Core Courses

Core courses are the foundation of your academic experience. These courses provide you with the fundamental building blocks you need to excel in business.

The first year of the Evening MBA program, and the summer semester of your second year, are devoted to core curriculum studies. During the fall and spring semesters of the second and third years, you will have the opportunity to choose electives that best match your career goals. To satisfy graduation requirements, you must complete:

  • Nine core courses
  • Three modules: Management Practice, Communications, Leader Development, International Module
  • Eight electives of your choice

 

The nine core courses required for graduation include the following courses. Select a course to view its description.


 

Management Practice

This course, held during the last two weeks of select core courses, provides you the opportunity to develop and practice a crucial managerial ability: solving a business problem with ambiguous or less than perfect information at one's disposal. This course is a vehicle for strengthening the links to practice and real integration across each academic discipline. It will expose you to different career paths early in your time at Goizueta, and will help you build the skills to frame problems and find the data you need to analyze a situation and make a supported, timely decision.

Leadership Development

At Goizueta, the idea of creating principled leaders isn't relegated to a single course or a passing notion, it's infused into every aspect of your MBA experience. Every student participates in our Leadership Development course. You'll delve into the core values that drive principled, effective leaders. You’ll also explore other key leadership areas such as self-awareness, resilience, high performing teams, influencing others, and giving and receiving feedback. From there, you’ll dig into more advanced topics, such as leading and facilitating teams, coaching, mentoring, and ethics. > More