Evening MBA Program Adds Online Option for Select Concentrations

Mar 20, 2025

Kennesaw State University’s Evening MBA program will give students greater flexibility this fall when it introduces the program’s first hybrid class options, allowing students in specific concentrations to attend classes in person or synchronous online.

Beginning Fall 2025, students enrolled in the fintech or information security and assurance concentrations can choose between taking select courses in person or remotely. While electives in these concentrations have always been exclusively virtual, this change marks the first time evening MBA students can take core classes online.

“Our students are working professionals who are balancing the commitments of their jobs, families, and community lives,” said Renee Bourbeau, executive director of MBA programs for Kennesaw State University’s Michael J. Coles College of Business. “By allowing students in select concentrations to potentially take 100 percent of their classes online, we are giving them the freedom to choose a course delivery that better aligns with their schedules and their preferences.”

Fintech and ISA students looking to take synchronous online classes will follow the typical class registration process. If a course has an online option, they can select whether to attend in person or virtually. Students who choose the online option receive Microsoft Teams links, which allow them to attend class remotely alongside their in-person classmates. Students can take a mix of in-person and remote classes each semester.

This level of hybrid access relies on high-tech video conferencing technology using artificial intelligence and cloud technology to ensure parity among students in person and those attending remotely, meaning the online option is only available for classes taught at the KSU Center. Classes offered at the Sandy Springs or Marietta campus locations can only be taken in person.

MBA students taking synchronous online classes have the same access to affordable tuition, career services, on-campus events, and resources as students attending in person.

“The Evening MBA program’s hybrid offering gives students the freedom to attend classes from their offices or home without sacrificing the engaging interactions with classmates and faculty that are the hallmark of in-person programs,” Bourbeau said. “It really is the best of both worlds.”

For questions about the new hybrid Evening MBA option, contact MBA Program Manager Sameera Luther.

-Patrick Harbin