Your future, your terms: The power of an Online MBA

If you are a business professional with two or more years of management experience who is ready to move up to the next level, Boise State University’s Online Master of Business Administration can help prepare you for career advancement.

The customizable curriculum builds on your valuable experience and expands your business acumen by emphasizing strategic thinking, leadership and ethical decision-making. You will gain the valuable management and leadership skills necessary to make a positive impact on teams, organizations and communities.

Developing these leadership skills is an essential element of the Online MBA program. With a focus on people-centered management, Boise State recognizes that leadership success relies on effective interaction and motivation within an organization.

As an online student in the program, you will start with an introduction to design thinking in your first course, where you will learn to drive innovation through creative, customer-centric problem-solving.

Design thinking, which is offered by few MBA programs, is a discipline that helps you understand and apply creativity, innovation and customer understanding.

Each course is designed to immerse you in the language of business and foster a deeper understanding to make impactful decisions. You will be fully equipped to thrive in business leadership roles and seek out and solve challenges in the modern workforce.

Make your degree your own

With seven specialized emphasis area options, the Online MBA equips you with industry-specific knowledge and prepares you to lead teams and make meaningful, strategic decisions in a competitive business landscape.

Each emphasis area provides specialized, industry-specific knowledge centered around terminology, revenue cycles and business processes. The emphasis area options are:

· Business Analytics: Develop analytical skills and confidence needed to present essential data to your organization.

· Construction Management: Increase your expertise by developing successful strategies for construction project management and hone your leadership skills.

· Cyber Operations: Add to your cyber problem-solving ability with the effective solutions needed to become a valuable leader in the information technology field.

· Finance: Learn about markets, analytics, modeling, investments and current financial issues as you gain hands-on experience with analytical tools.

· Healthcare Leadership: Enhance your management and decision-making skills to create patient-focused solutions and learn to apply financial tools and processes.

· Management: Add the valuable managerial and communications skills required for in-demand leadership roles, while learning to more effectively manage projects, from planning to execution.

· Marketing Leadership: Learn to integrate data analysis, marketing, product development and strategy across your company’s teams and master the tools of digital marketing and how to apply them most effectively.

The Online MBA prepares you for leadership roles in a variety of career outcomes and gives you long-term value by teaching you to be a better manager and make a lasting impact on your organization.

The program is also flexible and convenient. With seven-week courses and six start dates per year, you can start when you’re ready or pause if you need to. You can also complete the Online MBA in one year as a full-time student.

Learn more about the Online MBA

Earning an Online Master of Business Administration from Boise State University can open doors to new opportunities and a brighter future — and we’re here to support you every step of the way. Whether you’re exploring if an online degree is right for you or need help transferring credits, connecting with a student success coach is the perfect first step.

Ready to learn more? Attend one of our online information sessions or contact a student success coach today.