
Program Overview
Earn your MBA where business thrives. At USF, you’ll receive a career-driven education that combines personalized instruction, hands-on experience, and unparalleled access to the industries shaping the future—right in the heart of downtown San Francisco.
Full-Time MBA Highlights
What to Expect
Year 1: Build Your Foundation
- Fall Semester
Lay the groundwork with core courses in accounting, finance, marketing, data analysis, and team building. Begin your MBA experience with the Horizon Core, selecting courses focused on Sustainability to address today’s critical business challenges. - Spring Semester
Choose a Career Accelerator Platform (CAP) to gain real-world, client-facing experience. CAP blends classroom learning with company visits, preparing you for in-demand opportunities. Continue your Horizon Core coursework on Digital Transformation, and take electives alongside Executive MBA students to broaden your network. - Summer
Apply your knowledge through internships, consulting projects with the Malloy Group for Organizational Science Consulting, or independent projects. This is your chance to build experience and connect with potential employers.
Year 2: Advance Your Expertise & Make an Impact
Fall Semester gives you plenty of opportunities to take electives within your Career Accelerator Platform, or perhaps re-evaluate your path and select alternative elective courses outside your Platform. You'll also determine your innovation project and select the company you'll work with throughout the semester.
Spring Semester culminates your work in the program, as you meet with your personal advisory board, present your innovation project to your classmates, view other students' work, and reflect on your experience as a whole.