# The Rice MBA Curriculum

**Source**: https://business.rice.edu/rice-mba/curriculum
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The Rice MBA offers innovative programs, courses and curricula that respond to the rapidly changing world of business. With world-class faculty who know your name, you’ll gain actionable insights that prepare you to lead in the global economy. Together, we will drive meaningful impact.

## Deep Connections. Better Business.

6:1

Student-to-Faculty Ratio

40%

Growth in Faculty Since 2019

100+

Electives to Choose From

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### Explore Your Options

## Program Specific Curriculum

- Full-Time MBA curriculum
- Professional MBA curriculum
- Hybrid MBA curriculum
- Executive MBA curriculum
- MBA@Rice curriculum

### Explore Your Options

## Program Specific Curriculum

## Full-Time MBA curriculum

Our STEM-designated Full-Time MBA program was specifically designed for those looking for a major transition to help you develop the quantitative chops and workplace skills employers are hungry for.

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## Professional MBA curriculum

The Rice Business Professional MBA provides you with a comprehensive learning experience and a flexible format to work with your schedule.

[Learn More](https://business.rice.edu/rice-mba/professional-mba/curriculum)

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## Hybrid MBA curriculum

The Rice Business Hybrid MBA follows the same STEM-designated curriculum as our other Rice MBA programs, which are designed to enhance your quantitative chops and equip you with the workplace skills that employers are hungry for.

[Learn More](https://business.rice.edu/rice-mba/hybrid-mba/curriculum)

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## Executive MBA curriculum

Strong leaders never stop learning. Our Rice Business Executive MBA (EMBA) program takes you out of the ordinary day-to-day, gets you thinking differently and prepares you to be the leader you are meant to be.

[Learn More](https://business.rice.edu/rice-mba/executive-mba/curriculum)

## MBA@Rice curriculum

MBA@Rice empowers you to create an academic experience that aligns with your specific interests. Along with core courses and field experience opportunities, you have the flexibility to customize the curriculum to help you meet your career goals and make a difference in your organization.

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## Where Professors Know Your Name

With a small student-to-professor ratio, you’ll know your professors and they’ll know you. 100% of our tenured and tenure-track professors actively participate in classroom teaching. This approach helps maintain the high standards of teaching and the depth of experience that comes from research-based academics. At Rice, you’ll have unparalleled access to top minds in business research.

[Learn About Our Faculty](https://business.rice.edu/faculty-research)

## Be Prepared for the Future

We change as the world changes around us and remain committed to preparing you to do the same. We offer courses around emerging topics, such as the energy transition and how organizations use AI, and we constantly evaluate our curriculum to ensure classes and programs will prepare you for the next big thing.

[Get A Glimpse](https://business.rice.edu/rice-mba/curriculum/customizable-mba-electives)

## Gain Global Experience

We recognize that diverse perspectives can improve decision-making, and effective leaders must excel in leading across different geographical and cultural contexts. In addition to our global offsite electives, international seminars, and study abroad opportunities, our core curriculum requires MBA students to participate in a global field experience where you collaborate with classmates on consulting projects that address real-world challenges for an international organization. You and your team present your recommendations to the organization in person.

[Our Global Programming](https://business.rice.edu/rice-business-global)

## Acquire Practical Experience

Our curriculum offers you a competitive advantage by providing plenty of hands-on opportunities, both for credit and non-credit, to acquire the practical experience that companies value. This includes our Global Field Experience, New Enterprise program, Marketing Lab and more.

[Learn More](https://business.rice.edu/experiential-labs)

## Learn Effective Leadership Skills

We equip you with the core quantitative and hard skills expected from a top MBA. And we take it a step further. Our curriculum is intentionally bookended by strategy and leadership courses and offers a robust leadership coaching program designed to teach you how to develop individuals and teams.

[Learn More](https://business.rice.edu/rice-mba/curriculum/mba-leadership-development)

## Customize Your Courses

All MBA students may customize their degree and choose from our slate of 100+ electives, including courses such as: Strategy in Tech Ecosystem, AI for Customer Analytics, Breakthrough Negotiations, Managing Energy Assets, Energy Markets in Transition, and Disruption in Commercial Real Estate.

[Learn More](https://business.rice.edu/rice-mba/curriculum/customizable-mba-electives)

## Keep Exploring

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