Step up, stand out, and take control of your career. Gain the leadership, strategy, and problem-solving skills that top executives and entrepreneurs rely on to drive business success.
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Learn about Online MBALead with confidence and think like a CEO. Designed for experienced professionals, this program sharpens your leadership skills, strategic thinking, and decision-making to help you rise to the top.
Learn about Executive MBASoutheastern’s MBA programs are built to give you the knowledge, skills, and experience you need to succeed in today’s competitive business world. Our interdisciplinary approach prepares students from a wide range of backgrounds to think critically, lead confidently, and grow professionally.
All MBA programs at Southeastern are internationally accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), placing them among the top business programs worldwide. Coursework emphasizes practical, hands-on learning to help you apply what you learn in real business settings.
Students from all academic and professional backgrounds—including business, science, liberal arts, engineering, and more—are encouraged to apply. This diversity enhances classroom discussion and reflects the real-world challenges businesses face today.
The purpose of the Master of Business Administration curriculum is to prepare students to assume positions of leadership and responsibility in administrative positions in a globally competitive marketplace. The curriculum is designed to enhance the skills, knowledge, and analytical ability of the MBA students.
Goal 1: Functional Business Knowledge
Students will have a base of knowledge and skills and the capacity to integrate them to compete successfully in today’s marketplace.
Goal 2: Critical Thinking
Students will have critical thinking skills for problem solving and decision making.
Goal 3: Communication Skills
Students will have effective communication skills.
Goal 4: Ethical Leadership
Students will have ethical leadership skills.
Goal 5: Global Business Environments
Student will possess knowledge of the issues involved in conducting business in a diverse, global environment.
A Southeastern senior may register for graduate credit (may take up to 2 graduate/MBAcourses) while still completing their undergraduate degree program. To qualify for this “Graduate Credit for Southeastern Students” program, students must meet the following requirements:
Courses taken for graduate credit cannot be used to satisfy undergraduate requirements. The student must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 while in the concurrent program.
Students wishing to pursue this must be advised in advance by the MBA Director and will only be able to register during regular registration (thus it is best to contact the MBA Director early to ensure you have been advised and given permission to take graduate courses).
Interested students may contact:
Garrett Hall, Room 94
[email protected]
(985) 549-2146
The MBA Society is a student led organization that is focused on enhancing its members attainment of relevant business knowledge and skills by providing a variety of academic and social activities that supplement and provide opportunities to apply what is learned in their coursework. It is open to all current graduate business students and it encourages its MBA alumni to remain actively engaged with the program and the society.
The MBA Society engages in a multitude of career and personal development activities including:
MBA – Business Conversation Series (BCS)
The BCS is designed and administered by MBA Society members to provide additional contemporary business training through the use of guest lecturers throughout the year to speak with and interact with MBA students on a personal level.
MBA Society members invite noted experts from a variety of fields to speak with them and provide their perspectives on contemporary topics, tactics and trends. Much more than merely a formal lecture, the BCS is specifically designed to stimulate interactive discussions between students and lecturers to ensure student attainment of key concepts and provide opportunities to meet with individuals who may help mentor them professionally. The skills, knowledge and contacts derived from the MBA BCS give MBA Society members a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Ethics Lectures
The College of Business’ annually presents an Ethics Lecture series that features prominent business leaders who have demonstrated exceptional moral character in their professional capacities.
The MBA Society members are privy to an exclusive discussion in advance with these speakers in which students may gain a deeper understanding of the function of ethics in today’s workforce.
Moreover, the informal Q&A format provides MBA students an opportunity to directly ask CEO’s, CFO’s, and the like specific questions regarding the decisions and business operations of these individuals and their organizations. This experience provides an opportunity for MBA students to apply concepts learned in their program and relate them to real world business applications.
Business Tours
Businesses open their doors to the MBA Society so that students may gain a better understanding of the multitude of issues confronting managers in the administration of their business. Students are given insights into how the business strategy is
being implemented and how major functional areas of each business are integrated in the decision making process. With each business tour students make valuable connections with local business operators, gain an appreciation for the challenges and rewards of upper-level management, and participate in invaluable learning experiences.
MBA Faculty Member of the Year Award
The MBA Society annually selects and recognizes an individual to receive the MBA Faculty Member of the Year Award. Selected professors are recognized for exhibiting exceptionally teaching abilities and the desire to enhance student learning through a variety of activities.
MBA Society Mixer
Every fall the MBA Society hosts a student-faculty mixer in order to encourage incoming and returning students to interact with the graduate faculty, College of Business Dean and Department Heads, MBA program alumni, and members of the College of Business Advisory board.
Through this and other related social events throughout the year, students in the MBA get to know one another on a personal level which leads to enhanced classroom discussions and group projects, scholastic collaborations with faculty outside of the classroom and professional networking opportunities.
MBA Society
[email protected]
Master of Business Administration Programs
Garrett Hall Room 94
SLU Box 10735
610 Ned McGehee Dr.
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 549-2146
(985) 549-3977 Fax
MBA Program Director
Dr. Matthew Alford
[email protected]
Executive MBA Program Director
Dr. John Cresson
[email protected]
