SMU Cox MBA Brochure

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At SMU Cox, we’re changing the

way the world does business, one student

at a time. Your MBA experience will

drive results and relationshipsthat last a lifetime.

Bloomberg Businessweek most recently

ranked the Cox full-time MBA program

#12 in the U.S.

What dif ferentiates the Cox network are its

global reach and local touch. Upon graduation,

you will join an alumni network 38,000 strong

and growing. We have alumni chapters in more

than 20 countries, which makes SMU Cox a

launching pad for your career, no matter where

you want to live. Yet even as we span the globe,

our deep roots in the local business community

enable us to enhance students’ educat ional

experiences through our executive speaker series,

mentoring programs and consulting projects

with leading companies.

The Cox MBA program operates on the notion

that to understand the global marketplace, you need

to understand f irsthand how businesses operate

in d i f ferent countr ies. Through the American

Airlines Global Leadership Program (AAGLP),

a l l f i rst-year MBA students study the pol it ica l

climate, economic trends and business conditions

in Asia, Europe, India or Latin America.

At the end of the f irst year of study, students

then depart for an immersion experience in the

region of their choice, gaining direct knowledge

of the opportunit ies and challenges facing

businesses around the world.

Our MBA program is designed to transform

your understanding of business and the global

economy and equip you with the skil ls and

relationships you need to succeed. We invite you

to join the Cox family.

A l b e r t W. N i e m i , J r .Dean, SMU Cox School of Business

A M E S S A G E F R O M T h E D E A N

The Cox School of Business recognizes you have

many choices for graduate business education.

The school you select will have a profound impact

on your professional career as well as many

other facets of your life.

Like a handful of top business schools, the

Cox School brings together a world-class faculty

with talented, ambitious students in a small,

private-school setting. Three key elements enrich

our collaborat ive classroom experience: our

strategic location in one of the world’s best cities

for business, our strong professional network

and the unmatched global immersion experience

we provide.

Dallas is one of the leading destinations for

corporate relocat ions today. The city’s diverse

economy, vibrant culture and low cost of living

make it a wonderful place to live, go to school

and build the foundation for a l ifelong career.

A great business city grows and thrives when

anchored by a great business school with deep

connections to its community.

DY NA MIC LOCATION — 2

Not Just a City – a PassportTapping Into the Cox Alumni NetworkAssociate Board Mentor Program Centers of Excellence

R IGOROUS CUR R ICULUM — 6

First Year and Second YearProgram OverviewCox FacultyJoint Degrees

GLOBA L PR ESENCE — 10

American Airlines Global Leadership Program

SUPPORT FOR YOUR SUCCESS — 12

Mapping Your Career PathAdmissions and Financing

miles north of downtown

DALLASSMU

is just4Through the Cox School’s close connections with Dallas, you can:

· Enjoy mentorship by a top corporate executive.

· Continue your internship part- time during your second year while completing your studies to gain valuable real -world experience.

· Coordinate and participate in one or more case competitions sponsored by a leading multinational corporation and hosted by the Cox School of Business.

· Network with top business leaders at forums and speaker events.

· Collaborate with your peers on a consulting project for local companies and nonprofits.

· Network with Cox Professional and Executive MBA students representing hundreds of different companies and organizations.

2 | 3D Y N A M I C L O C A T I O N

M i r e l l e L e g u i aSMU Cox MBA, 2011

A c a d e m i c B a c k g r o u n dBBA, University of Texas at Austin

Marketing

P r o f e s s i o n a l E x p e r i e n c eRadar Tours (Dallas, TX)

Sr. Assistant Director - Marketing & E- Commerce

M B A I n t e r n s h i pDr. Pepper Snapple Group (Plano, TX)

Marketing Intern

P o s t - M B A E m p l o y m e n tAmerican Airlines (Fort Worth, TX)

Strategy/Marketing Analyst

N O T J U S T A C I T Y – A P A S S P O R T

Those who want to go places often come to

Dallas. Why? It’s a global city with a local feel.

SMU Cox is located in the heart of one of the

nation’s most vibrant economic centers. Businesses

of all shapes and sizes thrive in our sophisticated,

international metroplex. Learning in Dallas-Fort

Worth offers exciting opportunities to network

around the nation and the world.

· Chief Executive Magazine ranked Texas as the best

state to do business for the seventh year in a row.

· Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) is home to 24

Fortune 500 and six Global 500 companies

including AMR Corporation, AT&T, Exxon

Mobil, Fluor, JCPenney and K imberly-Clark,

as well as 900 other corporate headquarters.

(Fortune, 2011)

· Total world trade with DFW reached $48.2

billion in 2009. (Dallas Chamber of Commerce)

· DFW boasts the 6th largest economy in the

United States and the 14th largest economy

in the world. (Dallas Chamber of Commerce)

www.coxmba.com/Dallas

“SMU provides phenomenal networking opportunities. The school holds

very strong ties to the business community and is highly respected.”

