An Overview of the

Zarb EMBA Program

2015

EMBA Contact Information:

Barry Berman, Ph.D. Program Director

516 546-7625 home office516 463-5711 school516 375-0324 mobilebarry.berman@hofstra.edu

Overview

• Zarb School Overall Benefits• Features of the Zarb EMBA program• Admission Process• Tuition

Benefits: Zarb’s Graduate Business Programs Most Recent 2014 Ranking by Business Week

Our Full Time MBA program ranked 79th in U.S. Only NYU and Columbia ranked higher in NY metropolitan area. Our program was ranked 28th in U.S. by employers

Part Time MBA program ranked 60th in U.S.

Benefits: Zarb’s Graduate Business Programs• One of the few programs in the metropolitan area with separate accounting

accreditation by AACSB. (Less than 5% of schools in the country have this distinction).

• Our BBA and MBA programs have been AACSB accredited since 1968. Hofstra was the first university on Long Island to achieve AACSB accreditation.

• Classes are taught by dedicated, full-time faculty with outstanding teaching skills, terminal degrees, and appropriate business experience

Features of Zarb EMBA Program I:• Small class size (less than 20) versus over 100 at NYU, Columbia

• A 20-month program with almost all courses taught on Saturdays

• Lock-step scheduling (fosters long-term relationships, better

rationalized curriculum planning)

• An all- inclusive tuition policy (except private room on trip)

• An empowered student body

• Active alumni base for networking

Features of the Zarb EMBA Program II:• A global focus• Use of student teams for cases and projects• Study groups on campus, in offices and in homes• Use of team teaching for all 4 credit courses• Faculty selected based on teaching, business/consulting

experience and research productivity• Best of the Best– faculty include winners of best teaching

awards, distinguished professors, departmental chairs, etc.

Features of the Zarb EMBA Program III:• EMBA 415-- Executive Leadership Skills-- will

now feature presentations and question-answer sessions from high-level executives (from diverse businesses and functional specializations)

Course Content:Fall 2015– EMBA 400, ACCT 401, QM 4012 and IT 401 13 credits

Winter 2016-FIN 401 3 credits

Spring 2016-MKT 401, MGT 402, and Fin 402 12 credits

Summer 2016-EMBA 410 (including foreign trip) 6 credits

Fall 2016-EMBA 420, LAW 401, MGT 401 and EMBA 415 8 credits

Winter 2017 EMBA 425 3 credits

Spring 2017 –EMBA 430 3 credits

Total 48 credits

Facilities/Support:– State of the Art Business Development Center classroom

(computers at each desk, networked printer)– 24/7 at home access to library database– Blackboard communication– All statistical software, books, student materials (cases,

financial calculator) and foreign travel costs included– Access to all of Hofstra’s facilities

Selected Prominent Alumni:• Edward Fred, Consultant, CPIA Aerospace• Jed Morey, President, Morey Publishing• Joseph P. Vincent, SVP Operations,

Newscorp• Xuemao Wang, Dean and University

Librarian, University of Cincinnati• Christopher J. Kutner, partner, Rivkin

Radler • Andrew W. Lackmann, co-chairman and

CEO, Lackmann Culinary Services• Kimberly Bregenzer, Director of Budgeting

and Financial Planning, Fu Foundation, Columbia University

Selected Prominent Alumni:• Dominic Brata, Manager Logistics, US

Postal Service• Ric Martello, Northeast Managing

Consulting , Health Care Consultant• Michael Amendola, President Amendola

Fence• Denise Santucci. MD, private practice

Center• Lorraine Marin, MD, private practice

oncologist• Thao Quan, VP Marketing Director, HSBC

Bank• Kathleen Roche, Executive Director,

Rainbow Chimes

Admissions Criteria:• Bachelor’s degree plus 7 years of career

advancement• Large percentage of business executives, non-

profit sector managers, physicians, entrepreneurs

• Sponsored/self-sponsored

Admissions Process:• Rolling admission• Package consists of downloaded application

information, official transcripts (except Hofstra degrees), two-page autobiographical statement with career plans, resume, two letters of recommendation

• GMAT is normally waived

Tuition Billing (as of Fall 2015 entering class): SEMESTER NO. CREDITS TOTAL TUITIONFall 2015 13 $28,439Winter 2016 3 6,562Spring 2016 12 26,250Summer 2016 6 13,125Fall 2015 8 17,500Winter 2017 3 6,562Spring 2017 3 6,562 TOTAL 48 $105,000Tuition is all-inclusive – books, cases, all student fees. And foreign trip (assuming

double occupancy)

2015 Entering Class Tuition Other Programs:• NYU $177,800 (not including travel costs)• Columbia $182,280 (not including travel costs)• Cornell $163,940 (not including travel costs)• Fordham $97,500 (not including travel costs)