Written by: John Byrne
Published by: Poets&Quants
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Extracted Content: The architect of the first truly disruptive online iMBA program at the University of Illinois, Raj Echambadi left the school in 2017 to become dean of Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business. Now the business education innovator has come up with a new and unique idea in reimagining the school’s full-time MBA.
It’s called MBAx, a way to provide business school students with the business basics but also leverage the skills and talents of other parts of the wider university. The new degree program puts interdisciplinary learning front and center. It begins with one semester of MBA foundation courses and a career management course. In the second term, students choose one of four concentrations in computer science and another in one of nine business disciplines, such as finance, entrepreneurship or supply chain management. Your second and final year includes a paid corporate residency that lasts for 3-months, 6-months or up to 12-months, in addition to earning your remaining credits towards your degree.
D’Amore-McKim is collaborating on the program with other professional colleges at Northeastern, such as The Khoury College of Computer Sciences, the College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD), and the College of Science. In computer science, for example, a business school student can now take a deep dive in such topics as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data science, or software development.