The MBA Family Enterprise Focus prepares students for leadership in their family firms. It complements their MBA coursework by providing a lens with which to view other academic disciplines. Students also may choose to couple this Focus with a Concentration in another area of interest.
Students can customize the Family Enterprise Focus to create a learning plan to address the strategic vision of their family firms and build upon their individual strengths. A key benefit is developing a robust network of peers and family business leaders who will be resources both during and after their UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA experience.
MBA Focus requirements
To receive a certificate of completion, MBA students must complete a total of five courses or the equivalent of 7.5 credits from the following list:
Required: Two Courses (total of 3.0 credits)
- MBA 843A: Family Business I: Introduction to Family Enterprise
- MBA 843B: Family Business II: Governance & Ownership in the Family Firm
Electives: Minimum of three courses (total of 4.5 credits)
- MBA 794: Private Wealth Management
- MBA 799: Governance and Financial Accountability
- MBA 805: Corporate Strategy
- MBA 807: Leadership Immersion
- MBA 817: Venture Capital Valuation and Deal Structure
- MBA 823: Leading from the Middle
- MBA 828: Strategic Innovation
- MBA 835: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- MBA 843: Entrepreneurship through Acquisitions: Structuring Your Buyout
- MBA 845: Navigating Self, Conflict and Change
- MBA 846A: Private Equity
- MBA 846J: Business Plan Analysis
- MBA 846K: Startups: Ideas, Passion and Intellectual Property
- MBA 847: Sales Management
- MBA 848A: Launching the Venture: Opportunity
- MBA 848B: Launching the Venture: Feasibility
- MBA 848C: Launching the Venture: Business Planning
- MBA 848D: Launching the Venture: Financing
- MBA 852: Real Estate Process
- MBA 853B: Real Estate Law
- MBA 853C: International Real Estate Investment
- MBA 853D: Real Estate Macroeconomics and Securities Markets
- MBA 853E: Financing Real Estate in Today’s Capital Markets
- MBA 854: Real Estate Development Process – Development
- MBA 854A: Real Estate Development – Finance
- MBA 880P: STAR/ Leadership Project
Please contact Lauren Willets who is the coordinator for the Family Enterprise Focus if you have questions