Academics
The Darden offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA for Executives) as well as a doctoral program in finance, marketing, operations management, and ethics, and a joint degree in business and law (MBA/JD); in East Asian studies, government, foreign affairs, and public administration (MBA/MA); in engineering (MBA/ME); and in nursing (MBA/MSN); and an MBA/PhD in 4 years. Other programs include cross-registration with the School of Law, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing, and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; foreign exchange with 16 countries; summer internships; and joint research with faculty at other institutions. The strongest areas of study are consulting, entrepreneurship, finance, general management, and marketing and ethics. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus including Darden’s 50th Anniversary Speaker Series. Faculty and student clubs also host visiting speakers each semester.
Required courses include:
- Accounting for Managers
- Business Ethics
- Decision Analysis
- Financial Management and Policies
- Global Economics and Markets
- Leading Organizations
- Management Communication
- Marketing
- Operations Management
- Strategic Thinking and Action
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 2 years; maximum, varies.
There are 67 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 97% hold a doctorate; there are 25 part-time faculty. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average business class size is 55.