MBA Leading Across Differences at University of Pennsylvania

Programme overview

The Leading Across Differences major allows students to understand and build a skillset required to navigate, integrate and harness differences in perspectives, experiences and identities within organizations. Students will take courses that enable them to understand how differences in perspectives shape decision-making, collaboration, and performance across teams and organizations. As a consequence, students can build a curriculum that spans courses across these topics.

Faculty: Wharton School | Duration: 19 course units | Study mode: full-time | Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States

What you will study

Requires 19 course units in total. Listed required courses include MGMT 6710 Executive Leadership; MGMT 6240 Leading Across Cultural and Relational Differences; MGMT 7720 Power and Politics in Organizations; LGST 8080 Employment Law: Practical Considerations for Managers; OIDD 6910 Negotiations; MGMT 7860 Reforming Mass Incarceration and the Role of Business MGMT/OIDD.

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Entry requirements

Second Year Requirement: Students must satisfy the following requirements during their second year in the program: (1) maintain a Wharton GPA that is greater than 2.33 in each semester of their second year, and (2) have no more than 4 CU of Wharton courses with a grade less than or equal to 2.33 (C+ or lower) in their second year.

USD 87,970 a year (2026-27). Wharton MBA tuition for 2026-2027 for full-time attendance at the Wharton School; one MBA tuition rate applies across majors. Excludes General Fee ($4,268), Clinical Fee ($770), housing, food, books and health insurance. Source

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