The Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) is a degree for early career managers with at least 5 years of professional work experience and at least one year of supervisory/management experience.   The degree is aimed at  high-potential, fully-employed professionals who are looking for the credibility earned through an MBA.

Degree Requirements

Core Courses.  (24-28 units) The Drucker Professional MBA core courses within this area are Financial Accounting (4 units), Organizational Behavior (2-4 units), Corporate Finance (4 units), Marketing Management (2-4 units), Quantitative Methods (4 units), Operations (2-4 units), and Strategy (4 units)

Assessment, Professional Development Plan, and Executive Coaching. Within the first semester of study, each student is scheduled for and completes a battery of assessments aimed at identifying individual skill and knowledge needs, clarifying academic and career goals, and providing insight relative to leadership, communication, and learning styles and preferences.  Executive Coaching is provided in tandem with creation of a professional development plan at program mid-point, at program completion, and ad hoc throughout the program to support the student and provide course corrections/revisions as needed.

Customized Professional Pathway.  (24-28 units)  Assessment results are merged with the student’s personal career goals and used to create a professional development plan.  The plan includes a customized and focused academic path including courses which may be transdisciplinary in nature.  These courses constitute the Customized Professional Pathway. 

University Policies.  University policies detailed in the Registration and Degree Information  section of the Bulletin apply.