Academics
The Georgetown School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and International Executive MBA (IEMBA) as well as joint degrees in law (JD/MBA) with the Georgetown Law Center, foreign service (MBA/MSFS), public policy (MBA/MPP), and medicine (MD/MBA). Other programs include cross-registration with members of the Consortium of Colleges and Universities of the Washington Municipal Area, work-study programs, foreign exchange with 10 countries, internships, joint research with faculty, and certificate programs in international business diplomacy and area studies. The strongest areas of study are finance, marketing, and consulting (strategy). The most popular courses are internationally focused courses. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. These programs include Executive-on-Campus and Business Leader of the Year.
Sixty total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 27 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Management Communication
- Organizational Behavior
- Quantitative Methods I
- Financial Accounting I and ll
- Marketing
- International Business
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Quantitative Methods II
- Finance I and II
- Production and Operations Management
- Technology and Knowledge Management
- Ethics in Business
- Strategic Management
- Business and Government
- Global Experience
- 3 integrative courses
- Decision Support System
- Management Accounting
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements through some course waivers.
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, 3 years.
There are 39 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 95% hold a doctorate; there are 27 part-time faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average business class size is 52.