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Invest in your future with an MBA from the region’s only top-ranked business school. The Carlson Part-Time MBA imparts the knowledge you need to improve your day-to-day performance and advance in your organization—or redefine your career path—all while remaining in your job. JOIN AN ELITE NETWORK and ENHANCE YOUR CAREER STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND SCHOOL Gina Joyce, ’16 MBA, comes from a scientific background. The Animal BALANCE YOUR MBA Science/Pre-Vet major took an unexpected path after graduating WITH YOUR FAST-PACED from Iowa State University: Instead of Earn your degree on your terms. continuing on to veterinary school, she LIFESTYLE The Carlson School’s portfolio of became a marketing coordinator at local animal nutrition company Zinpro Evening, flexible course offerings empowers you weekday, and Corporation. And at her employer’s Saturday to structure your program to meet your recommendation, she enrolled in the MBA courses priorities. Whether you’re looking to fast- program to build her business knowledge. track your program or wish to engage the Finance, accounting, strategic management—the concepts covered in Condensed full host of activities and opportunities at class were new to Joyce. But she quickly courses the Carlson School, the Part-Time MBA got up to speed. And to her surprise, she Program flexes to fit your busy life. began applying lessons from class right Online away to grow and develop at work. courses “I could go to class on a Tuesday night, come to work on a Wednesday morning, and immediately implement something I had learned,” she says. Set your own pace Joyce worked full-time at Zinpro and Students can complete the program in as little as 2.5 years, or upheld a rigorous travel schedule as she proceed at a more modest pace. Calibrate your course load each worked toward earning her MBA. She semester to balance the changing demands of school, work, and life. took online and condensed courses that allowed her to spend less time on campus, progress through the curriculum more quickly, and finish the program sooner than she expected. Minimize your commute “I came into the program with no Spend less time traveling to and from business background and I planned on it campus by taking your courses online taking four years to complete,” she says. and in condensed formats. “But thanks to the online and condensed course offerings, I was able to shave a year off of that time and finish in three years.” Just before graduating from the Carlson School, Joyce was promoted to marketing Explore business disciplines associate for North America and later to Take elective courses and engage in opportunities project manager—commercialization. “I beyond the classroom to develop expertise in a started the Part-Time MBA program with career sector that interests you. the intent to stay at Zinpro, and the goal of acquiring the skills needed to further my career here. And the goal was realized, as that’s exactly what happened,” she says. CONNECT Employers connect with students through: WITH • ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING COMPANIES • SITE VISITS • GUEST LECTURES EARN A DEGREE THAT Dozens of Fortune 500s, small-and mid-sized companies, • CASE COMPETITIONS PAYS FOR ITSELF non-profit organizations, and start-ups engage Carlson School • NETWORKING EVENTS An MBA from the Carlson School is a sound students each year. investment. Part-Time MBA graduates recoup AND MORE their financial investment in an average of 2 1/2 years.* Increase your earning power by fostering in-demand skills, expanding your network, and leveraging the Carlson School’s ties to the local, national, and global business community. SHARPEN *GMAC, Alumni Perspectives Survey Report, 2016 YOUR BUSINESS ACUMEN “We continue to enjoy a close partnership with Carlson because of Build critical expertise in strategy, finance, its proven ability to provide superior talent for General Mills. Carlson marketing, leadership, and more. The holistic students have a unique blend of advanced knowledge, learning agility, Carlson MBA curriculum shapes you to be more and appreciation for the Twin Cities community.” effective in your current role, and prepares you for the next step in your career. —SCOTT SWAYNE, RECRUITING DIRECTOR, GENERAL MILLS, INC.

ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING BUILD YOUR NETWORK

Your classmates bring a wealth of 5 81 14 experience to the classroom—you will learn AVERAGE NUMBER OF NUMBER OF COMPANIES NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES JOBS EACH STUDENT THAT RECRUITED RECRUITERS as much from your peers as you do from APPLIED FOR STUDENTS REPRESENTED your instructors. And the connections you forge with this diverse collection of future leaders are invaluable as you take the next step in your career. “I wanted to translate my experience to an industry I was passionate about. Carlson has close CARLSON MBA GRAD AT A GLANCE partnerships with so many companies, and those connections helped me KELLY CONNOLLY make an industry switch.” —KELLY CONNOLLY, ’12 MBA

INFORMATION & DECISION SCIENCES ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MANI ACCOUNTING SENIOR SUBRAMANI LECTURER FRANK BEIL “I found my passion “He has experience for healthcare working in the industry, in emerging so his class was markets because MENTORS directly applicable to of him.” what is happening in companies today.”

