Students from UCB and UCD take the UCB version. The rest of the CEM classes are offered at the Santa Barbara campus. During the fall and winter quarters students and instructors convene on three extended weekends per quarter, with approximately three weeks separating class sessions. The weekend sessions begin on Friday morning and conclude on Sunday at noon. Two classes, meeting approximately 10 hours per weekend are taken during the Fall quarter, and one or two classes plus the Management Practicum are taken during the Winter quarter.
Course credits reflect the conventions in place at each home campus.
7 Financial Assistance Participating students are expected to arrange for their own transportation to Santa Barbara, but some financial assistance for this purpose is made available to Berkeley and Davis students. Once at Santa Barbara, all basic room and board expenses are covered. All students participating in this program must be among the top students in their respective MBA institutions to gain admittance to the CEM emphasis. As such, they have a degree from a top-ranking university, between two and ten years of relevant work experience, and have been selected from a wide pool of applicants based on their analytical and leaderships skills and management potential. The number of participants is limited to 25 annually.