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Student
Handbook
Information on the Part-Time MBA Program
About
the Part-Time MBA Program
The Part-Time MBA Program is Kellogg School's part-time
Master of Business Administration program. It
offers the same curriculum and faculty experiences as
Kellogg's full-time program, however the Part-Time MBA
Program is designed for working professionals. Part-time
students have an average of five years work experience
upon entering the program.
The
Part-Time MBA Program offers students an educational
experience that becomes an important part of their career
development while they progress in their professions.
The faculty, curriculum, teaching methods, facilities,
and environment combine to provide knowledge,
develop skills and foster attitudes applicable to management
experience and individual development. The Part-Time
MBA Program is specifically designed to coordinate with
the student's career path; therefore all students must
be employed full-time in the Chicago area. Students
are required to maintain full-time employment during
all quarters they are enrolled.
Part-time
students gain from interaction with fellow students
drawn from a variety of management backgrounds and exposure
to Kellogg's outstanding faculty. These interactions
combine with the academic curriculum to help students
develop the insight and capacity to make on-the-job
contributions that lead to executive responsibility.
Part-Time
Student Body
What sets Kellogg's Part-Time MBA Program apart from
other part-time MBA programs is the unique composition
of its student body. Kellogg is dedicated to admitting
students with a broad diversity of cultural and ethnic
backgrounds, career experience, interests and talents. The
1,400 men and women currently enrolled in the program
are employed by more than 600 different business, government,
and service organizations in the Chicago area and represent
more than 40 different countries. Students in the program
vary in age, management experience, and prior educational
experience. Part-time students hold undergraduate
degrees from nearly 300 institutions across the United
States and overseas and they represent more than 35
foreign countries and almost 10 percent of them maintain
citizenship outside the United States. This great diversity
is highly instrumental in creating a stimulating classroom
environment.
Finance
and Marketing are the most common choice of major, but
there is also a good distribution of students pursuing
other areas of functional specialization. Entrepreneurship
& Innovation, Management & Strategy, E-Commerce
& Technology, Operations Management, and International
Business are all experiencing strong growth.
340
East Superior Street -- Kellogg's Chicago Campus
The Part-Time MBA Program's administrative and educational
facilities are located on the first five floors of 340
E. Superior Street buidling on Northwestern's Chicago
campus -- between Michigan Avenue and Lake Shore Drive.
Although the majority of part-time classes are held
on the Chicago campus, some courses are also offered
on the Evanston Campus in Leverone Hall. The 340 East
Superior Street building is an annex to Wieboldt Hall
which has been the site of Northwestern's management
program since 1926.
When
the full-time program was moved to the Evanston campus
in 1972, the Part-Time MBA Program remained on the Chicago
campus because of its convenient location for most evening
students.
In
1998, the Part-Time MBA Program completed a renovation
project in which the first three floors on the south
side of the 72-year-old structure were completely remodeled
and four floors were added to the existing structure.
The new annex is located on the Superior Street side
of the original Wieboldt Hall.
340
East Superior Street is a state-of-the-art and technologically
advanced building which includes the latest technologies
in its classrooms and study space, complementing the
Kellogg learning experience. The building features 16
new or remodeled classrooms-some of which are outfitted
with "smart seats," allowing students and instructors
to network portable computers and share data during
class. For group meetings, the fourth floor lounge area
is a popular space, and the fifth floor, with carrels
and desks, is where most students go to study.
About
Kellogg
The Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University
is one of the nation's oldest and most distinguished
schools of business and management. Organized in 1908
primarily to meet the needs of midwestern business,
the school has grown into one of the world's leading
centers of management education and research.
From
the earliest days, its faculty members have been among
the most highly respected in their fields. Arthur Andersen,
for whom the major accounting firm is named, was among
the first faculty members and wrote his classic accounting
books with his colleagues at what was then known as
the School of Commerce. Today the faculty includes many
distinguished scholars, as well as promising young talent
headed for distinction.
The
Kellogg School was involved in a number of events key
to the development of business and management education
as it exists today. In 1916 it was one of the founding
members of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools
of Business, the organization that sets accreditation
standards for business schools. Kellogg was one of the
group of schools that established the Graduate Management
Admission Test (GMAT).
Kellogg
was among the first to offer the MBA degree.
With
a name like Kellogg, questions about connection with
the Kellogg Company of Battle Creek, Michigan, are inevitable.
John L. Kellogg was, in fact, the son of the Kellogg
Company's founder and worked for the family firm for
many years, ultimately becoming its president. He subsequently
left the firm and settled in Chicago, where he became
a successful entrepreneur in the food industry. He died
in 1950 at the age of 67. In 1979, the John L. and Helen
Kellogg Foundation gave $10 million to Northwestern,
and the school was named the Kellogg Graduate School
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