You earn your degree in 19 months by attending class every other weekend on Friday afternoon, all day Saturday, and Sunday morning. Plan on spending 15 to 20 hours per week reading, in group activity, and studying. The program begins in January and is divided into six terms. Our curriculum focuses on business fundamentals, along with topics central to manufacturing management. Like our residencies, the Seventh Session provides interdisciplinary group learning that fosters communication, team-building, and leadership skills.
Students have an opportunity to influence the electives offered in a given year.
Past classes have chosen electives that include Emerging Themes in Operations and Logistics Strategy, Business Law, Cases in Corporate Finance, Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations, Design for Manufacturing, Financial Risk Management, International Manufacturing and Operations, Leadership, Managerial Control Systems, Negotiations, Project Management, and Strategic Market Analysis. As part of a team, you analyze each plant's manufacturing operations and make recommendations to enhance productivity. You also explore cultural differences in the way business is conducted and meet with various experts and leaders of multinational corporations. Topics covered include the nature and composition of the local workforce, the rules that govern business in a particular location, and the integration of a business' internal structure with the goals of its manufacturing unit. Along with a group of your peers, you'll apply what you've learned to a real challenge facing a carefully selected firm.