Overview of the

Zarb EMBA Program

2016

EMBA Contact Information

Barry Berman, Ph.D. Program
Director
516 546-7625 home office
516 463-5711 school
516 375-0324 mobile
barry.berman@hofstra.edu

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

Benefits: Zarbs Graduate

Business Programs Most Recent
2015 Ranking by Business Week
Our Evening MBA program ranked in
top 60 programs by Business Week
and among the top 10 in the
northeast.
Princeton Review ranked our online
program as the 15th best program in
the U.S.

Benefits: Zarbs 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

Small class size (less than 20) versus over 100 at NYU,
Columbia
An 18-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

A global focus
Use of student teams for cases and projects
Study groups on campus, in offices and in homes
Use of team teaching in many 3 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.

Revised Program

Effective September 2016

New courses in Spreadsheet Modeling; Conflict, Collaboration and
Negotiation; and Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Expanded coursework in Operations Management
An innovative combined Legal, Ethical and Social Responsibility of
Leadership class
The new curriculum had been unanimously approved by the School
of Business full faculty and has been filed with the New York State
Department of Education. We are awaiting final approval from the
New York State Department of Education.

Course Content

Fall 2016
First Residency, Managerial Accounting,
Quantitative Analysis and Information
Systems, Spreadsheet
Modeling
Winter 2017

Managerial Economics

Spring 2017
Marketing Management, Organizational Behavior,
Managerial Finance, Conflict and
Negotiation
Summer 2017
Fall 2017
Spring 2018

International Practicum (including foreign trip)

Operations Management, Leadership and Communication,
Capstone Course, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Facilities/Support
State of the Art Business Development Center
classroom (computers at each desk, networked
printer)
Access to world-class trading room
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 Hofstras facilities

Selected Prominent Alumni:

Selected Prominent Alumni:

Edward Fred, Consultant, CPI

Aerospace
Jed Morey, President, Morey Publishing
Joseph P. Vincent, SVP Operations,
Newscorp
Steven Forte, SVP Operations, US
Postal Service
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

Dominic Bratta, 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
Bachelors degree plus 7 years of career
advancement
Large percentage of business executives,
non-profit sector managers, physicians,
entrepreneurs
Students can be either sponsored or selfsponsored

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
All-inclusive $85,000 tuition including all
student fees, necessary software, texts,
case material, financial calculator, meals
Tuition also includes airfare, hotel (double
occupancy) and meals associated with
foreign trip
Scholarship support may be available

2015 Entering Class Tuition Other

Programs
NYU $177,800 (not including travel costs) Jan 2016
Columbia $182,280 (not including travel costs) Jan
2016
Cornell $163,940 (not including travel costs) July
2015
Fordham $97,500 (not including travel costs) Aug
2015
Rutgers $92,040 (including travel costs) Fall 2015
Baruch $86,500 (including travel costs) Fall 2016