Full-time BDM program: For students who are not also employed full-time.
- Completion of the BDM program in 2 years
- Completion of a minimum of ten (10) 3-credit courses per year
- Typically: 4 courses in the Fall trimester, 3 courses in the Winter trimester, 3 courses in the Spring trimester.
- The courses for the full-time program are 12-week courses, with an anticipated time commitment of 8-9 hours per week per course, including approximately 4 hours on the required readings and 4 hours on either a discussion exercise or assignment. Expect to be enrolled in at least 3 courses per trimester.
Part-time BDM program: For students who are also employed full-time.
- Completion of the BDM program in 4 years
- Completion of a minimum of five (5) 3-credit courses per year
- The courses for the part-time program are distributed throughout each academic year, 5 per year consecutively (one course at a time), with 2 or more weeks between courses.
- The courses for the part-time program are 6-week courses, with an anticipated time commitment of 16 hours per week, including approximately 8 hours on the required readings and 8 hours on either a discussion exercise or assignment.
Only students enrolled in the full-time program are eligible to take the 12-week BDM courses.
Only students enrolled in the part-time program are eligible to take the 6-week BDM courses.
| BDM Program | ||
| Full-Time | Part-Time | |
| Time to completion of program | 2 years | 4 years |
| Number of courses per year | 10 | 5 |
| Duration of each course | 12 weeks | 6 weeks |
| Number of courses taken at one time | 3 or 4, depending on trimester | 1 |
| Time commitment per week per course | 8 hours | 16 hours |