Online MBA Digital & AI
17 August 2020Earning an MBA degree can be beneficial for people with a technical degree. It entails however not only a time investment, but also a significant financial burden. Self-study constitutes an excellent alternative. All the material for the courses linked below are available at no cost.
The reputation of a business school depends on their alumni's career success. This means they might be selective on admissions even if you are willing to make that investment. Tuition fees can be up to about 150.000 EUR, in addition students miss out on their regular salary during a full-time programme. In many cases, the student's employer pays a significant fraction of the tuition fees. In contrast to self-study, the big advantage of real MBA programmes is the business network which you get on top.
Curricula of renowned business schools such as the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania consist usually of a fixed and a flexible core. The curriculum presented here is similar to that, plus it specializes on Digital & AI. The table below contains web links to online versions of courses at UPenn and similar institutions. If you allocate evening or weekend time for self-study, plan one to two weeks per course.
Fixed Core
| Course Name & Link | Instructor | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Microeconomics | Rebecca Stein | University of Pennsylvania Wharton |
| Statistics One | Andrew Conway | Princeton University |
| Marketing | Barbara E. Kahn Peter Fader Jagmohan Raju |
University of Pennsylvania |
| Operations Management | Christian Terwiesch | University of Pennsylvania |
| Public Speaking | Matt McGarrity | University of Washington |
| English Composition | Denise Comer | Duke University |
| Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence | Richard Boyatzis | Case Western Reserve University |
Flexible Core
| Course Name & Link | Instructor | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Accounting | Brian J Bushee | University of Pennsylvania Wharton |
| Corporate Finance | Michael R Roberts | University of Pennsylvania Wharton |
| Principles of Macroeconomics | Peter Navarro | University of California, Irvine |
| Sustainable Development | Jeffrey Sachs | Columbia University |
| Entrepreneurship | Michael Goldberg | Case Western Reserve University |
| Critical Perspectives on Management | Rolf Strom-Olsen | IE Business School |
| Business Strategy | Michael Lenox Jared Harris |
University of Virginia |
| Consumer Neuroscience & Neuromarketing | Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy | Copenhagen Business School |
| Operations Management | Udatta Palekar | University of Illinois |
| Operations Strategy & Execution | Gad Allon Jan A. Van Mieghem |
University of Illinois |
| Logical Fallacies | Walter Sinnot-Armstrong Ram Neta |
Duke University |
| Negotiation Skills | George Siedel | University of Michigan |
| Financial Markets | Robert Shiller | Yale University |
| Grow Your Startup Without VC | John Mullins | London Business School |
| Quantitative Modeling | Richard Waterman | University of Pennsylvania Wharton |
| Decision-Making and Scenarios | Richard Lambert Robert W. Holthausen |
University of Pennsylvania Wharton |
| Modeling Risk and Realities | Sergei Savin Senthil Veeraraghavan |
University of Pennsylvania Wharton |
| Entrepreneurship 1: Developing the Opportunity Entrepreneurship 2: Launching your Start-Up Entrepreneurship 3: Growth Strategies Entrepreneurship 4: Financing and Profitability |
Lori Rosenkopf Karl T. Ulrich Ethan Mollick Kartik Hosanagar David Hsu |
University of Pennsylvania Wharton |
| Business Analytics Specialization | Eric Bradlow, Peter Fader, Raghu Iyengar, Ron Berman, Senthil Veeraraghavan, Sergei Savin, Noah Gans, Cade Massey, Martine Haas, Matthew Bidwell, Brian J Bushee, Christopher D. Ittner | University of Pennsylvania Wharton |
Digital & AI Specialization
| Course Name & Link | Instructor | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Social Media Marketing Specialization | Randy Hlavac | Northwestern University |
| Omnichannel Strategy and Management | Santiago Gallino Antonio Moreno-Garcia |
Dartmouth University |
| Content Strategy Specialization | John Lavine Candy Lee Randy Hlavac |
Northwestern University |
| Writing for Social Media | Tim Peters | University of California, Berkeley |
| Marketing Analytics | Stephan Sorger | University of California, Berkeley |
| Marketing Analytics | Kamel Jedidi Asim Ansari |
Columbia University |
| Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning in Finance Specialization | Igor Halperin | New York University |
| Application of AI, InsurTech, and Real Estate Technology | Christopher Geczy | University of Pennsylvania Wharton |