Program Overview
Through a mix of rigorous courses, innovative seminars, and experience-based learning, including a global trip, you can deepen your leadership competencies, refine your business skills, and increase your ability to address global business opportunities.
Classes meet one weekend per month on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for the duration of 20 months.
Curriculum
44 units, within a total of 20 courses. Electives are offered during the spring semesters.
Fall I
During your first semester, you'll begin studying management foundations and leadership development with a selection of courses on financial and managerial accounting, leadership and teams, negotiations, business analytics and ethics.
Spring I
The following semester will focus on local perspectives with courses in marketing, financial management, cross-cultural leadership and global business conditions.
Global Business Practicum – International Trip
Over 11 days in May, students visit corporations, organizations, and cultural sites in two international destinations. During the Practicum, students are immersed in experience-based learning through capstone, strategy-challenge, and service-learning projects to further develop an understanding of global business and stakeholder management.
By far my favorite memory was our Global Practicum trip to Germany and the Netherlands. It was my first trip to Europe, and having the opportunity to present on important transportation sustainability issues to executives at BMW in Munich and Rijkswaterstaat in Utrecht, while learning about the cultures, eating the delicious foods, and enjoying the nightlife are fond memories I will always have."
Douglas Kang '20
Fall II
At the start of your second year you'll focus on strategy, communication and influence. Courses include topics on financial information analysis, data visualization, developing power and influence, strategic management and the supply chain
Spring II
Your final semester will cover entrepreneurship, technology, and disruption. Courses include topics in entrepreneurship, technology trends, ethics and social responsibility, leading organizational change. You will also complete your final project.
The program is evolving constantly through a feedback loop that takes into account students’ feedback on various aspects of course delivery, and then improves student experience."
Preeti Parthasarathy ‘12
Contact Info
Admission: Graduate
Monday-Friday: 9a.m.-5p.m.
University of San Francisco
Downtown Campus
101 Howard Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94105
management@usfca.edu (415) 422-2221
Downtown Campus
101 Howard Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94105
management@usfca.edu (415) 422-2221