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EMBA Student Describes 'How to Maximize Your Investment'
Cordell Griffin, a student in the Executive Master of Business Administration program, shares what EMBA students encounter in the first semester.
01/30/2025 | By Cordell Griffin
Walton
Executive MBA
With constantly evolving business requirements, employers need professionals with
broad knowledge of how various business functions fit together.
Our Executive MBA program will expand your expertise in core business fields so you
can draw critical connections that impact your organization.
Our program is built around your life and career. With face-to-face class days organized
just one Saturday per month, the Walton EMBA is designed to accommodate your busy
schedule as a working professional.
Strong connections with Fortune 500 companies in our region put you within reach of
a powerful network of business leaders so you can advance your career.
Courses and Schedule
What coursework is required for this degree?
Work/Life Balance
Can I fit this in my schedule?
What is the time commitment?
Just the Facts
How Much? How Long?
Who can enroll?
How Do I Apply?
Admission to Walton College masters programs is selective. Enrollment in each program is limited.
Current Student Listing
Wondering who you’ll meet in class? Get to know our current students.
The Walton MBA Advantage
Students are increasingly choosing the Walton MBA program to strengthen their professional skillset and advance their careers in one of the fastest growing regions in the United States.
Just the Facts: Walton Executive MBA
Program Length
Two Years
Part-time schedule: 6 hours of coursework per semester. Students attend class just one Saturday each month.
Start Date
Fall
New cohorts begin each Fall Semester for the Executive MBA program.
Admissions Info
Do I Qualify to Enroll?
Complete your undergraduate degree and meet additional requirements. View Requirements
Entrance Test
No Test Score Required
Based on the high level of average work experience applicants bring to the program, the GMAT or GRE test score is waived as a recognition of the value this work experience brings to the academic setting.
Application Deadline
July 19*
*Late applications may be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Please reach out to Jaime Tucker with any questions: JTucker@walton.uark.edu.
Total Estimated Cost
$48,653.30
Out of State: $48,653.30
International: $48,653.30
Healthcare Executive MBA: $56,335.40
View cost details
News and Notes: Walton MBA Insider
The Walton MBA 'Do Good' Project
As part of Adam Stoverink, Ph.D.'s Leadership and Ethics course, second-year Walton Full-Time MBA students, with support from the Walton College Business Integrity Leadership Initiative, leveraged $1,000 in funding per team to create impactful solutions.
01/22/2025
World-Renowned Business Leaders Speak at Walton MBA Leadership Summit
The Walton MBA program hosted the Walton MBA Leadership Summit exclusively for students and alumni of the program on Nov. 14 in Bentonville.
11/25/2024 | By Lori McLemore
The Northwest Arkansas Community
Join a supportive and engaging community located in the vibrant business network of Northwest Arkansas, with over 300 Fortune 500 companies with a presence in the region.
Business leaders and Walton College alumni are closely connected to the college and the Executive MBA, not just during your studies, but throughout your career.
Courses and Program Schedule
First Year Classes
Late Summer/Orientation
Accounting/Statistics Boot Camp (no credit)
This course examines how accounting records economic events and ultimately communicates the results of those events in the financial statements, including the balance sheet, income statement and the statement of cash flows. Topics includes the accounting cycle as well as accounting for assets, liabilities, stockholders’ equity, revenues and expenses. There is also a thorough discussion of how accounting incorporates internal controls to safeguard a firm’s assets. The course concludes with an overview of financial statements and how financial statement analysis can help monitor and measure the overall financial performance of the firm.BADM 56002: Introduction to Strategy
This course provides an introduction to business strategy, the driving force behind virtually all decisions of the firm. The goal of strategy is to make decisions that create value for customers, employees, and suppliers. This course offers an introduction to this value creation process.Fall Semester
SCMT 51303: Quantitative Methods and Decision Making
Utilization of information, quantitative techniques, and computer application in decision making and problem solving for managers.MKTG 52203: Marketing
Product management, market research, marketing communications, retailing and distribution, consumer behavior, and social and ethical implications of marketing.Spring Semester
ECON 52503: Economics of Management and Strategy
Information economics and applied game theory.FINN 51103: Corporate Financial Management
Financial analysis, planning and control; decision making and modeling for financial managers; and financial policies for management.Summer Semester
ACCT 52603: Financial Statement Analysis for Executives
This course provides a framework for understanding the intersection between business strategy, accounting, economics, and finance. Using historical financial statements as the primary information input, you will employ tools that enable you to better understand the drivers of current performance and risk, forecast future performance, and construct a value estimate. These tools can be applied in a number of contexts including equity valuation, project selection, and managerial evaluation. Not eligible for MAcc program students. Prerequisite: MBA Director consent.BADM 55303: Global Business
