Program Highlights The Full-Time MBA Program requires your commitment to full-time study, managing group dynamics, and The Full-Time MBA program is built around a cohort professional distinction. of students admitted together each fall semester. It all At Zicklin, you will find the spirit and the grit you need to starts with the pre-term program, an intensive three-week launch a new career trajectory. immersion including leadership development, career management, team building, academic preparation, and • Cohort learning environment throughout the cross-cultural management, as well as social activities MBA core. with alumni and current students. • Leadership opportunities: competitions; clubs; and In each of your first two semesters, you will be assigned community service. to a learning team of five students that leverages the • Diverse learning teams in the first year of study. cohort’s professional and cultural diversity; your peer • CaMP: The Career Management Program, providing network is at hand. the tools and resources for you to build a career Over the next 21 months, you will meet the challenges of strategy. a rigorous curriculum, and challenge each other toward • Dedicated student services including reserved study excellence outside the classroom as you chase your career space, priority registration, and individual/small aspirations in New York City and around the globe. group advising. Why a Cohort? Honor Code Admitted into a cohort in the fall, you and your Excerpt: “Every day in the Full-Time MBA classmates will take the MBA core courses together program is an opportunity to learn, to grow, during your two-year program. The cohort is the essential and to demonstrate my commitment to element of the Full-Time MBA program because it my goals. The time, energy, and financial enables you to develop a peer network that will last a resources I choose to spend at Zicklin lifetime. By virtue of its size – typically 65 to 80 students are an investment in myself; I accept the – the cohort provides the optimal environment in which to opportunities and risks that this investment challenge each other to exceed the limits of your comfort entails, and the strategic choices that zone to achieve success. it requires to reach my goals. I own my choices and I am responsible for seizing Why NYC? the opportunities presented to me each day as I work toward my goals….(As a member New York City is the world’s financial capital, offering of the Zicklin community) my conduct will unparalleled internship and career opportunities. Home to be defined by integrity and professionalism Fortune 500 companies, the banking sector, media and both on campus and off campus, with my advertising industries, accounting, fashion, publishing, peers, faculty, administrators, employers, and and scores of entrepreneurial ventures, New York provides external partners of the Zicklin School and a dynamic, real world “classroom” experience. Baruch College.” About Baruch College Baruch College is one of the 23 institutions that comprise The City University of New York, the nation’s largest urban public university. Located on Lexington Avenue near Gramercy Park and the Flatiron District of Manhattan, the College is at the heart of the New York metropolitan region, one of the world’s most dynamic and important financial, cultural and educational urban centers. The College’s 17,000 students, who speak 110 languages and Use your phone to scan the code come from 160 countries, have been repeatedly named the most ethnically or text 1818 to 70734. diverse student body in the United States. In the MBA Program, international Standard data rates may apply. students represent 43% of the class, from 15 countries such as Bangladesh, Canada, China, Germany, Israel, New Zealand and Poland. Baruch is Baruch College committed to providing demanding academic programs of the highest quality, Zicklin School of Business taught by a distinguished faculty to an academically superior student body. One Bernard Baruch Way, Box H-820 New York, NY 10010 Great value is placed on superb teaching, innovative research and exceptional Tel: 646-312-1300 scholarship. Fax: 646-312-1301 E-mail: ZicklinGradAdmissions About The Zicklin School of Business @baruch.cuny.edu Web: www.baruch.cuny.edu/zicklin The Zicklin School of Business is the only CUNY college that offers business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the largest AACSB-accredited business school in the Accredited by AACSB International nation. The School consistently receives high rankings for its degree programs The Association to from well-regarded publications like U.S. News & World Report, Crain’s, The Advance Collegiate Princeton Review, and Accounting Today. The School houses the Wasserman Schools