SAP-focused graduate
degree offered

Online M.B.A. program
is first in nation

Beginning in January, Central Michigan University’s new online M.B.A. program will
offer working professionals an opportunity to conveniently learn business software that is used by more than 40,000 companies worldwide.

The new master of business in administration program is the only online M.B.A. program offered with a management information systems concentration and an emphasis in SAP. It is considered a venture program between CMU’s College of Business and Administration and CMU’s Off-Campus Programs.

SAP enterprise software provides the capability to manage multiple business areas including financial, asset, and cost accounting; production operations and materials; personnel; plants; and archived documents.

“We have been offering a wide array of SAP classes for the past eight years, but extending SAP into an M.B.A. program is a natural and exciting evolution,” said D. Michael Fields, dean of the College of Business Administration. “Our new online M.B.A. program will allow us to offer our expertise to a larger market of working professionals.”

Comprised of management, business, and finance classes, the M.B.A. program is designed to prepare graduate students to take leadership positions in the business world. The 18-month accelerated program is taught solely online, with the exception of an intensive two-week SAP Academy.

The program will be taught in a cohort format that includes a group of students following a set schedule of courses together from start to finish.

“This program will provide immediate added value to its graduates in two ways,” Fields said. “Not only will they be adding a valuable skill set, but they can likely immediately apply this knowledge to their workplace and add value to their employer.”

To learn more about the program and admission requirements see www.cel.cmich.edu/onlinemba.