The Helzberg Stackable MBA is all about adding value to your education by allowing you to build and customize a degree that makes sense for your future. Certificates on their own hold value in the workforce by helping you meet your career goals sooner. By stacking two earned certificates along with the foundational, Business Administration Certificate, you will be working toward a full MBA degree.
Our faculty has developed the foundational curriculum of one of the best MBA programs in Kansas City into a stand-alone certificate – the Business Administration certificate. This, along with two additional specialized certificates, make up the Helzberg MBA. Students earn a custom MBA with specializations in areas that are selected and flexible based on the direction you want your career to go.
This reconceptualized degree developed out of the Jesuit tradition, encouraged our faculty to listen to our students and reflect on their needs as well as those of their future employers. The Helzberg faculty are committed to providing a graduate business education that serves its community by crafting thoughtful and well-rounded leaders.
Flexibility has been built into every facet of the Helzberg Stackable MBA:
- First, you choose which certificates make up your MBA. This not only makes for a unique degree that helps you stand out, but also allows you to focus your energy on classes that truly inspire you.
- Second, you can work toward completing the certificates simultaneously OR you can work toward one certificate at a time. Start your studies with any certificate! You can progress through your chosen stack of certificates simultaneously or stop and start, earning certificates as you need them.
- Third, our faculty are constantly making classes more approachable by holding them online, asynchronously, and in the evenings.
Anyone interested in completing the Helzberg MBA will complete the Business Administration Certificate, which includes courses in management, marketing, business intelligence, and economics. A distinction of this certificate is a Jesuit Core values course that you choose from four offerings: Leaders for Others, Spirituality and Values in Leadership, Ethical Leadership, and Corporate Social Responsibility. This is how Rockhurst brings the Jesuit culture to business.
See the current certificate options below:
Business Administration (required for the MBA)
Then choose two from the following list:
- Business Intelligence*
- Change Management
- Data Science*
- CPA Pathway for Accounting
- Data Strategy & Leadership *
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Finance & Accounting
- Health Analytics*
- Health Care Management
- Nonprofit Administration
- Organizational Leadership
*STEM certified
MBA questions?
Please direct questions about this program to gradbusiness@rockhurst.edu.