Working Professional MBA

Experiential Learning

GET CONNECTED. STAY CONNECTED.

• Open/Close WPMBA Action-based Curriculum and Opportunities

  By enrolling in the Working Professionals MBA (WPMBA) program, online or in-person, you’ll join a network of diverse classmates with varied perspectives and professional experience at organizations such as Abbott, Amazon, Battelle, Cardinal Health, JPMorgan Chase, Deloitte, Nationwide, P&G, Ohio State and the U.S. military. Opportunities to grow your network include connecting with Fisher alumni as well as with more than 100 of the college’s world-class faculty. Here are a few ways we've put networking and action-based learning at the forefront:

  • Impressive peers with an average of 6.3 years of work experience to help you build a life-long network
  • Connecting with engaging alumni and 100+ world-class Fisher faculty that support your goals.
  • Intentionally small class sizes create collaborative engaging classrooms for transformational growth
  • Case competitions, corporate partnerships, executive luncheon series, mentors and live projects
  • Unique opportunities to energize your resume (GBE, GAP, Social Impact Challenge, Washington Campus)
    • Global Business Expeditions (GBE)
    • Global Applied Projects (GAP)
    • Social Impact Challenge
    • The Washington Campus
    • Student Investment Management (SIM) stock trading and portfolio management course
• Open/Close Student-run Organizations

  Fisher Board Fellows (FBF) is a student-run organization within Fisher College of Business. FBF brings together the Columbus community and the college by selecting Fisher MBA candidates and placing them on boards of area non-profits as non-voting members for 18-month terms. Fellows, mentored by a board member and with the full support of the non-profit executive director and board chair, contribute to their non-profit organizations by attending all board and assigned committee meetings. In addition, Fellows complete a strategic, board-level project that harnesses the Fellow’s business expertise and adds long-term value to the partner organization.

  FisherServes is student-run organization committed to connecting students with organizations and causes that strengthen communities by facilitating consulting projects for nonprofits, as well as single-day commitment service projects. FisherServes is committed to promoting awareness of civic and social responsibilities and to connecting the Fisher College of Business with the surrounding community by leading service-based initiatives throughout the Columbus area.

  Complete list of student organizations

• Open/Close Certificate Programs

  Certificate Programs

  Fisher offers certificate programs to allow students to further development their knowledge and experience in a specific discipline. Most certificate programs involve activities with industry tools and/or work specifically in the area of study that complements the academic curriculum.

  MBA Six Sigma Program

  MBA students are indoctrinated into Six Sigma methodology through a series of classroom experiences and online training from MoreSteam.com. The series culminates with a commissioned project from an actual company, which benefits students and participating businesses alike.

  Six Sigma is ideal for anyone in manufacturing, health care, retail, logistics, finance, or consulting services and everyone who wants to be involved in process improvement.

  Certificate Requirements: Students work in four-person teams for 15 weeks. They devote an average of 10 hours per week to the project under the coaching of Fisher team members.

  For more information, visit Fisher's Center for Operational Excellence.

  Certificate in Enterprise Sustainability Management

  Students that complete course requirements for the Enterprise Sustainability career track with an average grade of B or higher, and that complete two of the following four requirements, will be awarded a Certificate in Enterprise Sustainability Management.

  Certificate Requirements:

  • Five courses beyond the career track's list of courses
  • 40 hours of volunteer service in a non-profit organization working on matters that have a relationship to sustainability
  • A summer internship involving sustainability
  • An independent study on a sustainability topic approved in advance by the faculty member
• Open/Close Centers & Initiatives

  Ohio State Fisher Centers & Initiatives

  Many of the nation's most forward thinking companies turn to Fisher faculty for new ideas and business solutions. Take advantage of our research centers, which support teaching, research and development and provide a professional forum for exchange between faculty, students and the corporate community.

  Centers & Partnerships

  • Charles A. Dice Center for Financial Economics
  • Center for Innovation Strategies
  • Center for Operational Excellence
  • Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship
  • National Center for the Middle Market
  • Nationwide Center for Advanced Customer Insights
  • Ohio State Center for Real Estate
  • The Risk Institute

  Initiatives

  • Diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Global opportunities
  • Fisher Leadership Initiative
  • Fintech at Ohio State
• Open/Close The Washington Campus

  Strategic Leadership: Business and the Public Policy Process

  Fisher College of Business is a member of The Washington Campus, a consortium of business schools that host seminars designed to equip students with the understanding necessary to anticipate, influence, and respond intelligently to government initiatives.

  This seminar is an intensive, one-week course in Washington, D.C., providing participants with first-hand exposure to the political process and its impact on business leadership.

  Preparation

  Several weeks prior to the seminar, students will be mailed a packet of brief readings that prepare for the vigorous class discussions and presentations during the time on The Washington Campus.

  Class discussion is led by a faculty member, joined by guest lecturers from government, politics, business, and the media. At the end of the seminar, students will take a two-hour exam to receive credit toward their MBA degree.