Rady School of Management at UC San Diego

Full-Time MBA Electives

The flexibility of the Rady MBA curriculum lets you fine-tune the program to meet your goals. More than half of your MBA education is elective and the choices are yours, made with the counsel of academic and career advisors.

The elective curriculum provides depth, strengthening your knowledge in areas critical to your career goals. Electives are focused on the knowledge and skills critical for those working in innovation-driven environments. These courses also offer expertise in industry sectors where innovation is a driving force for both company creation and survival, such as high technology, wireless and life science.

More than half of Rady MBAs undertake independent study. In small teams or individually, students work under the guidance of a faculty member. Some projects are proposed by companies or non-profits — big and small, in San Diego and beyond — others are defined by students.

New courses are regularly developed based on the interests of students and faculty. As a Rady student, you may also use some of your elective units to take other graduate courses at UC San Diego.

Electives include:

Biotechnology Industry, Structure and Strategy
Investments
Business Devlopment
Consumer Behavior
Financial Risk Management
Macroeconomics
Marketing Communications
Marketing Strategy
Mergers and Acquisitions
Negotiation
New Product Development
New Venture Finance
Portfolio Theory in Practice
Project Management
Research for Marketing Decisions
Supply Chain Management
Sustainable Enterprise
Technology Strategy
Topics in Corporate Governance
Topics in Finance
Topics in Innovation
Topics in Marketing
Individual Directed Study