JAMES D. WATKINS CHAIR IN MARKETING MARK BERGEN “His pricing class was the perfect blend of marketing and finance.”

CAREER EXPERIENCE EDUCATION EDUCATION ABROAD COMMUNITY TIME TO MOST VALUABLE ASPECT OF Founder and CEO of Honor Former marketing and sales Holds a bachelor’s in Participated in a global INVOLVEMENT COMPLETE MBA MBA EXPERIENCE Clinic, an organization focused professional who leveraged finance from Iowa State enrichment program in Served on the 2.5 years Career exploration and on collaborating with global her MBA experience University, and an MBA India where she sharpened Carlson Part-Time recruiting support provided providers, payers, policy makers, to transition into the from the Carlson School her knowledge of emerging MBA Leadership by the Graduate Business and manufacturers to reduce the healthcare industry of Management markets by visiting local Advisory Board Career Center offered a cost of primary care businesses, connecting with variety of new opportunities top leaders, and more for advancement DEVELOP MEET YOUR PROFESSORS GORDON BURTCH CUTTING- Associate Professor, Information & Decision Sciences EDGE Expertise: Crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, social media, and more KNOWLEDGE Honors and Awards: INFORMS Best Paper Award YOU CAN USE Industry Connections: Worked as an information systems auditor, a hardware IMMEDIATELY design engineer, and a technology consultant

Featuring an up-to-the-minute curriculum, the Carlson Part-Time MBA imparts a comprehensive understanding of business that prepares you to excel in your chosen field and to solve the MEET YOUR PROFESSORS challenges you face today. Carlson School faculty generate innovative research to inform the VLAD GRISKEVICIUS current state and future of business. They also partner with top companies to solve emerging Professor, Marketing business challenges. These educators are top ranked for teaching and research—and their Carlson Foundation Chair insights are at your disposal. Expertise: Motivation, communication and persuasion, social influence, evolutionary psychology, and more Honors and Awards: Named one of the 13 23 World’s Top 40 Business Professors Under 40 9 FOR RESEARCH FOR BUSINESS BEST GLOBAL UNIVERSITY by Poets & Quants, and a Young Scholar by the ADMINISTRATION CONTRIBUTIONS AMONG FOR ECONOMICS AND –Academic Ranking WORLD BUSINESS BUSINESS Marketing Science Institute of World SCHOOLS –U.S. News and World Universities, 2018 –University of Texas, Report, 2018 Industry Connections: Served as a Dallas 2017 consultant for numerous companies

MEET YOUR PROFESSORS MEET YOUR PROFESSORS THERESA GLOMB HELEN MOSER Professor, Work & Organizations Senior Lecturer, Finance Toro Company-David M. Lilly Chair Expertise: Corporate finance, in Human Resources LEARN MORE real estate, and more Expertise: Job attitudes and behaviors, Honors and Awards: emotion in organizations, employee health ABOUT OUR Faculty of the Year and well-being, and more

Industry Connections: Worked Honors and Awards: FACULTY AT for several years in different aspects Awards for Excellence in Research, z.umn.edu/PTFaculty of the commercial banking industry, Teaching, and Service eventually performing the role of Industry Connections: Partners with Controller/CFO leading companies to study work, workers, and their experiences at work PUTTING LEARNING INTO PRACTICE, IMMEDIATELY Acquire new Zach McGillis, ’09 MBA, tools describes how the “I wanted to advance Part-Time MBA Program Tackle helped him become more my career in business, challenges at work productive and effective and the Carlson at work, right away. School was the best place to do it. That

