Executive MBA
The Executive MBA (EMBA) is a hybrid 16-month cohort based program designed for leadership in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Candidates with at least 5 years of managerial experience, seeking to enhance their understanding and ability to integrate business disciplines with their managerial skills and leadership effectiveness are best served by our EMBA format.
Classes are delivered online and every other Saturday at the UTEP Graduate Business Center in Downtown El Paso. Every EMBA cohort is purposefully kept small and ranges between 20-30 students to maximize meaningful discourse and networking opportunities.
The EMBA is a key component of the talent management efforts of successful organizations.
Fall 2023 Executive MBA Classes Start in:
EMBA Features
- The UTEP EMBA is designed for entrepreneurs, managers and leaders who require flexible and convenient online coursework with bi-monthly Saturday (8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.) in-class sessions.
- The EMBA allows business leaders to pursue and attain their MBA degree through an expedited and non-traditional hybrid format. EMBA students engage the MBA coursework with peers who have similar management and business leadership experience.
- Although the EMBA provides an expedited path to earning an MBA, it is not a shortcut. EMBA students who successfully meet the requirements of the MBA program earn a Master of Business Administration degree.
- International travel and research engagements expand students’ global perspectives and networks.
- A distinguished core of professors from diverse academic and corporate backgrounds will deliver the EMBA coursework.
- Students will experience a variety of instructional formats in the classroom as well as coursework outside of the classroom.
- Benefit from networking, team building and other synergies created by progressing through the entire curriculum as a cohort.
- The EMBA is delivered in a multilingual and multicultural community, featuring over five decades of expertise in manufacturing, logistics, international commerce
and finance.
Curriculum
Students must complete 36
Semester |
Credit Hours |
Courses |
Course Name |
|
Fall
|
3 |
ACCT 5304 | Accounting Analysis |
|
3 |
QMB 5311 | Quantitative Methods in Business | |
|
3 |
MGMT 5311 | Organizational Management Seminar | |
|
3 |
BLAW 5306 | Business Law and Ethics | |
|
Spring
|
3 |
ECON 5311 | Managerial Economics |
|
3 |
FIN 5311 | Financial Management | |
|
3 |
BUSN 5394 | Special Topics in International Business | |
|
1.5 |
BUSN 5301A | The CEO's Perspective | |
Summer |
3 |
Marketing Management |
|
|
3 |
Concepts of Production Management |
||
Fall |
1.5 |
BUSN 5302B | Corporate Communications |
| 3 | MGMT 5335 | International Strategic Management (taken in final semester) | |
| 3 | BUSN 5392 | Corporate/Community Engagement Project | |
|
|
36 |
Admission to the EMBA Program
Applicants must submit the following in order to be considered for admission to the Executive MBA Program:
- Online Application for Admission into a Graduate Degree Program: Apply Online >>
- Application fee (payable through the online application).
- Official transcript from an accredited institution demonstrating completion of a four-year Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent in the case of an international institution) and official transcripts from all colleges or universities attended. Official transcripts for degrees earned at UTEP are not required. *
- Statement of Purpose, not to exceed one page, which may include a description of the applicant's professional experience, educational background, career goals and/or socio-economic background. **
- Résumé.
- Two letters of reference from professional and/or academic sources. ** (One letter of support from current employer required.)
- Applicants must demonstrate at least 5 years of managerial experience.
- International applicants whose undergraduate degree was delivered in a language other than English are required to submit TOEFL scores of at least 250 computer-based/600 paper-based/100 internet-based.
- Applicants will be interviewed by MBA Program staff as part of the evaluation process.
- International students must complete all additional steps listed on the International Student Checklist (PDF) .
* Unofficial scores and transcripts can be uploaded to the online application. Official scores and transcripts must be received by the Graduate School prior to enrollment.
** These application documents can be uploaded to the online application.
Applicants must submit all of the materials listed above before an admission decision can be made.
Program Cost
The 2020 Executive MBA Program costs are $40,000. Program costs include:
- Tuition & registration fees
- Digital textbooks, cases, materials, and software.
- Lodging (double occupancy), ground transportation, and some meals for the International Research Course (airfare is not included).
- Access to online quantitative skills course.
- Individualized Executive Coaching.
Tuition, fees, and charges are subject to change by administrative, legislative, or regent action, and changes become effective on the date enacted.
Executive MBA Class of 2020
|
Class Statistics |
Percentage or Number |
| Average Age | 41 |
|
Average Work Experience |
16 years (13 managerial) |
|
Gender |
Female: 27% Male: 73% |
|
Advanced Degrees |
9% |
|
Military and Veteran |
18% |
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| Work Experience (years) | Students With Advanced Degrees | |||
17 |
 |
13 |
|
11%
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| Professional | Managerial | |||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| Males | Females | Military/Veterans | ||
63% |
 |
37% |
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15% |
EMBAs by Industry
