The Rice MBA Curriculum
The Rice MBA offers innovative programs, courses and curricula that respond to the rapidly changing world of business and prepare you to lead in the global economy.
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Program Specific Curriculum
Know Your Professors by Name
With a small student-to-professor ratio, you’ll know your professors and they’ll know you. 100% of our tenured and tenure-track professors actively participate in classroom teaching. This approach helps maintain the high standards of teaching and the depth of experience that comes from research-based academics. At Rice, you’ll have unparalleled access to top minds in business research.
Be Prepared for the Future
We change as the world changes around us and remain committed to preparing you to do the same. We offer courses around emerging topics, such as the energy transition and how organizations use AI, and we constantly evaluate our curriculum to ensure classes and programs will prepare you for the next big thing.
Gain Global Experience
We recognize that diverse perspectives can improve decision-making, and effective leaders must excel in leading across different geographical and cultural contexts. In addition to our global offsite electives, international seminars, and study abroad opportunities, our core curriculum requires MBA students to participate in a global field experience where you collaborate with classmates on consulting projects that address real-world challenges for an international organization. You and your team present your recommendations to the organization in person.
Customize Your Courses
All MBA students may customize their degree and choose from our slate of 100+ electives, including courses such as: Strategy in Tech Ecosystem, AI for Customer Analytics, Breakthrough Negotiations, Managing Energy Assets, Energy Markets in Transition, and Disruption in Commercial Real Estate.
Acquire Practical Experience
Our curriculum offers you a competitive advantage by providing plenty of hands-on opportunities, both for credit and non-credit, to acquire the practical experience that companies value. This includes our Global Field Experience, New Enterprise program, Marketing Lab and more.
Learn Effective Leadership Skills
We equip you with the core quantitative and hard skills expected from a top MBA. And we take it a step further. Our curriculum is intentionally bookended by strategy and leadership courses and offers a robust leadership coaching program designed to teach you how to develop individuals and teams.