Zach McGillis expected that improved his performance at work, investment was very graduating from a leading MBA it helped McGillis thrive in the much worthwhile for program would bolster his long-term classroom. career prospects: After completing “Working full-time while me, and I’d absolutely the Carlson Part-Time MBA simultaneously going to school Program, he joined UnitedHealth helped me see the direct application do it again.” Group where he is now senior [of the curriculum], and made me —ZACH MCGILLIS, ’09 MBA director of transplant resource pay closer attention to the material services. we were reviewing,” he says. But he did not expect to This ambitious healthcare experience the value of the program professional also built a powerful right away. network of fellow leaders during his McGillis saw immediate return time at the Carlson School. on the time and effort he invested “Just as much as the actual in earning his MBA. From his first curriculum, the benefit of earning a semester, he applied lessons from Carlson MBA is the development of the curriculum to address challenges a network,” he says. “Being able to at the office. develop that network was critical, “I was actually taking the materials and has been really important to any that we were working on each and success that I’ve had over the years.” LEARN MORE every night in class and applying McGillis carries forward those them to my job each day,” he says. “I connections by heading the ABOUT was able to be much more efficient UnitedHealth Group chapter of the ZACH’S in our organization.” Carlson School alumni group. The Leveraging the insights he derived group now has 500+ members. JOURNEY AT from the MBA program not only z.umn.edu/ZachMcGillis START HERE, LEARN MORE ABOUT GO ANYWHERE TIM’S The Carlson School network is composed of more than JOURNEY AT 55,000 alumni in over 100 countries around the z.umn.edu/TimHuebsch world. Backed by the prestige that a Carlson MBA carries, our graduates are well-positioned to compete for opportunities the world over. From Minneapolis and New York City to London and Tokyo and beyond: Invest in a degree that travels wherever your career may take you.

NOTABLE CARLSON MBA ALUMNI

HEAD OF INDUSTRY, FINANCE, GOOGLE Addie Braun

CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, AND CEO, U.S. BANCORP Andrew Cecere

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND Tim Huebsch, ’07 MBA, crosses paths with fellow 50,000 alumni in 102 countries, the Carlson CHIEF OPERATING JOINING A Carlson School alums at virtually every company School’s footprint spans the globe. These OFFICER, TARGET in the Twin Cities. Through the Part-Time MBA international leaders lend their expertise to John Mulligan POWERFUL NETWORK Program, this self-proclaimed “dot-connector” develop the next generation of students: Alumni built an expansive network that he’s continued to mentor students, recruit graduates, speak in Part-Time MBA alum Tim leverage to build his career. classrooms, host classes abroad, and more. CHIEF EXECUTIVE “It’s pretty amazing, as you’re out in the The global alumni footprint plus the OFFICER, GODIVA Huebsch describes how CHOCOLATIER community, the number of people you run into international reputation of the Carlson School Annie Young- joining the Carlson School who’ve had that MBA experience from Carlson,” add up to a world of career opportunities for Scrivner says Huebsch, General Mills’ global business Carlson MBA students. community enriched his solutions manager. “Alumni are in all levels of “When I looked at business schools, I said to career, his knowledge, and leadership within companies here in the Twin myself, “If there’s ever any chance that I might EXECUTIVE Cities—it is a really strong network.” leave the Twin Cities, what school is going to have CHAIRMAN AND his professional network CEO, ANT FINANCIAL And that network stretches far beyond the the most wide appeal outside of here?’ It became SERVICES GROUP Minneapolis-St. Paul metro. With more than an easy choice to choose Carlson,” says Huebsch. Eric Jing GRACE KASOZI’S CAREER JOURNEY

