• Current Students
• Course Schedules
• Incoming Students
• Electives
• Concentrations
• Career Services
• Business Projects
• Calendar
• Student Resources
• Study Abroad
• Current Tuition & Fees
• Financial Aid
• Graduation
• MBA+ Faculty

BUSINESS PROJECTS

As your final capstone course, each student in the MBA + and MSFA programs will work on a business project before graduation. These projects put all the theoretical knowledge to work, giving you the chance to gain experience in applying coursework through experience testing, strategy formulation, and teamwork to solve problems and build new skills.

You will work in small 3 to 4 person groups with a local, regional or international company and commit 300-600 or more total hours over 12-18 weeks to complete this “real world” business project. Your Business Project Faculty Advisor will work with you and the client company to provide your team with a company overview, access to key stakeholders, a project proposal, schedules and focus. New projects are started four times each year.

Projects are selected to match areas of concentration as best as possible and may have a focus such as Finance, International Business, Sustainability or Innovation. This is an opportunity for you to put all your graduate business skills to work, and for you and your team to make a difference for a company with a real-world problem which you will solve. It has been estimated that the average value of these projects to the companies is about $50,000.

When should I take BA 506: Business Project?
Plan to take the Business Project class after you have completed the majority of your core courses.

• Full-time MBA + students, register during your second winter and spring quarters.
• Part-time MBA + students, register during your third year.
• Full-time MSFA students, register during spring and summer quarters.
• Part-time MSFA students, register during your second winter and spring quarters.