Summary of Program Requirements
Required Courses (full course descriptions can be found in the Blended Learning Part-Time MBA Academic Calendar)
| Fall | Winter | Summer | |
| Academic Term 1 | Academic Term 2 | Academic Term 3 | |
| Year 1 | BL600 Leadership Fundamentals
BL602 Economics and Business Statistics
SGS 101 Academic Research Integrity and Ethics * SGS 201 Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Training * |
BL604 Creating Customer Value
BL610 Management Fundamentals |
BL601 Managing Financial Resources
BL603 Competing Through Digital Transformation and Analytics |
| Academic Term 4 | Academic Term 5 | Academic Term 6 | |
| Year 2 | BL605 Managing Organizations
BL651 Management Accounting for Decision Makers (half course) BL652 Intermediate Finance (half course)
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BL653 Intermediate Marketing (half course)
BL654 Intermediate Operations (half course) BL700 Business, Government and Global Environment
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BL750 Design Thinking and Strategic Foresight + PLUS One Elective from Approved Lists **
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| Academic Term 7 | Academic Term 8 | Academic Term 9 | |
| Year 3 |
BL723 Strategic Integration Project (B) + PLUS One Elective from Approved Lists ** |
BL723 Strategic Integration Project (C) BL753 Program Synthesis and Future Planning (half course) + PLUS One Elective from Approved Lists ** |
* ALL incoming BLPT MBA students must register and complete the following two online modules within the first 4 weeks of term.
SGS 101 / Academic Research Integrity and Ethics
All graduate students, including part-time students, must complete and pass the course SGS 101 Academic Research Integrity and Ethics within the first month of their program in graduate studies at McMaster. The purpose of this course is to ensure that the standards and expectations of academic integrity and research ethics are communicated early and understood by incoming students. All students are required to take and pass SGS 101. Students may not graduate or register in subsequent academic terms without having successfully completed this course.
SGS 201 / Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Training
All graduate students are required to complete appropriate training required to complete their research and studies (health and safety training, ethics training, biosafety training, etc.), as determined by their home Department or Program. All graduate students also are required to complete and pass SGS 201 Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act(AODA), which can be completed on-line [http://accessibility.mcmaster.ca/]. Having an understanding of how we can identify and reduce attitudinal, structural, information, technological, and systemic barriers to persons with disabilities is core to McMaster University’s commitment to supporting an inclusive community in which all persons are treated with dignity and equality, and completion of AODA training is critical as McMaster’s graduates move forward in their varied, chosen professions.
Students may not graduate or register for subsequent terms in their program until they have completed their required training.
** List of Approved Electives
(1) BLPT MBA Program Specific Electives – see below:
- BL710 Accounting for Decision Makers
- BL711 Predictive Analytics for Managers
- BL712 Managerial Negotiations
- BL713 Entrepreneurial and Small Business Finance
- BL714 Innovation and New Products
- BL715 Project Management
(2) Electives from Full-Time MBA Course List including Independent Study – for complete listing please review School of Graduate Studies Academic Calendar*