Shaping Leaders, Driving Results

Curriculum Overview

UNC Kenan-Flagler's MBA degree program features highly coordinated, flexible classes with a global perspective that prepare you to compete and succeed. The MBA degree program requires 63.0 credit hours. We place heavy emphasis on the case-study method and small group activities in our MBA classes.

We design our MBA classes with help from our corporate advisory boards. It will challenge and develop you in 3 areas recruiters say are essential for your career success:

  1. Asking the right questions and thinking like a general manager
  2. Working effectively as a leader and member of teams
  3. Speaking to groups and presenting your ideas persuasively
MBA Degree Program - Year One
Fall Classes Spring Classes
Module I Module II Module III Module IV
Analytical Tools Business Strategy Ethics Managerial Accounting
Financial Accounting Finance Management Communication: Presentation Skills Management Communication: Presentation Skills
Financial Tools Macroeconomics Elective Elective
Leading & Managing Marketing Elective Elective
Microeconomics Operations Elective Elective
Teamwork Assessment Leadership Initiative Credit
Integrative Exercise

> Year One Curriculum detail

During your first year:

  • You must complete all required core classes. We schedule core classes in small sections of 65 to 70 students to provide individual attention and base them on a business process model.
  • You begin taking elective courses that better prepare you for a summer internship.
  • You must complete the integrative exercise. This exercise requires you to put together the methods you have learned in your core MBA classes to solve complex problems.

> Elective Courses detail