Program overview
Education systems around the world face the central challenge of finding innovative solutions and techniques for improving student performance. This challenge is shared by teachers, teacher-leaders, and principals who are responsible for improving opportunities to learn, with two goals: raising average levels of student performance and reducing achievement gaps between students.
Beyond schools, leaders in district offices, government agencies, professional associations, and other non-governmental enterprises also share the challenge of improving student performance at scale across entire schools, districts, and systems.
What will you learn
- To envision new possibilities for the work of students and teachers in classrooms.
- To understand alternative logics and strategies for organizing the practice of educational innovation.
- To examine the application of the emerging field of improvement science to the practice of educational innovation.
- To explore innovation and improvement in large-scale educational reform initiatives in the US and around the world.
- To improve your own practice as an educator, innovator, and/or reformer.
- To develop and manage teams that use disciplined, evidence-based methods of educational innovation and improvement.
- To employ disciplined, evidence-based methods of educational innovation and improvement to manage collaborations among schools, districts, and systems.
Program Class List
1Leading Ambitious Teaching and Learning
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2Designing and Leading Learning Systems
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3Improvement Science in Education
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4Case Studies in Continuous Educational Improvement
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5Leading Educational Innovation and Improvement Capstone
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Meet Your Instructors

Deborah Loewenberg Ball

Nell Duke

Liz Kolb

Elizabeth Birr Moje

Donald J. Peurach

Gretchen Spreitzer

Anthony S. Bryk

Paul LeMahieu

Alicia Grunow

Amanda Meyer
Program overview
Business knowledge is in high demand in every area of work. From high-tech start-ups to non-profits, organizations are looking to leverage best practices from the business world to achieve their objectives. That’s why the MBA is widely recognized as a career accelerator, regardless of the industry you’re in.
With the MicroMasters program in MBA Core Curriculum, you will develop business insights and learn to lead others to achieve strategic goals. You’ll learn the different functional areas of a firm, how each area defines success, and how the functions work together to create success in the marketplace. You will be able to build and lead successful teams, influence others, and deliver high-quality outcomes on time and within budget.
The MicroMasters program in MBA Core Curriculum has also been designed to grow your professional and social networks. We will help you find people like yourself, both in your region and around the world, who are looking to advance their careers. In addition to facilitated discussions in your classes, you will be encouraged to interact with colleagues in real time by forming small study groups, holding virtual coffee hours, and discussing current articles and trends in business.
Are you ready? Turbocharge your career with the MicroMasters program in MBA Core Curriculum from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
What you will learn
- Devise the right marketing strategy for your idea or firm
- Use the vast information available in the world today to gain insight, create a competitive edge, and avoid being tomorrow’s data breach headline
- Evaluate corporate investment opportunities to drive shareholder value
- Use the language of business to communicate financial information to investors, shareholders, creditors, and regulators
- Interact with those in the “C” suite, speaking their language and making your case for your ideas
- Lead a team of people and use your influence to achieve strategic goals
- Create the right strategy for your firm to gain a competitive advantage over others in your market space, domestically and globally
Program Class List
1Marketing Management
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2Leadership and Influence
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3Financial Accounting
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4Data Analysis for Decision Making
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5Global Business Strategy
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6Digital Transformation in Business
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7Corporate Finance
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Meet Your Instructors

Ritu Agarwal

Kathryn Bartol

Progyan Basu

Margrét Bjarnadóttir

Gilad Chen

Nicole Coomber

Michael Faulkender

Trevor Foulk

Judy Frels

David Godes

Anandasivam Gopal

Anil Gupta

Rebecca Hann

P.K. Kannan

Michael Kimbrough

Henry Lucas

Wendy Moe

Neta Moye

Myeong-Gu Seo

Nick Seybert

Subra Tangirala
