Overview of the Zarb EMBA Program 2016
EMBA Contact Information Barry Berman, Ph.D. Program Director 516 546-7625 home office 516 463-5711 school 516 375-0324 mobile barry.berman@hofstra.edu
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Zarb School Overall Benefits Features of the Zarb EMBA program Admission Process Tuition
Benefits: Zarb’s Graduate Business Programs Most Recent 2015 Ranking by Business Week • Our Evening MBA program ranked in top 60 programs by Business Week and among the top 10 in the northeast. • Princeton Review ranked our online program as the 15th best program in the U.S.
Benefits: Zarb’s Graduate Business Programs
• One of the few programs in the metropolitan area with separate accounting accreditation by AACSB. (Less than 5% of schools in the country have this distinction). • Our BBA and MBA programs have been AACSB accredited since 1968. Hofstra was the first university on Long Island to achieve AACSB accreditation. • Classes are taught by dedicated, full-time faculty with outstanding teaching skills, terminal degrees, and appropriate business experience
Features of Zarb EMBA Program • Small class size (less than 20) versus over 100 at NYU, Columbia • An 18-month program with almost all courses taught on Saturdays • Lock-step scheduling (fosters long-term relationships, better rationalized curriculum planning) • An all- inclusive tuition policy (except private room on trip) • An empowered student body • Active alumni base for networking
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A global focus Use of student teams for cases and projects Study groups on campus, in offices and in homes Use of team teaching in many 3 credit courses Faculty selected based on teaching, business/consulting experience and research productivity • Best of the Best– faculty include winners of best teaching awards, distinguished professors, departmental chairs, etc.
Revised Program • • • •
Effective September 2016
New courses in Spreadsheet Modeling; Conflict, Collaboration and Negotiation; and Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Expanded coursework in Operations Management An innovative combined Legal, Ethical and Social Responsibility of Leadership class The new curriculum had been unanimously approved by the School of Business full faculty and has been filed with the New York State Department of Education. We are awaiting final approval from the New York State Department of Education.
Fall 2016 Winter 2017
Course Content
First Residency, Managerial Accounting, Quantitative Analysis and Information Systems, Spreadsheet Modeling Managerial Economics
Spring 2017 and
Marketing Management, Organizational Behavior, Managerial Finance, Conflict Negotiation
Summer 2017
International Practicum (including foreign trip)
Fall 2017
Operations Management, Leadership and Communication,
Spring 2018
Capstone Course, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Facilities/Support • State of the Art Business Development Center classroom (computers at each desk, networked printer) • Access to world-class trading room • 24/7 at home access to library database • Blackboard communication • All statistical software, books, student materials (cases, financial calculator) and foreign travel costs included • Access to all of Hofstra’s facilities
Selected Prominent Alumni:
Selected Prominent Alumni:
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Edward Fred, Consultant, CPI Aerospace Jed Morey, President, Morey Publishing Joseph P. Vincent, SVP Operations, Newscorp Steven Forte, SVP Operations, US Postal Service Xuemao Wang, Dean and University Librarian, University of Cincinnati Christopher J. Kutner, partner, Rivkin Radler Andrew W. Lackmann, co-chairman and CEO, Lackmann Culinary Services Kimberly Bregenzer, Director of Budgeting and Financial Planning, Fu Foundation, Columbia University
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Dominic Bratta, Manager Logistics, US Postal Service Ric Martello, Northeast Managing Consulting , Health Care Consultant Michael Amendola, President Amendola Fence Denise Santucci. MD, private practice Center Lorraine Marin, MD, private practice oncologist Thao Quan, VP Marketing Director, HSBC Bank
Kathleen Roche, Executive Director, Rainbow Chimes
Admissions Criteria • Bachelor’s degree plus 7 years of career advancement • Large percentage of business executives, non-profit sector managers, physicians, entrepreneurs • Students can be either sponsored or self-sponsored
Admissions Process • Rolling admission • Package consists of downloaded application information, official transcripts (except Hofstra degrees), two-page autobiographical statement with career plans, resume, two letters of recommendation • GMAT is normally waived
Tuition • All-inclusive $85,000 tuition including all student fees, necessary software, texts, case material, financial calculator, meals • Tuition also includes airfare, hotel (double occupancy) and meals associated with foreign trip • Scholarship support may be available
2015 Entering Class Tuition Other Programs • • • • • •
NYU $177,800 (not including travel costs) Jan 2016 Columbia $182,280 (not including travel costs) Jan 2016 Cornell $163,940 (not including travel costs) July 2015 Fordham $97,500 (not including travel costs) Aug 2015 Rutgers $92,040 (including travel costs) Fall 2015 Baruch $86,500 (including travel costs) Fall 2016