Provides MBA students with the opportunity to explore a business problem in depth under the guidance of a graduate faculty member.Second Year Classes
Fall Semester
SCMT 56603: PLAN: Demand Planning and Inventory Operations
This course focuses on 'plan' in the plan, source, make, deliver framework. It examines the integrated planning and management of supply chain activities including, notably, demand forecasting and replenishment. In addition to modeling related decisions both in within-firm and supply chain contexts, strategic issues related to interfirm coordination and collaboration will be discussed.ISYS 56003: Analytics and Visualization
This course focuses on how to discern and tell your story visually using data based on traditional graphical data representation as well as the latest data and information technologies. Coverage includes both visualization theory and hands-on exercises using appropriate computing tools. The course will also include visualization of predictive, clustering, and association models. The opportunities and challenges of Big Data visualization will be explored.Spring Semester
Career Track I
Career tracks will be chosen during the second year of the program. Career tracks are available in Supply Chain, Finance, Organizational Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Certificate, Retail, Business Analytics Certificate, or Healthcare.Career Track II
Career tracks will be chosen during the second year of the program. Career tracks are available in Supply Chain, Finance, Organizational Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Certificate, Retail, Business Analytics Certificate, or Healthcare.Summer Semester
MGMT 56103: Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Managing in a global workforce, including human resource issues, motivation, performance evaluation, quality concepts, transformational leadership, and selection/ recruitment/ development of employees.SEVI 53103: Strategic Management
Strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and other topics related to the long-term success of the firm. Includes role of the general manager, international issues, and the impact of management fads on decision making.View more details in the Executive MBA Program catalog listing or in the Executive Healthcare MBA Program catalog listing.
Program Highlights
The Walton Executive MBA program prepares our students to lead. We develop executive leaders by offering a broad coverage of the most essential business concepts, building critical skills in Leadership, Strategy, Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Economics, and Global Business. Students have the ability to network with business professionals from across the region and earn the same MBA degree as our full-time students.
In addition to the holistic overview of core business concepts, students are allowed the ability to take a deep dive into a specific area relevant to their interests or career focus: Supply Chain, Finance, Organizational Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Certificate, Retail, Business Analytics Certificate, Healthcare
Opportunities to grow don’t end with the classroom. Students will enhance their understanding of the business and cultural environments of prominent emerging markets through overseas projects in Global Business. EMBA students also participate in our award-winning entrepreneurship program, professional development with industry experts, and networking with extraordinary corporate connections.
Executive MBA
Healthcare Career Track Option
The Healthcare career track is designed for students who wish to develop specialized expertise in health care administration, blended with best practices from other industries, as they complete a full MBA degree.
The healthcare course offerings are designed and will be delivered by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in partnership with the Walton College. This program is specifically designed for physicians and other clinicians who wish to prepare themselves for managerial roles and for individuals interested in moving into healthcare management as well as for those who realize the need for specific healthcare expertise to benefit them in their current roles.
In order to provide our students with the necessary scope in healthcare administration studies, this track includes two additional classes and therefore incurs an extra cost. Please see Cost and Funding for details.
Work-Life Balance
When trying to decide if getting your MBA is the next step to furthering your career, what often comes to mind is the time commitment. How can you take the leap into a program without the confidence that it won’t derail the life and career you’ve worked so hard to build?
We know you don’t have time to stop the rest of your life while you get your degree, so we designed the Walton Executive MBA to fit into your busy schedule. Our part-time program balances classroom instruction with online learning activities. With face-to-face class days organized just one Saturday per month, you can plan your schedule up to a year in advance. Our faculty make sure you know your assignments well ahead of time, giving you the ability to plan around your work schedule.
Saturday Class Dates
| Spring 2025 |
Summer 2025 – EMBA, MSPI, SCMT |
Summer 2025 – MIS, MABA, MHCBA |
Fall 2025 |
| January 18 |
May 17 |
May 31 |
August 23 |
| February 15 |
June 7 |
June 14 |
September 20 |
| March 8 |
June 28 |
June 28 |
October 11 |
| April 5 |
July 26 |
July 26 |
November 8 |
| April 26 |
December 6 |
* Students admitted to the professional programs in the Walton College are required to attend a multi-day orientation prior to the start of scheduled courses. Dates to be determined. Please contact gsb@walton.uark.edu for more information.
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