MBA/MPA

Degree Requirements

MBA Program Outline

Required Core 6
Menu Core 15-21
Capstone Core 1.5-3.0
Elective Courses 21-28.5
Total 51

MPA Program Outline

Wagner Core Intro to Public Policy 3
Wagner Elective Courses 30-33
Total 33

Total credits required to complete both degrees = 84

Sample Program Sequence: Summary

 

Year Fall Spring
First Year MBA Required and Menu Core (12)
MPA Intro to Public Policy or Specialization Course (3)
MBA Menu Core (12) 
MPA Specialization Course (3)
Second Year MBA Elective Courses (7.5)
MPA Specialization Courses (6)
MBA Elective Courses (4.5)
MPA Elective Courses (9)
Third Year MBA Elective Courses (7.5)
MPA Elective Courses (4.5)
MPA Captsone Course (1.5)
MBA Elective Courses (4.5-6)
MBA Capstone Core (1.5-3)
MPA Elective Courses (4.5)
MPA Capstone Course (1.5)

Total credits required to complete both degrees = 84

Sample Program Sequence - Details

95 total credits

First Year (Stern)

Modules Courses Credits
Fall: Register at Stern
September – December
(15 credits)
Business Writing Proficiency (summer)
Launch
Team Communication
COR1-GB.1305 Statistics and Data Analysis
COR1-GB.1306 Financial Accounting and Reporting

Menu core courses (Choose two of the three below):
COR1-GB.2103 Strategy I*
COR1-GB.2104 Strategy II
COR1-GB.1303 Firms and Markets
COR1-GB.2311 Foundations of Finance

CORE-GP.1022 Introduction to Public Policy or Wagner Specialization Course
0
0
0
3
3


1.5
1.5
3
3
 
3
Spring:
February – May
(15 credits)
 
 
Menu core courses:
COR1-GB.2310 Marketing
COR1-GB.2314 Operations Management 
COR1-GB.2303 The Global Economy
COR1-GB.1302 Leadership in Organizations
Business Analytics
(TECH-GB.2366 Data Science for Business: Technical or
TECH-GB.3366 Data Science for Business: Managerial)

Wagner Specialization Course

3
3
3
3



3
Summer
May – August
Internship  

*Strategy I and Strategy II are required to complete the Strategy core course. You must enroll in both sections of the course in the same term.

 

Second Year (Wagner)

Modules Courses Credits
Fall: Register at Wagner
September – December
(13.5 credits)
MBA2 Electives
Wagner Specialization Courses
7.5
6
Spring: Register at Wagner
February – May
(13.5 credits)
MBA2 Electives
Wagner Specialization or Electives
4.5
9

Third Year (Wagner/Stern)

Modules Courses Credits
Fall: Register at Wagner
September – December
(13.5 credits)
MBA2 Electives
Wagner Electives
Wagner Capstone Course
7.5
4.5
1.5
Spring: Register at Stern
February – May
(13.5 credits)
MBA2 Electives
COR2-GB.3101 Professional Responsibility OR LAW-LW.10387 Ethical and Legal Challenges of the Modern Corporation* 
Wagner Electives
Wagner Capstone Course
4.5-6
1.5-3

4.5
1.5


*This law course counts towards the 6.0 credit maximum of non-Stern credits.