Program Overview

Introduction to Duke Fuqua's Weekend Executive MBA Program

The Weekend Executive MBA program at Duke Fuqua is designed to enhance leadership capabilities and provide a comprehensive education in business management. The program focuses on teaching a new way of thinking that can be applied to real-time roles and over the course of a career.

Curriculum

The curriculum of the Weekend Executive MBA program includes a core that spans all the functional areas of business, as well as elective courses that refine understanding of one discipline or broaden experience across many. The program also offers the option to concentrate or earn a certificate in a chosen specialty.

Core Courses

The core courses include:

• Financial Accounting: Learn about financial accounting, reporting, and measurement problems from a theoretical and an applied basis.
• Managerial Economics: Examine the decisions of firms, consumers, and governments and their interactions to determine market outcomes.
• Managerial Accounting: Learn about the internal use of accounting information by managers to plan, control, and evaluate operations and personnel.
• Marketing Management: Gain a nuanced understanding of the underlying forces that influence marketing decisions.
• Foundations of Business Analytics: Examine structures for managerial decision making under conditions of partial information and uncertainty.
• Decision Models: Enhance ability to address complex management problems through the use of formal modeling and quantitative analytical techniques.
• Foundations of Strategy: Step into the shoes of a manager to solve current business problems under uncertain, ambiguous, and dynamic conditions.
• Operations Management: Learn about planning and controlling the processes used to produce goods and deliver services to customers.
• Financial Management: Get a broad perspective on corporate finance, financial markets, portfolio diversification, and asset pricing in a global setting.
• Global Markets and Institutions (GMI): Understand the role markets and institutions have in shaping national and international commerce.

Leadership Series

The leadership series includes four required courses that connect across the experience, building on each other as well as the personal insights gained through the program. The courses are:

• Leadership, Ethics, and Organizations (LEO): Prepare to become a more effective leader and manager.
• Integrative Leadership Experience I (ILE I): Complementing the principles taught in Leadership, Ethics, and Organizations, this outside-the-classroom module includes team and individual activities designed to strengthen skills in teamwork and leadership.
• Integrative Leadership Experience II (ILE II): Build on the self-awareness gained through the program by engaging in experiential and classroom-based personal development opportunities.
• Leadership and Development: Address leadership as a topic separate from management, providing context on achieving the right mix of the two depending on the situation, the role, and the person.

Electives

Elective courses may include:

• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Restructuring
• Emerging Markets Strategy
• Energy, Markets & Innovation
• Entrepreneurial Strategy for Innovation-Based Ventures
• Health Care Markets
• Investments
• Market Intelligence
• Negotiations
• Supply Chain Management
• Valuation & Fundamental Analysis
• Venture Capital & Private Equity

Global Academic Travel Experience (GATE)

The Global Academic Travel Experience is an optional three-credit elective course that exposes students to international business through in-class and in-country experiences.

Teaching Principles

Faculty collaborate in research and teaching across their disciplines to provide a more integrated learning experience. They are humble and believe they have much to learn as well as teach, so students will find that their professors embrace insights from their experience and the wider world.

Methods

Professors use the best mix of instructional methods for each course, which may include:

• Case studies
• Multi-view discussions
• Lectures
• Interactive exercises

Honor Code

Fuqua is serious about ethical leadership, and it creates a climate of integrity. All members of the community are governed by Fuqua's Honor Code.

Program Format

The program format includes monthly 3-day residencies.

Admissions Information

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Application Instructions

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Class Profile

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Tuition + Costs

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Financing Your Degree

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Conclusion

The Weekend Executive MBA program at Duke Fuqua offers a comprehensive education in business management, with a focus on enhancing leadership capabilities. The program includes a core curriculum, elective courses, and a leadership series, as well as opportunities for international travel and experiential learning. With a strong emphasis on teaching principles, methods, and honor code, the program provides a unique and valuable learning experience for students.