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T A P P I N G I N T O T h E C O x A L U M N I N E T W O R K

The Cox alumni network is one of the school’s

most valuable resources, which you can access to

develop and susta in professional, l i felong

relationships. In fact, The Economist ranks Cox

#4 in the U.S. and #13 in the world for the

internat ional breadth of its a lumni network.

It also ranks Cox among the top 15 schools in

the world for networking potential and alumni

effect iveness.

A S S O C I A T E B O A R D M E N T O R P R O G R A M

The Associate Board, Cox’s executive mentoring

program, helps you capitalize on the school’s

close ties with some of the area’s leading companies

and most inf luential business leaders. More than

250 executive mentors currently participate in the

program, representing nat ional and global

corporations as well as entrepreneurial ventures

from every major industry.

Students have the opportunity to learn about and

meet the members of the Associate Board through

a series of networking events in the fall semester.

They then submit their preference for a mentor,

receive their match, and begin a professional

association.

www.coxmba.com/alumni

C E N T E R S O F E x C E L L E N C E

The Cox School has more than a dozen specialized

inst itutes and centers designed to keep our

faculty and students up to speed on the latest

research and business best practices. Our centers

and institutes host a number of seminars, forums,

clubs and workshops that enable you to develop

greater knowledge in a particular area of interest

while networking with prominent business leaders

from some of the top companies in the world.

Some of the top centers and institutes of interest

to Cox MBA students in recent years include the

EnCap Investments & LCM Group Alternative

Asset Management Center, the Caruth Institute

for Entrepreneurship, and the Maguire Energy

Inst itute. You wil l a lso have addit ional

opportunities for real-time learning through the

new Kitt Investing and Trading Center, designed

to integrate f inance curriculum, enhance

innovative faculty research, and teach practical

f inance and investment applications.

Cox MBA students especially benef it from the

Edwin L. Cox Business Leadership Center

(BLC). The BLC provides specialized training to

ensure you develop strong leadership and

communications skills to set yourself apart in the

marketplace. Graduates often comment that the

BLC tra ining they received contributed

signif icant ly to their professional success.

The BLC offers more than 85 leadership

seminars on topics such as strategic

communications, leading with integrity and

conf lict resolution, as well as individualized

development in areas including advanced

presentation techniques and executive coaching.

Special programs include a week-long leadership

seminar at the Disney Institute and a consultancy

partnership with Texas Scottish Rite hospital for

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Operations Management

Organizational Behavior

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M o d u l e B — 8 c r e d i t s

Global Leadership Program

Strategic Management

2 Electives


Financial Accounting I

Managerial Finance

Managerial Statistics

Marketing Management

Managing Your Career


Financial Accounting II or Managerial Accounting I

Management Decision Analysis

Managerial Economics

Business Presentation Techniques

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R I G O R O U S C U R R I C U L U M

www.coxmba.com/courses

R I G O R O U S C U R R I C U L U M

P R O G R A M O v E R v I E W

In the f irst year of the program, you lay the

foundation for your graduate business studies by

taking a variety of courses such as accounting,

economics, f inance, marketing, organizational

behavior and operations. To enhance these

academic courses, you also receive training in

career management and business presentation

skills. In addition, you complete our unique

American Airlines Global Leadership Program

before your corporate summer internship.

Across both years of study, you take electives

designed to develop deep knowledge in one or

two areas of concentration. These electives

further personalize your studies and ensure that

you are fully prepared for your summer

internship and your post-MBA career.

You can select up to two academic concentrations

from the list below to customize your

educational experience:

Accounting

· Specialization Option: Financial Statement

Analysis

Business Analytics

Finance

· Specialization Options: Alternative Assets,

Corporate Finance, Energy Finance or

Investments

Financial Consulting

General Business

Information & Operations

Management

Marketing

Real Estate

Strategy & Entrepreneurship

www.coxmba.com/concentrations

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B r a d J o n e sSMU Cox MBA, 2011

A c a d e m i c B a c k g r o u n dBA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Public Policy Analysis and French

P r o f e s s i o n a l E x p e r i e n c eDish Network/EchoStar (Washington,DC)

Director of Government Affairs

M B A I n t e r n s h i pAmerican Airlines (Fort Worth, TX)

Strategy Analyst Intern

P o s t - M B A E m p l o y m e n tCredit Suisse Securities (Dallas, TX)

Private Banking Associate

C O x F A C U L T Y

For more than ten years, SMU Cox has attracted

an outstanding group of professors distinguished

by their innovative research, passion for teaching

and corporate consulting experience. Including

graduates of University of Pennsylvania, Stanford,

University of Chicago, harvard Business school and

other top-ranked institutions, the Cox faculty today

is one of the very best in the world. In fact, Bloomberg

Businessweek ranks Cox #12 in the US, where Cox

students rated the faculty an A+ for teaching.

