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Capella University redesigns online MBA to emphasize integrated, global business skills and increase personalization and support
The online university also adds MBA specializations in Business Intelligence and Entrepreneurship
MINNEAPOLIS, May 19, 2011 – Capella University, an accredited online university* that has built its reputation by providing high quality online degree programs for working adults, today announced a significant redesign of its MBA program. The revised program offers a rigorous curriculum that integrates core business disciplines with the advanced leadership and professional skills needed to excel in high-performing, global organizations. Capella's MBA also offers significant opportunities for working professionals to personalize their MBA program to match their career goals, and provides a wide range of resources designed to help students achieve academic and on-the-job success. As of March 31, 2011, more than 39,000 students are pursuing an online degree at Capella University (http://www.capella.edu), with 31 percent enrolled in Capella's doctoral degree programs, and 47 percent enrolled in Capella's master's degree programs.
Creating innovative, ethical, global business leaders
The redesign is the culmination of two years of externally validated research, both quantitative and qualitative, to determine the skills and qualities seen as most valuable to businesses, as well as the program and curriculum elements most desired by potential students.
"We used this information to update our core curriculum to ensure that our MBA graduates have the leadership, communication, critical thinking, and decision-making skills necessary to lead the complex, global organizations of today and tomorrow," said Bill Reed, PhD, acting dean of Capella's School of Business and Technology. "We've embedded global perspectives, leadership, ethics, and the use of technology throughout our core curriculum, rather than covering these important, over-arching knowledge areas in single courses. We also included resources, such as MBA Central, an online portal for academic and program resources, and mobile applications that allow working adults even more flexibility in how they incorporate their academic pursuits into busy professional and personal lives. Both our curriculum and our support services are designed to help our students transfer their courseroom learning into immediate, on-the-job success."
Capella adds Business Intelligence and Entrepreneurship MBA specializations
Concurrent with the MBA program redesign, Capella has launched two new specializations, Business Intelligence and Entrepreneurship. "We added these specializations because both address skills critically needed in our current business environment," said Dr. Reed. "Business intelligence—the ability to develop meaningful business insights from multiple and disparate data sources—plays an increasingly important role in strategic decision making. Our Entrepreneurship specialization addresses the importance of highly skilled entrepreneurs to our country's ability to create new businesses and jobs."
With the two new specializations, Capella MBA students can now personalize their MBA degree program by choosing from 11 MBA specializations, including a General Business Administration specialization that maximizes elective choices so students can customize their area of specialization through course choices and/or transfer credits. The other specializations include Accounting, Finance, Global Operations and Supply Chain Management, Health Care Management, Human Resource Management, Information Technology Management, Marketing, and Project Management.
Enrollment now open
Capella is now accepting enrollment applications for its redesigned MBA program, including the new Business Intelligence and Entrepreneurship specializations For more information, please call 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552) or email info@capella.edu.
Review of the Business Intelligence and Entrepreneurship specializations is pending in KS, KY, ND, SC, and TN.
In accordance with U.S. Department of Education (DOE) new advance notice requirements, a notification for the Business Intelligence and Entrepreneurship specializations will be submitted to the DOE. These specializations may be subject to additional review and approval by the DOE, which could result in a potential delay in learners being able to start these specializations. If these specializations are subject to additional review, the DOE will notify Capella University at least 30 days prior to the scheduled start date. Capella University proactively will keep applicants and learners enrolled in these specializations fully informed of any actions taken by the DOE that may affect their ability to successfully begin classes as originally scheduled.
About Capella University
Capella University (www.capella.edu) is an accredited online university* that has built its reputation by providing quality online degree programs for working adults. Nearly 80 percent of Capella students are currently enrolled in master's, specialist, or doctoral degree programs in business, counseling, education, health administration, homeland security, human resource management, human services, information technology, nonprofit management and leadership, nursing, psychology, public administration, public health, public safety, and social work. Capella also offers bachelor's degree programs in business, information technology, nursing, psychology, public administration, and public safety. Within those areas, Capella currently offers 136 graduate and undergraduate specializations and 17 certificate programs. More than 39,000 learners were enrolled as of March 31, 2011, from all 50 states and 59 other countries. Capella is committed to providing high-caliber academic excellence and pursuing balanced business growth. Founded in 1993, Capella University is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capella Education Company, headquartered in Minneapolis. For more information about Capella Education Company, please visit http://www.capellaeducation.com. For more information about Capella University, please visit http://www.capella.edu or call 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552).
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* Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), www.ncahlc.org.
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