Executive Business Administration

The Sy Syms School of Business Executive MBA program is dedicated to building a learning community from which the next generation of great business leaders will emerge. We offer you the business knowledge you need to know how to succeed, in the context of the highest ethical ideals, in a unique way that only Yeshiva University can deliver.

Preparing You for the Business World of Today and Tomorrow

The Syms EMBA curriculum was developed to challenge students to hone their business expertise in a way that prepares them to achieve their current and future professional goals.

Whether you are a corporate marketing director wanting to conquer global markets or an entrepreneur wanting to understand local ones, our general management tools fit together, enabling you to become more effective in your career.

Our students come from wide-ranging professional backgrounds in finance, marketing, nonprofit, sales and technology, and they benefit from small, personalized classes; outstanding faculty; and an extensive, accomplished alumni network. Add our study abroad component, which takes students overseas to witness firsthand business practices in emerging economic countries, and you have a unique graduate education experience.

Students earn their EMBA over two years, attending classes on Sundays at our midtown campus, with several of the courses including both in-person and online learning.

Leadership

This theme focuses on creating the new leaders of the future. Throughout the program there is a special emphasis on how different business tools and theories can enhance the ability to lead and perform in highly competitive and stressful environments. Some of the courses offered specifically concentrate on developing leadership skills including management in a global environment and a series of speakers comprising some of the most successful executives and entrepreneurs. Executive coaching for each student personalizes those requirements to fit the needs and career aspirations of each individual.

Ethics

Set at Yeshiva University, this program weaves YU values with business ethics by teaching how a sustainable business model can be achieved while also providing benefit to the community and its environment. This model depends on the ability of managers and leaders to identify personal and corporate values and to align business behavior with social expectations, legal responsibilities and moral aspirations. Our curriculum emphasizes the central role of business ethics in our core Ethics and Legal Environment course and focuses on ethical issues in cases studied throughout the curriculum.

Entrepreneurship

The third theme helps students not just to recognize opportunities, but also to create them. Whether with a start-up or as part of a new venture within a larger organization, courses in entrepreneurship are just the beginning. With an entrepreneur-in-residence, students receive one-on-one guidance and support as they build their own ventures.

Below are our year-one and year-two courses.

Year One

• Introduction and Orientation—Team Building and Self-Assessment
• Managing and Leading in the Global Marketplace - MAN 7763, 3 cr.
• Statistics for Managers-IDS 7720, 3 cr.
• Financial Reporting & Analysis – FIN 7745, 3 cr.
• Leadership Forum – MAN 7750, 3 cr.
• Entrepreneurship and the Management of Change – MAN 7770, 3 cr.
• Ethics and the Legal Environment of Business – MAN 7751, 2 cr.
• Introduction to Microeconomics– ECON 7733, 3 cr.
• Leadership Forum -- MAN 7750, 3 cr.
• International Business- MAN 8002, 4 cr.

Year Two

• Financial Management – FIN 7751, 3 cr.
• Marketing Management – MAR 7740, 3 cr.
• Management Accounting – ACC 7721, 2 cr.
• Decision Models and Management Control – IDS 7769, 1 cr
• Leadership Forum - MAN 7750, 3 cr.
• Managing and Leading in a Global Marketplace – Advanced Leadership Seminar – MAN 7780, 3 cr.
• Corporate Finance – FIN 7775, 2 cr.
• Marketing and Social Media – MAR 7750, 3 cr.
• Business Strategy – MAN 7760, 2 cr.
• Leadership Forum - MAN 7750, 3 cr.
• Summer- 5-Day New York City Residency in International Business- MAN 8000, 4 cr.

• Bachelor's degree in any area with minimum GPA of 3.0
• Several years of professional and managerial experience
• Personal statement describing background, experience and motivation for pursuing the EMBA
• Three reference letters, including at least one from a professional colleague or supervisor indicating applicant's suitability for graduate professional study and potential as a senior manager 
• Personal interview by member of the program faculty.
• If your undergraduate work is in a language other than English, then you must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam and receive a score of at least 100 on the Web-based exam. To have your test score reported to the Syms School of Business, you must use test code 4462
• GMAT is not required if you have a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a GPA of 3.0 or above. Anyone who has a degree that does not meet that criterion must take the GMAT and score a minimum of 500.