Postgraduate Courses

Webster Graduate School offers a range of MA, MS and MBA programmes that are delivered under the American modular method.

We have 5 terms in the year with each term lasting for 8 weeks. Students generally take 2 or 3 classes in each term, building the required credits for the degree over a period of 12 - 18 months.

Most Master of Arts and Master of Science degrees require completion of 36 credit hours (12 classes), which can be completed in just over 1 year.

Degree Composition

The principal parts of your MA, MS or MBA are the Core subjects. You are required to follow between 7 and 9 Core classes.
A selection of Electives makes a total of 12 classes.
The MBA consists of 9 Core classes and 3 Electives taken from the Webster Graduate School's selection of MA, MS and MBA classes.

The MBA program is designed for students with some academic background in business. If you do not have sufficient academic background in business, you will be required to complete one or more Prerequisite Courses.

MBA Emphasis

If you want to add an area of Emphasis to your MBA, you must complete 7 classes in addition to your Core subjects, which will specialise your MBA in an area such as:

Finance
Marketing
Human Resource Management
Management and Leadership
International Relations
International Business

Credit Hours

Your MA, MS or your MBA is made up of units called Credit Hours. Each course that you undertake will allow you to accumulate Credit Hours.

You must successfully complete at least 36 Credit Hours to complete an MA, MS or MBA. An MBA with emphasis will require 48 Credit Hours. Most courses or classes at Webster Graduate School carry 3 Credit Hours.

Flexibile Course Structure

There are opportunities to transfer and complete degrees at other Webster University campuses in both the USA, Europe and Asia.

The American modular degree system allows flexibility and enables you to easily adapt your studies to your personal circumstances, with the option of studying at different campuses.

Page last updated 5/14/2009

"Webster Graduate School offered me a excellent education, and a great University experience. I was immediately welcomed with open arms from what seemed like the entire campus. The campus of Regent’s College offers lots of opportunities for students to get involved and to meet people. By the time my first year ended, I felt like I was leaving home to spend the summer with my family. I enjoyed studying at Webster so much that, I did two masters: MA in Marketing and Master of Business Administration."

Quazi Jablul Hussain Khalique