Residencies at Carey Business School

The Flexible MBA program at Carey offers a few courses with a required two-day, in-person residency. Sections of three courses – Negotiation, Business Communication, and Leadership and Organizational Behavior – require online students to experience elements of interpersonal interactions to achieve learning goals. Residencies are an opportunity to truly experience the Carey Business School community and network with faculty, staff, and other students.

A typical residency lasts two days and includes opportunities for students to learn directly from their professor, collaborate with other students, and hear from outside speakers. These courses can also be taken in a virtual setting, so no student is obligated to take the sections with an in-person residency component.

Building a livable future for humanity and the planet

Build a career path that blends wealth and wellbeing. In CityLab, explore the challenges and opportunities of urbanization through the lens of livability. Reimagine business as a platform for reinventing cities for the 21^st century. As quality of life is threatened by pandemics, pollution, climate change, crime, failing infrastructure, civic discontent, and more, CityLab imagines intentional rebuilding for a livable future that transforms distressed neighborhoods into flourishing communities. Collaborate with communities on neighborhood revitalization projects fuel business innovation, inclusive wealth creation, economic democracy, and social impact investing in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and other cities around the country. 

CityLab course structure

CityLab consists of two eight-week courses and is open to MBA and MS students. In the first course, CityLab Toolkit: Urban Immersion, work individually and in teams, immersing yourself in an intensive weekend urban experience as you learn and practice strategies, tools, and skills for rebuilding cities from within. In the second course, CityLab Practicum: Social Impact Project, students put your knowledge and skills to work on a social impact project sponsored by a neighborhood entrepreneur, business, or organization

CityLab Projects

Baltimore

Baltimore’s CityLab collaborates with community leaders and business accelerators that provide technical business skills, growth capital, and social networks focused on building a business ecosystem with low barriers to workforce entry and high potential for technology integration and scaling.

Washington, D.C.

Few U.S. cities have transformed as quickly as Washington, D.C., but rapid gentrification displaces those priced out of their communities. Partnering with CityLab is an opportunity to work with local leaders who are reimagining neighborhoods like Congress Heights, Trinidad, and the New York Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue gateways into thriving residential communities and commercial hubs.