At UC Davis, you start shaping your MBA in year one. Electives make up 50% of the curriculum, giving you early flexibility to align your courses with your career goals.
Chart your path with specialized electives
Product Management
Master the tools and frameworks needed to lead product development and innovation across industries.
Business Strategy Consulting
Build expertise in strategic partnerships, client engagement, and problem-solving for high-impact consulting roles.
Project Management with Applications in Healthcare
Learn to apply project management tools to improve efficiency, reduce costs and enhance the patient experience in healthcare administration.
Fundamentals of Applied AI
Prepare to lead in a rapidly evolving AI landscape, from foundational systems to the next generation of agent-based applications.
Applied Data Science for Business Leaders
Develop practical data science literacy and apply analytics, AI and machine learning tools to solve business problems across key domains. Learn storytelling, stakeholder collaboration and strategic frameworks for delivering data-driven business outcomes.
Storytelling for Leadership
Internalize the fundamental principles behind stories that educate, influence, motivate, inspire, persuade and connect.
Negotiation in Organizations
Explore the foundations of negotiation and apply them to team-building for business outcomes. Learn to use integrative and distributive strategies, recognize common tactics, surface hidden agendas and expand the value created through collaboration.
Personal Branding
Learn to apply corporate branding and content marketing principles to build your personal brand through discovery, strategy and growth.
Go deeper with industry and skill-focused electives
