisors to prepare a study plan, and once approved, this option provides a broad range of course work as well as exposure to different disciplines.
