Academics
The Stanford Business School offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Management (Stanford Sloan Program) (MSM), and Master of Business Research (MBR) as well as a doctoral program, and a joint degree in law (JD/MBA) and education (MBA/MA). Other programs include interdisciplinary, joint research, and management programs for executives (nondegree) and the Sloan Program (degree) for mid-career managers. The school’s Executive Education program offers a broad range of nondegree programs for working executives. The strongest areas of study are leadership, economics, finance, strategic management, international business, human resources management, organizational behavior, accounting, marketing, operations, information, management, entrepreneurship, and supply chain management. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Speakers are invited by students and faculty. Visiting faculty and visiting CEO speakers strengthen regular academic offerings.
One hundred total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 57 elective credits. Required courses include:
- General Management Perspectives:
- Accounting Information
- Critical Analytical Thinking
- Ethical Analysis
- Global Context of Management
- Managerial Finance
- Managing Groups and Teams
- Organizational Behavior
- Strategic Leadership
- General Management Foundations: Students take 1 of 3 options for each of the following distribution requirements.
- Data Analysis and Decision Making
- Finance
- Financial Accounting
- Information Technology
- Human Resources
- Managerial Accounting
- Marketing
- Microeconomics
- Modeling
- Non-Market Strategy
- Operations
Required courses for the MSM (Sloan) include:
- Managerial Accounting
- Economics
- Microeconomics
- Modeling and Analysis
- Marketing Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Finance
- Financial Accounting
- Strategic Management
- Sloan Leadership Seminar
- Human Resource Management
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 6 quarters.
There are 102 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 99% hold a doctorate; there are 51 part-time faculty, of whom 41% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 3; average business class size is 40.