The Washburn M.B.A. program meets the needs of both students with an undergraduate degree in business as well as those students with degrees in the arts and sciences, engineering, and other fields. The program curriculum combines opportunities to develop one's skills in communication, quantitative analysis, computer technology, and teamwork with study of accounting,economics, finance, information systems, management, marketing, legal and ethical issues, and production and operations in the context of domestic and global environments of business.

The MBA Program is composed of three distinct parts: an orientation, a curriculum, and a closure experience. Each of these three parts is explained in detail below. In addition student portfolios are used as an assessment of learning methodology for the MBA Program and as a requirement for the MBA degree.

Transfer Policy
A maximum of nine hours of graduate credit in the upper-level MBA program may be transferred from an AACSB-accredited graduate school and posted on the Washburn University transcript. Requests to transfer courses must be made in writing. Requests to substitute transfer credit for required upper-level courses go to the designated faculty committee.

Law School Courses
Up to six hours of credit from an ABA-accredited law school may be applied towards the 30-hour upper-level MBA requirement. The law school credit must be in business related, non-required law school courses approved by the School of Business. Washburn University offers a dual JD/MBA degree.