The Stevens EMBA was created to help busy working professionals achieve mastery in the traditional management disciplines and an understanding of how technology is creating opportunities in new places in all industry categories. It was designed with consideration of the many demands — professional, family and others — faced by students, and therefore holds to a schedule of meeting on alternate Saturdays, for a total of eight days per semester. The degree takes less than three years to complete. The EMBA curriculum is designed to offer a high-level perspective on data-driven decision-making, strategic management, teaming and leadership, global business, and innovation and new product development. Coursework is supplemented by a leadership retreat that allows students to test what they've learned about trust, teamwork, communication and ethics by working together to complete an obstacle course. Furthermore, a global business seminar brings students to a foreign country, where meetings with local executives demonstrate firsthand how cultural differences shape the ways economies work and businesses function.