OSB Suliman S. Olayan, School of Business
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The Executive MBA program is delivered in a highly interactive modular format and takes approximately 22 months to complete. Courses are offered once every three weeks throughout the fall, spring and summer terms. Normally, classes are offered on Thursdays, Fridays for the whole day, and on Saturday mornings, with some variation during the summer term and during national and regional holidays. Each class day consists of seven class hours of instruction.

Each credit hour consists of 12.5 hours of class instruction.

Credit hours map to teaching days as follows:

Credit Hours
(per course)

Exact Teaching Day Equivalence
(based on a 7-hour day)

Actual Teaching Days Scheduled
(approximate)

1

1.8

1.5

1.5

2.7

2.5

2

3.6

3.5

2.5

4.5

4.5

3.0

5.4

5.5

Thus the program will take approximately 80 days to complete:

  • Theme I:Twenty (20) days
  • Theme II: Twenty-six and a half (26.5) days
  • Theme III: Twenty-four and a half (24.5) days
  • Theme IV: Nine and a half (9.5) days
  • For course days and times by Class, please contact the Executive MBA Program Director.