Rice MBA for Professionals

Evening Schedule

The Rice MBA for Professionals curriculum was designed to provide students with a comprehensive MBA learning
experience that meets the demands of today’s working professional. The first year lays the foundation for the MBA
experience with a rigorous start in core classes. The second year allows the students to tailor the curriculum to
their needs by choosing from a breadth of electives to complement their professional tool kit.

Quick Facts - Evening Schedule

Schedule: Monday and Wednesday evenings, 6:15PM – 9:30PM; approximately 2 Thursdays, 5 Fridays and 9
Saturdays over the course of the program; summer break: months of June and July
Credit Hours and Length of Program: 54 credit hours; MBA completed in 22 months
Electives: Take 9 elective classes with over 30+ evening elective options
Immersion: *** Two mandatory six-day Immersion periods. First Immersion is prior to the start of the First
year. Second Immersion will take place in the spring of the Second year.
Facility: All classes are held in McNair Hall, home of the Jones Graduate School of Business located on the
Rice University campus.
Faculty: All classes are taught by the same world-class faculty as the renowned Rice MBA Full-Time program.
Extracurricular: Same access to student clubs based upon your own availability; program capstone at the end

Rice MBA for Professionals – Evening Curriculum

Immersion Fall First Year - 13.5 Credits (includes 1.5 for Immersion) Spring First Year - 15.0 Credits
Comp Mgr Strategy
Org Behavior
Strategy Data Analysis (3.0) Finance (3.0) Acct Form
Ice Cream Game (1.5)

(1.5)
(1.5) (1.5) (1.5)
Ops
1st Year Capstone
Financial Accounting (3.0) Managerial Economics (1.5) Marketing (3.0) Mgmt
(3.0)
(1.5)

Communication Workshops (1.5)

Fall Second Year - 12.0 Credits Spring Second Year - 13.5 Credits

2nd Year Immersion

EEB or Biz Gov (1.5)

Program Capstone (3.0)

Elective (1.5) Elective (1.5) Elective (1.5) Elective (1.5)

Communications (0.75)

Communications (0.75)

Org Change
International Trip
Elective (1.5)
Ethics (0.75)

Ethics (0.75)

Leadership
Negotiation
Elective (1.5) Elective (1.5) Elective (1.5) Communication Elective (1.5)
(4.5)

NOTE: Total Credits required for graduation are 54. Immersions, first and second year, are
Classes ILEs and Workshops six days in duration, Monday through Saturday. Workshops and ILEs are held on Friday
and Saturdays. Optional international trip (1.5 credits) occurs between the fall and spring
of the second year.

For more information, contact the Admissions Office

713-348-4918 or business.rice.edu.
Rice MBA for Professionals
Weekend Schedule

The Rice MBA for Professionals curriculum was designed to provide students with a comprehensive MBA learning
experience that meets the demands of today’s working professional. The first year lays the foundation for the MBA
experience with a rigorous start in core classes. The second year allows the students to tailor the curriculum to
their needs by choosing from a breadth of electives to complement their professional tool kit.

Quick Facts - Weekend Schedule

Schedule: Alternating weekends. Fridays (4:00PM – 9:30PM) and Saturdays (7:30AM – 6:30PM); summer
break: months of June and July
Credit Hours and Length of Program: 54 credit hours; MBA completed in 22 months
Electives: Take 10 elective classes with over 30+ weekend elective options
Immersion: *** Two mandatory six-day Immersion periods. First Immersion is prior to the start of the First
year. Second Immersion is prior to the start of the Second year.
Facility: All classes are held in McNair Hall, home of the Jones Graduate School of Business located on the
Rice University campus.
Faculty: All classes are taught by the same world-class faculty as the renowned Rice MBA Full-Time program.
Extracurricular: Same access to student clubs based upon your own availability; program capstone at the end

Rice MBA for Professionals – Weekend Curriculum

Immersion Fall First Year - 14.25 Credits (includes .75 for Immersion) Spring First Year - 13.5 Credits
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 ILE Term 6

Operations (1.5) Mgr Accouting (1.5)

Strategy, OB, Comm., and

Communications (3.0) Strategy II

Ice Cream Game (1.5)
Finanacial Acct.

(1.5)
Finance (3.0)
Org Behavior (1.5) Data Analysis (3.0)
1st Year Capstone
Financial Accounting (3.0) Managerial Economics (1.5) Marketing (3.0) (1.5)

Note: Students will complete 1.5 credits of Strategy during first year Immersion. Immersion also includes the first two sessions of the Financial
Accounting, Organizational Behavior, and Communications. Term 6 has two full day Fridays & Saturdays, not 4 weekends.

Immersion Fall Second Year - 12.0 Credits Spring Second Year - 13.5 Credits
Term 7 Term 8 Term 9 Term 10 Term 11 ILE
Macroeconomics
Negotiations (1.5) Org Change (.75) Leadership (1.5) Biz Gov (1.5)
Ethics, Communications,

(1.5)
and Negotiations

International Trip

Ethics (1.5) Elective 1 (1.5) Elective 3 (1.5) Elective 5 (1.5) Elective 7 (1.5) Program Capstone (3.0)

FY Elective (1.5) Elective 2 (1.5) Elective 4 (1.5) Elective 6 (1.5) Elective 8 (1.5)

Note: Students will complete 0.75 credits of Communications during second year Immersion. Immersion also includes the first three sessions of
the Ethics and Negotiations and the first session of FY Elective 1.

For more information, contact the Admissions Office

713-348-4918 or business.rice.edu.