Kellstadt Adds Evening Cohort MBA
The Evening Cohort MBA offered through the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business is the newest addition to DePaul’s roster of MBA options. This accelerated cohort experience offers those who are already working a structured class schedule and the opportunity to learn as a unit.
The Evening Cohort MBA is strategically planned around networking and building relationships. Candidates will take the same classes at the same time and graduating together. Other assignments include a group consulting project for a nonprofit and an international study trip together to explore international business to meet with global executives.
Kellstadt officials say the program is a win-win for working professionals as it allows for part-timers to reap the same networking benefits of the full-time program while tailoring students’ schedules for traditional work hours.
“There are many working professionals who want the additional experiences of a full-time MBA program but they do not want to give up their current jobs,” says James Parker, Kellstadt’s director of recruitment and admission. “We wanted to meet that need and offer a program that would provide those mid-career professionals an opportunity to enjoy a cohort experience, expand their professional networks and enhance their leadership skills.”
Parker says the MBA curriculum is distinctive because it is customized around leadership skills that candidates will be able to use right away within their companies. These skills also will prepare them for senior leadership positions in the future.
According to Parker, The combination of an evening cohort experience with a curriculum focused on executive leadership skills makes DePaul’s new Evening Cohort MBA option a unique choice in the Chicago area.
“We really want this program to allow working professionals to show their leadership potential,” Parker says. “It will help them showcase those skills as well as help them build a life-long network of professional and personal with each other.”
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