The Purdue Northwest Executive MBA, EMBA, is a unique accelerated Saturday-only program that provides students with focused learning in business analytics and global business, enabling them to think strategically and improve their performance as business leaders. The curriculum provides an opportunity to gain an understanding of, and develop useful managerial skills in, each of the key functional areas of management. he program is broken into 5 modules, each consisting of 10 weeks. The first module for each incoming cohort begins on the first Saturday after Labor Day. The program effectively requires that all graduate students complete a minimum of 42 graduate credit hours.