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, Forensics, 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)

• Business Fundamentals
• Applied Probability & Statistics
• Business Communications 1
• Data Infrastructure

Term 2 (6 weeks)

• Data Science for Business
• Critical Thinking, Communication, and Collaboration
• Optional Elective

Plus:

Finance Track

• Introductory Finance

Marketing Track

• Digital Marketing

Strategy Track

• Empirical Economic Analysis

Forensics Track

• Financial Reporting Foundations

Term 3 (6 weeks)

• Data Visualization
• Navigating Organizations
• Optional Elective (except for Finance Track)

Plus:

Finance Track

• Intermediate Finance
• Derivatives

Marketing Track

• Pricing

Strategy Track

• Operations Analytics

Forensics Track

• Financial Statement Fraud

TERM 4  (6 WEEKS)

• Decision Analytics and Modeling
• Ethical & Legal Issues of Data Analytics
• Optional Elective

Plus:

Finance Track

• Fixed Income Securities

Marketing Track

• Customer Relationship Management

Strategy Track

• Strategic Management

Forensics Track

• Managing Operational and Informational Risks

Term 5 (6 weeks)

• Business Communications 2
• Capstone Project
• Optional Elective

Plus:

Finance Track

• Financial Risk Management

Marketing Track

• Market Intelligence

Strategy Track

• People Analytics

Forensics Track

• Fraud Analytics