MQM: Program Format

Our Faculty

All Fuqua degree programs are taught by the same world-renowned faculty, scholars recognized for excellence in both teaching and research. The classes they teach are academically challenging and relevant to business today. In spite of their world-class credentials, your professors are highly accessible—with an open-door policy, they’re often happy to continue a classroom debate over coffee or lunch.

Team-Based Learning

What sets Fuqua apart is the way we structure our programs—as learning teams. You’ll collaborate on coursework and projects with a team of 4–6 students hand-picked to ensure you learn from people with different backgrounds. Replicating a corporate environment, you’ll learn as much from your team experience as you do from your courses—gaining an understanding of the ways drawing strength from others leads to stronger results.

• Over five terms you can complete up to 19 courses and a Capstone Project. Each term, required courses cover topics in data, statistics, and analytics as well as business context, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. Starting in Term 2, you will also take at least one course per term in your  functional track, as well as optional electives from the other tracks. 

You'll apply for a functional track in either Finance, Marketing, Information Risk Management, or Strategy as part of the admissions process. Each class generally meets twice a week for 2 hours and 15 minutes. Here is a representative class schedule:

Term 1 (6 weeks)

• Programming for Data Analytics
• Applied Probability & Statistics
• Business Communications
• Business Fundamentals

Term 2 (6 weeks)

• Data Science for Business
• Data Infrastructure

Plus:

Finance Track

• Introductory Finance

Marketing Track

• Customer Relationship Management

Risk Track

• Managing Operational and Informational Risks

Strategy Track

• Strategic Management

Term 3 (6 weeks)

• Modern Analytics
• Critical Thinking and Collaboration

Plus:

Finance Track

• Intermediate Finance
• Derivatives

Marketing Track

• Digital Marketing

Risk Track

• Fraud Analytics

Strategy Track

• Operations Analytics

TERM 4  (6 WEEKS)

• Decision Analytics and Modeling
• Data Visualization

Plus:

Finance Track

• Fixed Income Securities

Marketing Track

• Market Intelligence

Risk Track

• Empirical Economic Analysis

Strategy Track

• Empirical Economic Analysis

Term 5 (6 weeks)

• Capstone Project
• Navigating Organizations

Plus:

Finance Track

• Financial Risk Management

Marketing Track

• Pricing

Risk Track

• Managing Cybersecurity Risk

Strategy Track

• People Analytics