J O I N T D E G R E E S

For students interested in combining a graduate

business education with degrees in law or arts

management, the Cox School offers two joint-

degree programs: the JD/MBA offered jointly

with SMU’s Dedman School of Law, and the MA

in Arts Management/MBA offered jointly with

SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts. Please visit

our website for more information about our

joint-degree programs.

“The Cox School of Business provides

the most comprehensive educational experience with phenomenal teachers in the classroom and real world learning opportunities.”

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A M E R I C A N A I R L I N E S G L O B A L L E A D E R S h I P P R O G R A M

The American Airlines Global Leadership

Program (A AGLP) gives a l l ful l-t ime MBA

students f irsthand knowledge of the global

marketplace through an unparalleled immersion

experience. The AAGLP is mandatory for all

students and is critical to the MBA curriculum.

Preparing for the Trip: In the f irst semester, you

select a geographic region to study: Asia, Europe,

India or Latin America. Working with other

students and faculty advisors, you begin studying

the history, political climate, economy, culture

and business etiquette of the countries within

your region. Pre-trip activities include visits to

DFW-area companies who do business in specif ic

regions and a preparatory course to introduce you

to the language and culture of your region. Students

complete individual assignments and work with

their teammates to compile a brief ing book with

key information about the regional business

environment and specif ic companies to be visited.

Traveling to the Region of Your Choice: At the

end of the second semester, before summer

internships, your group embarks on an intense

immersion in your selected region to:

· Meet with executives of companies you

have researched.

· Discuss political policies with government officials.

· visit important historical and cultural sites.

· Learn about doing business in that region.

Sharing the Experience with Colleagues: At the

conclusion of the trip, you and your peers return

to Cox to host the AAGLP Symposium, where

student groups give extensive presentations

focused on the unique business challenges and

opportunities in each of the countries they

visited. The AAGLP Symposium is open to the

public and is typically attended by international

execut ives, members of the Dallas business

community and Cox students, faculty and staff.

AAGLP SponsorsThe AAGLP is a unique experience for all first-year Cox MBA students who are able to leverage the knowledge and insights gained through the program to benefit their careers and future employers. Transportation, lodging and many meals are provided to all students at no cost, thanks in part to the generosity of American Airlines and additional sponsors.

Cox’s International Exchange ProgramsThese programs allow you to study abroad for a semester at one of the world’s most prestigious business schools in Asia, Europe or Latin America.

For a complete list of exchange partners schools, visit coxmba.com.

G L O B A L P R E S E N C E

www.coxmba.com/global

S U P P O R T F O R Y O U R S U C C E S S

M A P P I N G Y O U R C A R E E R P A T h

The SMU Cox MBA Career Management Center

(CMC) is committed to supporting your search

for an ideal career. CMC staff work closely with

you throughout the MBA program to help you

specify your career goals and determine the best

way to reach them.

Pre-MBA – Def ining Your Career Goals: Once

you have secured a seat in the incoming class, you

can utilize the resources of the CMC to get a

jump start on your career search. As an incoming

student you will complete a self-assessment to

def ine your career goals and conduct

informational interviews for further targeting.

First Year – Finding Your Internship: In the f irst

year of your MBA program, you work one-on-one

with a CMC career coach and participate in a

series of career workshops, panels, mock

interviews and networking events that help you

improve your basic job-search skills as well as

identify the career path that best suits your

business skills and professional goals.

Second Year – Achieving Your Goals: In your

second year, you continue to work closely with

your CMC career coach to ref ine your strategic

plan. Our goal is to ensure that you not only

secure your target job at graduation but also

build the necessary skill set to continue to grow,

learn and advance.

Further details about hiring companies and

recent internship and full-time job statistics can

be found in the Career Management Center

section of our website. The Student Life section

of our website will outline how student clubs add

value to your professional development in the

Cox MBA program.

A D M I S S I O N S A N D F I N A N C I N G Y O U R M B A

The Cox MBA Admissions Committee seeks to

admit a diverse group of candidates who

demonstrate:

· Signif icant professional and life experiences.

· Leadership potential, interpersonal and

communication skills.

· Personal qualities such as maturity, integrity,

self-conf idence and motivation.

· A strong track record of and commitment to

learning and achievement.

A graduate management education is one of the

most important investments you will ever make.

The returns include enhanced skills sets and

self-conf idence, increased job opportunities and

post-MBA professional success. Through generous

support by our corporate partners and private

donors, we are able to offer competitive scholarship

packages to approximately 50 percent of our

students on an annual basis. These opportunities

include special programs such as the Cox MBA

Marketing Scholars and the Cox Distinguished

MBA Scholars. We invite you to learn more about

these opportunities on our website.

We look forward to receiving your applicat ion

for a future class and welcome any questions you

have about the program or the admissions

process along the way.www.coxmba.com/apply

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Master of Business Administrat ion

SMU Cox School of Business

PO Box 750333

Dallas , Tx 75275-0333

Phone 214-768-1214 | 800-472-3622

Fax 214.768.3956

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