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Lazaridis Part-Time MBA

Work while you earn an MBA two evenings a week, at our Waterloo campus.
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Earn Your MBA Part-Time During the Evenings

The part-time evenings Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is designed for working professionals who want to earn their MBA while maintaining their full-time job. Earning your MBA while you continue to work provides you with the opportunity to immediately apply the knowledge you gain in the program to issues facing you daily in your workplace.

Classes are held at the Laurier Waterloo campus twice a week in the evening so you can balance work, home and school-life. Although the program is designed to be completed in 3.3 years our flexible class schedules allow you to graduate as quickly as 2.3 years – or extend your studies up to 5 years.

The Lazaridis School Advantage

You will learn in small class sizes with other highly motivated candidates from diverse backgrounds, enabling the cultivation of future business contacts and lasting personal relationships. Your instructors will be experienced Lazaridis School faculty with strong industry backgrounds.

We are proud to deliver this valuable degree at a highly competitive price located in the center of Canada’s technology triangle. At the Lazaridis School you will become part of one of Canada’s largest internationally accredited business schools with a reputation built on industry-leading research, award winning faculty and superior student experience.

Program Design

3.3 years (10 academic terms)

Term 1 (Fall)

  • Accounting
  • Organizational Behaviour

Term 2 (Winter)

  • Financial Management
  • Business Analytics

Term 3 (Spring)

  • Marketing
  • Operations Management

Term 4 (Fall)

  • Strategic Management
  • Economics

Term 5 (Winter)

  • *Integrative Thinking:
    A playbook for managerial action

Term 6 (Spring)

  • two electives

Term 7 (Fall)

  • two electives

Term 8 (Winter)

  • one elective
  • applied business research project
  • not-for-profit practicum

Term 9 (Spring)

  • one elective
  • applied business research project (continued)
  • not-for-profit practicum (continued)

Term 10 (Fall)

  • two electives

* (Indicates a full-credit course) 

Electives

Electives are offered during the day and evening for your convenience. You can take advantage of any electives that fit within your individual timetable. For a list of potential elective courses that could be offered, review course offerings.

Specializations

You will have the option within your elective terms to specialize your general MBA degree. The Lazaridis MBA offers nine specialization options for you to customize your studies to align with your career path.

  • Accounting
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Financial Management
  • International Business Management
  • Marketing
  • Operations Management
  • Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
  • Strategic Management
  • Supply Chain Management

Admission Requirements

Domestic Applicants

  • A four-year undergraduate degree, or equivalent, in any discipline from a recognized university with a minimum B standing (73%) in the final year of study, or most recent 10 half-credit university degree courses.
  • Evidence of strong quantitative skills, normally by the successful completion of the GMAT test with a score of 550 or higher. We also accept a GRE score. A GRE score must convert to the minimum 550 GMAT score required. We will also accept a CFA Level 1 Pass.
  • Three professional references, or if you have completed any education within the last three years, two professional references and one academic reference are required.
  • Applicants whose language of instruction during their undergraduate degree was a language other than English, must furnish evidence of proficiency in English prior to admission. A minimum score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) of 100 internet-based (iBT) (with minimum skill scores of 21 in each of the four skill sets), or TOEFL paper-based (pBT) minimum score of 600, or a minimum score of 7.0 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is required.
  • A minimum of two years of full-time work experience.

International Applicants

All international applicants are invited to apply to our Full-Time MBA degree and/or Full-time MBA with Co-op degree. Please note that Canadian Student Visas are only eligible for the one year Full-time MBA degree and/or the Full-time MBA with Co-op degree.

Contact Us

Holly Paterson

hpaterson@wlu.ca

Lazaridis Hall

MBA Program Office, LH4001
64 University Ave. West
Waterloo, ON, Canada
N2L 3C7

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