EARNS BA IN FINANCE AND BREAK INTO A NEW MARKETING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS Your MBA journey is an opportune JOINS TARGET AS A INDUSTRY- time to discover the field you’re JUNIOR BUSINESS ANALYST passionate about. A Carlson MBA GETS PROMOTED TO is your key to a variety of industries SENIOR ANALYST in which demand for sharp thinkers ACCEPTS POSITION IN SALES WITH CARGILL is growing fast: Take advantage of ENROLLS IN THE CARLSON PART-TIME MBA PROGRAM the school’s ties to hundreds of INTENDING TO BECOME A companies, from Fortune 500s to BRAND MANAGER PARTICIPATES start-ups and midsized organizations IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT that span dozens of industries. OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE GBCC BALANCES CAREER AND CLASSES BY TAKING ONLINE AND CONDENSED COURSES SHIFTS INTO BUSINESS ANALYST POSITION WITH CARGILL SPECIALIZES IN MARKETING AT THE CARLSON SCHOOL TO REORIENT CAREER NETWORKS WITH CAREER SERVICES FELLOW MBA STUDENTS The Carlson School Graduate Business Career Center (GBCC) offers DERIVES LASTING LESSONS FROM personalized career services to help you explore your strengths, pinpoint CARLSON MBA STRATEGIC your career destination, and help you achieve your goals. The GBCC LEADERSHIP COURSE offers the following services and resources: GETS SPONSORED TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION Career Career Mock Job Search Networking RÉsumÉ Career Negotiation CONFERENCE Counseling Tests Interviews Tools Events Reviews Fairs Strategies GRADUATES FROM THE CARLSON SCHOOL BECOMES ASSOCIATE BRAND MANAGER AT KIMBERLY CLARK ●OVERSEES A LARGE NATIONAL BRAND AS PART OF A TEAM NOW ASSOCIATE BRAND MANAGER “Just map out where you want to be, FOR TYSON FOODS IN CHICAGO set the plan, and the career center will help guide you in that direction.” ACHIEVING HER —GRACE KASOZI, ’16 MBA ULTIMATE GOAL OF MANAGING A GLOBAL BRAND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINANCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Access programs, funding, and mentoring to • Prepare to sit for the CFA exam: The Carlson • Earn your degree from a school ranked third in launch a start-up through the Gary S. Holmes Center School is recognized as a CFA Program Partner the nation for information systems for Entrepreneurship • Engage with employers: Minneapolis-St. Paul is • Discover the vast tech opportunities throughout • Participate in MN Cup: the state’s largest venture home to the largest concentration of banking Minnesota—Forbes’ fastest growing state for competition that awards more than $400,000 in companies nationwide tech jobs seed funding to burgeoning start-ups TECHNOLOGY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: Tech FINANCE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: Financial • Apply for $5,000 in funding from the Sands consulting, product development, business analyst, analyst, portfolio advisor, investment banking, Fellowship to develop your idea for a social venture program manager UNLOCKINGcorporate finance, assetA WORLD management CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: entrepreneur, business TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYERS: Google, LinkedIn, FINANCE EMPLOYERS: Target, Ecolab, development, innovative operations OF WISDOM Deloitte, Accenture, Inovalon, Adobe, T-Mobile, Dish, Valspar, US Bank, Wells Fargo, IBM, Seagate BUSINESSES FOUNDED BY CARLSON MBA ALUMNI: Ameriprise Financial Fulton Brewery, RetraceHealth, Zipnosis, Ova Woman, Braman Brothers Real Estate, Fidelis, Snake Oil, Cornerstone Books

MEDICAL INDUSTRY • Perform a comprehensive valuation of an emerging medical technology in the Medical CUSTOMIZE YOUR PROGRAM TO YOUR Industry Valuation Lab • Connect with healthcare leaders and medical industry researchers through the Medical CAREER ASPIRATIONS Industry Leadership Institute • Get unmatched access to a wide variety of medical industry employers in the Twin In addition to your core courses in business fundamentals, you can tailor your Cities metro curriculum to develop specialized knowledge in a specific field. The Carlson MBA CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: Healthcare consulting, Program provides a blend of coursework and hands-on experiences to give students strategic initiatives, LDRP, product manager, from all professional backgrounds the tools they need to build progressive careers in pricing strategy their chosen fields. Choose from seven specializations: EMPLOYERS: Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Coloplast, Accenture, Healthcare Futures, UnitedHealth Group, Optum, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Mayo Clinic, Sutter Health

