UNCLASSIFIED ROUTINE R 071733Z MAR 17 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// NAVADMIN 057/17 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/MAR// SUBJ/EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DISTANCE LEARNING DEGREE PROGRAM FOR SEPTEMBER 2017// REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/061710ZAUG07// AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 195/07, OFFICER GRADUATE EDUCATION SERVICE OBLIGATION.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces application procedures for the September 2017 distance learning Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) program. 2. The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) defense-focused EMBA is a 24 month, fully-funded, part-time graduate program focused on resource management. The program targets middle to senior grade active duty officers, lieutenant commander (select) and above. Classes are delivered via online technologies with synchronous interaction between faculty and students. 3. The EMBA program begins with a required one-week temporary additional duty (TAD) in resident session at NPS in Monterey, California. The week of, 28 August to 1 September 2017 includes an orientation and a graduate level course on management of teams. A second week of required TAD in-residence instruction will be scheduled during the second year of the EMBA program. Other than these two visits to NPS Monterey, students complete all instruction from their home locations. A block of rooms will be reserved at Navy Lodge in Monterey for attendees during these two visits. Transportation by bus will be provided to and from the Navy Lodge for daily classes on the NPS campus to minimize TAD costs. 4. The parent command of the student will provide official travel orders and funding for TAD travel. If command funding is not available, students may fund their own travel and utilize no-cost TAD orders from their commands. 5. Active duty Naval officers accepted into the EMBA program are integrated into cohorts with civilian students. Typically, a cohort is comprised of about 25 students, from which student teams are formed. Cohorts take all classes together during the 24 months of instruction. Students participate in online classes one day per week, approximately six to seven hours per day, during regular continental United States duty hours. Students will receive instruction via online synchronous educational software, with faculty teaching every session in real time. Admission to the EMBA program is now available to applicants in any geographic location, regardless of the number of applicants in a location. Since courses are delivered via online learning technologies, students must have access to a computer with high-speed internet and audio-video capabilities suitable for web-enabled interactions with instructors and students. 6. Eligibility requirements include an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited four year college or university, 2.6 grade point average or higher on a 4 point scale, and at least one college-level mathematics course. A commanding officer endorsement letter is required to participate in the program. Department head or similar mid-level management experience and strong potential for promotion are preferred. Participants must have a projected rotation date no earlier than September 2019. The Graduate Management Admission Test is not required. 7. Graduates will be awarded an EMBA degree from NPS and the Navy subspecialty code 3100P, Financial Management - Defense Focus. Graduates will also earn Defense Acquisition University Level II equivalencies for several program management courses. As directed by reference (a), officers participating in this program must agree to remain on active duty following completion of graduate studies for a period of three years. This obligation is discharged concurrently with any other service obligation already incurred. This agreement does not obligate the Navy to retain the officer on active duty. 8. Officers interested in the EMBA program can visit the NPS EMBA home page at www.nps.edu/emba for detailed eligibility and application process information. Deadline for the application process is no later than 9 June 2017. Online instruction begins 26 September 2017. 9. Point of contact is the NPS EMBA program office at (831) 656- 2562/DSN 756, fax at (831)656-3630/DSN 756, or via e-mail at emba(at)nps.edu. 10. This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or 30 June 2018, whichever occurs first. 11. Released by Vice Admiral R. P. Burke, N1.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//