The Kellogg School’s One-Year (1Y) MBA Program, established in the late 1960s, is an accelerated business education program that enables applicants with clear and consistent career goals to return to the work force quickly. Applicants are required to have completed undergraduate or graduate courses in business to be eligible. (See below for eligibility requirements.)

One-Year MBA Program Curriculum and Schedule

Each year, approximately 70 to 80 1Y students enter the MBA program in June and complete the 15.5 courses necessary to earn their degrees. They may major in any of the areas described in the Two-Year MBA Program. During the summer quarter, 1Y students take courses designed to complement their undergraduate business studies. In September, they join the second-year class and complete at least 11 additional courses chosen to meet their needs and interests. Because of their previous business education, 1Y students generally may not take 2Y core courses.

The 1Y MBA Program is flexible, as it allows a student to design highly individualized courses of study while completing the requirements for his or her major(s). Students in the 1Y MBA Program must complete Management of Enterprise and the half-credit course, Values and Crisis Decision Making during their first quarter at Kellogg. During the summer quarter, students choose from courses in finance, statistical decision analysis, economic analysis, operations management, and managerial decision analysis.

As of June 2008, 1Y students must complete one credit to satisfy the global elective requirement, ensuring that students integrate an international perspective into their education.

Eligibility
While most 1Y students have undergraduate business degrees, the MBA program is open to both undergraduate business majors and non-business majors.  All candidates must have graduated within the last seven years and must have completed accounting as well as least five of the six courses listed below. The sixth course must be completed prior to enrollment at Kellogg and the seventh course may be completed at a qualified institution prior to enrollment (suggested) or at Kellogg during the summer quarter of the 1Y program.

• Accounting (completed prior to application)
• Introductory Economics or Microeconomics
• Finance
• Marketing
• Operations or Manufacturing Engineering or Industrial Engineering
• Organizational Behavior or Management of Organizations*
• Statistics

* When the introductory-level course Management of Organizations (MORS 430) is taken on the Chicago evening program campus during the summer, it is a non-credit course for 1Y students. The course meets the eligibility requirements but does not count toward graduate credits.

Candidates seeking assistance to determine eligibility should submit supporting information to the Office of Admissions, prior to applying, and include the subject or title “1Y Eligibility” in correspondence.

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Preparation for Advanced Kellogg Coursework
Course names and content may differ among educational systems. Kellogg core course descriptions are provided below to assist you in evaluating whether you have covered similar topics in your undergraduate business education. We encourage you to review these descriptions as knowledge of the content below is assumed for upper level courses.

• Accounting 430: Accounting for Decision Making
• Decision Sciences 433: Mathematical Methods For Management Decisions
• Decision Sciences 434: Statistical Methods for Management Decisions
• Management and Organizations 430: Strategies for Leading & Managing Organizations
• Finance 430: Finance I
• Managerial Economics 430: Microeconomic Analysis
• Marketing 430: Marketing Management
• Operations 430: Operations Management

Click here for information about the 2Y Curriculum.