MANAGEMENT MARKETING SUPPLY CHAIN & • Learn from expert faculty who are ranked • Engage with internationally renowned faculty who OPERATIONS No. 11 in the world for economics and are ranked fifth in the world for research impact business research • Learn from scholars ranked fourth in the world • Take elective courses in brand management, for supply chain research productivity • Connect with 19 Fortune 500 companies in buyer behavior, pricing strategy, international the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro marketing, and more • Refine your understanding of the industry through the Supply Chain & Operations Club CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: Internal strategy, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: Marketing manager, leadership rotational programs, management associate brand manager, buyer, consumer insights, • Hone the skills you need to access the vast consulting product manager, marketing strategist career opportunities in this growing field EMPLOYERS: Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Deloitte, EMPLOYERS: General Mills, Ecolab, Target, 3M, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: Demand planning, senior Kurt Salmon, 3M, Thrivent Pepsi, J&J, Kimberly Clark, Land O’Lakes operations analyst, production planner, supply chain analyst EMPLOYERS: Polaris, C.H. Robinson, Pentair, Cummins, Eaton “Our students can be LEARN FROM stars because they have an amazing set of THE BEST people around them in Get personal attention from experts in the field. Carlson School faculty were ranked No. 3 for intellectual our faculty.” contributions in business among U.S. public universities. —MARK BERGEN, PROFESSOR

Each time students enter Professor Mark Bergen’s classroom, they walk out with knowledge that could change them and their companies. As one of the world’s leading experts in pricing, Bergen’s teaching and research has helped numerous students and companies realize how vital pricing capabilities are to a well-run business. “It’s probably one of the most important business decisions that organizations make, and it’s only becoming more important, not less. And it’s only becoming more complicated, not less,” he says. “If you want to survive and thrive, if you want to actually make money, you have to understand the capabilities required to price well.” By learning from world-renowned professors such as Bergen, Part-Time MBA students are able to apply what they learn in the classroom directly into their current jobs. These opportunities allow students to become more productive and effective at work, immediately. At the Carlson School, Bergen, the James D. Watkins Chair in Marketing, is just one of the many top-ranked faculty that Part-Time MBA students learn from during the program. These professors—who come from a range of business backgrounds and expertise—give the students the latest knowledge in business and management in order to prepare them to navigate an increasingly complex and dynamic business landscape. “Our students can be stars because they have an amazing set of people around them in our faculty,” Bergen says. “What’s amazing about the Carlson School is that no matter which area in business you’re interested in, you have people who are at the cutting-edge of knowledge and practice. They share an excitement, a passion, and an interest in those areas with those students.” Bergen’s work has been published in a broad array of scholarly journals and business press. He’s also won numerous awards for his teaching excellence, including being recognized as an outstanding faculty member in BusinessWeek Guide to the Best Business Schools. As a Carlson School PTMBA student, you’ll get one-on-one support from some of the world’s best professors, such as Bergen, no matter your area of interest. Connect with Us Discover how the Carlson Part-Time MBA can help you achieve your career goals and take the next step toward joining our community. Contact us to ask questions, visit a class, or schedule an appointment with an admissions advisor.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE Part-Time MBA Admissions and Recruiting Carlson School of Management The Carlson Part-Time MBA Program offers a 321 Nineteenth Avenue South, Suite 1-110 rigorous curriculum comprised of 52 credits. Minneapolis, MN 55455 Students complete the program at their own pace, typically within 3 to 3 1/2 years. Phone: 612-625-5555 [email protected] carlsonschool.umn.edu/ptmba

CORE COURSES ELECTIVE AREAS

6030 • Financial Accounting Choose from electives in the 6035 • Managerial Accounting following categories: 6110 • Leading Others Accounting (ACCT) 6120 • Data Analysis and Statistics for Managers Business Law (BLAW) 6210 • Marketing Management Entrepreneurial Studies (ENTR) 6220 • Operations Management Finance (FINA) 6230 • Financial Management International Business/Study Abroad (IBUS) 6300 • Strategic Management Information and Decision Sciences (IDSC) 6315 • The Ethical Environment of Business Human Resources and Industrial Relations (HRIR) Managerial Communications (MCOM) Choose One Information Technology Management (MGMT) Management (IDSC) Course Marketing (MKTG) 6040 • Information Technology Management Medical Industry Leadership Institute (MILI) 6050 • Information Technologies and Systems Supply Chain Operations (SCO)

Choose One Economics Course MBA 6140 • Managerial Economics FINA 6341 • World Economy

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