Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is one law firm that aims to equip lawyers with more knowledge of finance and accounting at the beginning of their careers.
Lawyers study the basics of income statements, balance sheets and cash flows, get a crash course in corporate valuation and learn the fundamentals of mergers and acquisitions, many topics that overlap with the content that is taught during the first year at business school.
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New MBA in healthcare management
Francis Marion University (FMU) has added an MBA in healthcare management. The degree is a collaboration between the School of Business and the Department of Nursing. It aims at candidates that already work in the sector or aspire to get into the field and looks to supply graduates to the growing medical industry within the Pee Dee area in South Carolina. The programme is a 30-hour online MBA which consist of 18-credit hours from the business school and 12-credit hours through courses taught through FMU's Master of Science in nursing programme.
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=1218783#.VYdd4vmqqko
London School of Business and Finance launches MBA programme
London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) in Singapore will partner with the US-based Concordia University Chicago from October 2015 to deliver an American MBA at Asia's business and financial hub Singapore.
The courses on offer will focus on the core disciplines such as marketing, economics, operations, statistics, and accounting covering 14 different modules in total. Developed with flexibility in mind, the programme also offers flexible assessments, guided study plans and multiple intakes a year. In order to be considered for the course applicants must be at least 20 years old, hold a bachelor's degree from a recognised university and meet the minimum English language entry requirements.
Ursuline College’s socially conscious MBA
Ursuline College’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies launches a socially conscious MBA programme designed to teach topics such as the sharing economy, cooperative business models, collaborative leadership as well as corporate social responsibility to name a few. The programme is aimed at professionals with classes being held one night per week with each class lasting for eight weeks. Part of the course will be taught on campus, part online and the content tries to prepare participants for managing roles at large companies and health care providers in the region, including the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and MetroHealth in Northeast Ohio. The MBA programme is approved by the Ohio Board of Regents and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools but not by any international accreditation bodies which makes the offer suitable for candidates wishing to expand their careers in the region.
Ursuline is the first women's college in Ohio offering a variety in programmes such as nursing, fashion, social work and education apart from the mentioned MBA programme but also has a small intake of men.