Canada's Premiere Online MBA Degree - Overview
The Lansbridge University Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is delivered principally via the Internet. There are absolutely no residency requirements. You can complete the degree online, from anywhere in the world.
The MBA program is for managers or aspiring managers with at least one year of work experience, or for more experienced managers who want maximum flexibility and affordability, featuring:
- Relevant content, focused on the needs of managers in the fast economy
- A fourteen-week course format that permits completion in two to a maximum of five years
- Threaded class discussions and scheduled Voice Over IP live classroom conferences
- Self-assessment quizzes and regular assignments to keep you focused on your studies
- Personalized, friendly, and helpful student support
- Always accessible, secure online campus
- A tuition fee that is only a fraction of many traditional in-class MBA programs
MBA courses are based on a 14-week model with clear start and end dates and scheduled interaction dates. Students may work on their own schedule and in any location they choose using the 14-week model as a guideline. There are three planned intakes per year for this program (January, April and September). Each course will require approximately 10-15 hours of work per week.
Program Objectives
- To provide students with at least one year of full-time work experience with management education that is directly linked to improving business performance.
- To provide students with management education so that they are able to solve real business problems that have quantifiable impact and generate measurable bottom line results.
- To develop and present management education that is tailored to support the achievement of industry specific business objectives, using a hybrid technique of combining existing modular technology with newly developed material to create a fast and cost effective development process.
- To prepare students with the skills and knowledge base necessary to enter the workforce as middle or senior level managers.
- To increase employment opportunities for graduates in the information technology and telecommunication sectors.
- To increase the opportunity for career development and promotion for graduates who are presently employed.
- To provide a general graduate level management education.
- To impart a knowledge and understanding of professional management and of the environments in which managers function.
- To develop professional managers for positions of administrative responsibility in business, government, education and other industry sectors.
- To provide an academic environment that is challenging and stimulating to graduate students.
- To offer a program that assures full coverage of the generally recognized common body of knowledge with emphasis on developing the skills necessary for effective decision making.
- To provide the coursework necessary for management growth in today’s digitally oriented global economy.
Content
Our access to expertise is not limited by traditional departmental boundaries. We seek out subject matter experts strictly for their mastery, rather than their association with a specific institution. We find experts to meet your needs. When paired with experienced web courseware developers, the result is an animated, interactive Online MBA Degree course offered nowhere else in Canada that provides you with greater subject comprehension than simply reading from a textbook.
Delivery
Lansbridge puts a university on your desktop. Your Online MBA Degree course readings and resources will always be available to you via a secure Internet web site. A threaded discussion center and Voice Over IP whiteboard chat system are also part of the overall learning experience, to help keep you focused and progressing in your regular course work. Barring a few scheduled course commitments, you have free reign to budget your study time as you see fit. The high accessibility of our online programs allows you to easily fit a higher education into your busy lifestyle.
Student Services
Your support channels operate at many levels at Lansbridge University. Upon enrolment, every student is greeted by a personal learning assistant, whose job is to help answer any technical or instructional questions you may have. This individual may be contacted by phone, email, or via our threaded discussion center. Any course-related questions can also be directed to your professor or classmates - using any number of online communication methods, including our Voice Over IP chat system. At Lansbridge, taking an online MBA degree course doesn't mean you're taking it alone.