of Business Trading Floor, the only full-featured simulated trading environment of its kind in New York City and one of only a few in the nation. The Zicklin School is also home to the City University’s PhD in business and offers a joint degree program leading to the JD/MBA degrees in conjunction with both Brooklyn Law School and The New York Law School. From the Zicklin School of Business DIe cUt WInDOW FULL- TIME MBA PROGRAM Message from the Dean The Full-Time MBA Program is a unique experience focused on creating globally conscious leaders through a comprehensive set of business core courses, and in-depth study in any of our 15 areas of specialty. In the classroom, you will engage with some of the nation’s best faculty, whose current and relevant research is cited by industry leaders and academics alike. Equally important, we carefully select students who are ready to immerse themselves in a challenging and enriching environment, and are prepared Paquita Y. Davis-Friday is Associate Professor to accelerate career change. Taking these of Accountancy, with an expertise in financial attributes together, I believe we offer an reporting and auditing. She earned her BBA, opportunity that is distinctive among the MAcc, MA and PhD from the University of MBA programs available worldwide. Michigan. Her published works have appeared Dr. John a. elliott, Irwin and Arlene – John elliott, Dean in publications such as The International Ettinger Professor of Accountancy and Zicklin School of Business Journal of Accounting, The Accounting Review Dean of the Zicklin School of Business and Contemporary Accounting Research. Students “The cohort program immerses you in a team setting, challenging you to succeed in an environment which reflects “Baruch’s strength is the diversity of the the real world. You are in the middle of New York City, the student body. The cohort environment business capital of the world, which is unparalleled in its exemplifies the learning experience that dynamism and diversity.” this diversity provides.” – tervin aranha – cassie abrams cassie abrams, Alumna ’10 Undergrad: BA in Sociology, Smith College, MA MS in Elementary Education, Mercy College, NY Prior to Zicklin: Director of Operations, new product development, tervin aranha, Class of 2011 Peeled Snacks; second grade teacher, NYC Department of Education Undergrad: BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Prior to Zicklin: Systems Integration Consultant, Accenture Ltd. “Each cohort in the [full-time] MBA program is comprised of individuals with a rich variety of personalities and experiences, yet what they have in common–the extraordinary drive, spirit, and willingness to work hard–brings the classroom experience to life.” – Richard e. Kopelman Richard e. Kopelman is professor of Management, and academic director of the Executive Master of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations (MSILR) Program. He is an expert in work motivation, productivity, human resource management and organizational performance. He has authored more than 100 published articles and chapters in academic and professional publications. He earned a BS from the University of Pennsylvania, a MBA from the Wharton School, and a DBA from the Harvard Business School. “The Full-Time MBA program taught me how to make important Typical Course Sequence decisions about business, finance and investment, and opened doors for me in the New York business community.” First Semester: Third Semester: – Imke van den Heuvel Financial Accounting Service Operations Management Financial Decision Making Flexible Core Marketing Management Electives (4) Statistical Analysis Microeconomics Fourth Semester: Information Systems Business Communication I Business Policy Electives (4) Second Semester: Organizational Behavior International Business Analysis Business & Society/Legal Environment Flexible Core Elective Business Communication II Imke van den Heuvel, Alumna ’07 Vice President, JPMorgan Global Funds Group Zicklin FT MBA, 2007 Prior to Zicklin: ING Bank Amsterdam, Corp. Banking Relationship Manager Undergrad: State University of Leiden, The Netherlands Pre-Zicklin Employers Hewlett-Packard, Bloomberg, Microsoft, Deloitte Consulting, Macy’s, TATA Motors, Radio Free Africa, HSBC, Hillel of Greater Philadelphia, United States Marines, ICICI Prudential, American Express, Sapient Corporation, UPS, Saudi Xerox Agencies Pre-Zicklin Undergrad Institutions Harvard University, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia University, Duke University, University of Toronto, Northwestern University, Emory University, Koc University, University of Pennsylvania, Nanjing University, University of Kerala, Cornell University Class of 2010 graduates sayaka eto, ashok Kamal,