MBA / MCIT Dual Degree MBA Academic Affairs, August 23, 2018 Ideal - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

MBA / MCIT Dual Degree MBA Academic Affairs, August 23, 2018

Ideal Combination for the Product Builder Students who wants to work with engineers to build a product, or create their own product should consider this dual degree. WHARTON MCIT • Customer Strategy • CS Foundations (algorithms, data structures, etc.) • Product Design • Machine Learning • Statistics • Web Development MBA Program – Academic Affairs

Degree Requirements MBA REQUIREMENTS MCIT REQUIREMENTS 19 credit units 10 credit units • 15 credit units must be from Wharton • 6 required courses (CIT 591, 592, classes, including core and major 593, 594, 595 & 596) • 4 credit units can come from dual degree • 4 elective graduate-level credit programs, graduate-level Penn classes units, at least 3 of which must be and/or exchange programs a CIS course and one may be an • Your 4 semesters of Wharton tuition approved non-CIS course covers 21 credit units thus you have 2 surplus credit units in addition to the above requirements MBA Program – Academic Affairs

Combined credit units between MBA and MCIT The total combined number of credits for the joint MBA/MA degree is 24 credit units 15 cu Wharton MBA • Includes core and major 9 cu MCIT programs • Includes core and CIS electives Wharton students are able to use their 6 non-Wharton credit units towards the MCIT degree and MCIT will count one credit unit of Wharton electives towards their degree (must be pre-approved by MCIT). 4 MBA Program - Academic Affairs

What do I need to earn my Wharton MBA? Quarter Quarter 0.5CU 0.5CU Credit Units 1.0CU Semester 2-years’ tuition = 21CUs Master’s Degree = 19CUs 5 Academic Affairs

Pathway 1 – CIT 590 in fall of first year FALL – YEAR 1 SPRING – YEAR 1 Wharton core & electives Wharton core CIT 594 CIT 590 FALL – YEAR 2 SPRING – YEAR 2 Wharton electives Wharton electives CIT 595 CIT 592 CIT 596 CIT 593 FALL – YEAR 3 CIS electives 6

Pathway 2 – CIT 590 in spring of first year FALL – YEAR 1 SPRING – YEAR 1 Wharton core & electives Wharton core CIT 590 FALL – YEAR 2 SPRING – YEAR 2 Wharton electives Wharton electives CIT 594 CIT 592 CIT 595 CIT 593 CIT 596 FALL – YEAR 3 CIS electives 7