The faculty of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania have approved a new design for its MBA program.

The innovative design allows greater customisation and offers MBA students flexibility based on their backgrounds and experience. The design builds on the premier strength of the Wharton School’s academic reputation for rigor and relevance and offers new opportunities for student self-analysis and self-understanding.

The school also commits to a radically new vision of business education as a life-long “knowledge partnership” between Wharton and its graduates, offering tuition-free executive education training for new MBA graduates, a statement said.

“The architecture of the curriculum addresses the needs of a new global generation through flexibility, rigor and innovation,” said Thomas S Robertson, dean of the Wharton School.

Innovative design elements include:

Choices of pathways for fulfillment of required courses in six distinct Content Areas:
• Finance and the Global Economy
• Ethical and Legal Responsibility
• Managing the Global Enterprise
• Understanding and Serving Customers
• Corporate Reporting and Control
• Management of Operations, Innovation, Information, and Decisions under Uncertainty

Students will be able to customise learning by selecting a course pathway through these content areas based on their educational and career experience.

“Wharton’s new curriculum design offers our students a framework for success in a rapidly changing world,” added dean Robertson.-TradeArabia News Service