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Master of Business Administration and Leadership Program

Where Do You Want to Be?

Great leaders think creatively, assess challenges, foster innovation, and motivate people. Great leaders have adaptable skills, explore new opportunities, and envision solutions. University of Charleston's Master of Business Administration and Leadership (MBAL) program prepares you for a life of leadership and challenging work in a rapidly changing global economy.

Our MBAL program employs problem-based approaches in the classroom coupled with continuous professional practice opportunities. You will partner with business professionals in the classroom to solve real-world problems, practicing your skills on-site every semester with a rotating group of organizations — entrepreneurial, international, government, non-profit. You will develop a wide array of tools to operate in a variety of sectors that includes energy, commerce, marketing, arts and culture, and more.

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Great leaders have a global perspective. Your ability to live, work and learn in a foreign environment is honed by an international practicum the summer before you graduate. You will gain the confidence to live in a culturally diverse world, developing insight and applying skills to set you apart professionally and personally. The best way to learn about global commerce is to experience it.

News

Charleston Daily Mail article "Siblings Take Very Different Paths to Business Studies" — Posted 7/15/2010
Charleston Gazette article "UC Students Visit Italy and Learn About International Business" — Posted 6/12/2010
The State Journal article "Pace of Food Preparation and Meals Demonstrates Italian Culture" — Posted June 3, 2010
The State Journal article "In Italy, Government Sets Terms for Employment" — Posted 5/27/2010
The State Journal article "UC Graduate Students to Provide Marketing Advice to Italian Firms" — Posted May 25, 2010

Events

Special MBAL session: July 19 – August 13 (for mid-year entrants to MBAL class of 2011)
MBAL Orientation/Boot Camp: August 16 – August 24 (for all incoming year-one MBAL students in Class of 2012)
Fall 2010 MBAL Kick Off Event: 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 25; fall semester classes begin same day

MBAL students attend a meeting of the West Virginia Senate Committee on Economic Development on January 21, 2010 as part of their learning on the relationship between business and government.

Governor's Visit to the GSB, March 31, 2010

University of Charleston's MBAL program employs problem-based approaches in the classroom, coupled with continuous professional practice opportunities."