An MBA differs from other advanced degrees. It's about broadening and deepening your knowledge and skills. It's about integrating your real world experience with the latest insights from the experts. It's about elevating your understanding of all the facets of business. Companies hiring MBAs look for more than a piece of paper with those three letters. They want bright, practical, and creative women and men who combine a broad range of functional skills and industry-specific knowledge with experience and the ability to see the complete picture.
The Oregon MBA curriculum combines mandatory core classes with courses in four tracks: Innovation and enterpreneurship, finance and securities analysis, sports business, and sustainable business practices.
Online Prep
MBA Math is this online program designed to be introduction to or refresher on the fundamentals of accounting, finance, microeconomics, and statistics. Working at their own pace over the summer, all new regular MBA students must complete this preparation before orientation. Costs are covered by the Oregon MBA.
Prologue (Mandatory)
The MANDATORY Oregon MBA Prologue is scheduled each year in September during the two weeks prior to the first day of fall term classes. You will work with our Leadership & Communication instructors and On Your Feet, a Portland-based improvisation group, on professional skills assessment and development: case analysis, leadership and team dynamics, as well as presentation and other communication skills. You will participate in a community service project and spend an exciting day in Portland, visiting companies and meeting alumni in your chosen areas of interest. At the end, we'll celebrate with a white water rafting trip on the nearby McKenzie River.
Common Core
The program will kick off with a first-year core that introduces you to all the disciplines and analytical tools of business, providing a solid foundation for your subsequent coursework. Effective leadership and ethics are two sides of the same coin, whether in business, politics, or your personal affairs. Regardless of your chosen track, you and all your classmates will come together once more in your last term to take a culminating course on business leadership and ethics. Read more.
Experiential Learning
In keeping with the Lundquist College's mission, experiential education is a core value and competency of the Oregon MBA. Experiential learning is more than just learning by doing or applying theoretical lessons to practical situations. It's about reflecting and evaluating after the fact. It's about feedback and continuous improvement. What worked? What didn't? How might we do better next time?
Much of the experiential learning in the Oregon MBA program is mediated by the business school's four centers. The centerpiece of experiential learning is the Strategic Planning Project (SPP). Another principal experiential learning opportunity is the Venture Launch Pathway, which builds on the second-year fall-term New Venture Planning course. The best business plans from teams of business, law, and science students are given the opportunity to present at business plan competitions nationally and internationally. If you are on the innovation and entrepreneurship track and qualify for these competitions, you may elect the Venture Pathway in lieu of the SPP. Read more.