Academics
The UNC Kenan-Flagler offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Accounting (MAC) as well as a doctoral program in business administration, and a joint degree in law (MBA/JD), city and regional planning (MBA/MRP), school of public health (MBA/MHA), and MBA/MSPH school of information and library science (MBA/MSIS). Other programs include interdisciplinary programs, cross-registration with North Carolina State and Duke Universities, 40 foreign exchange programs in more than 35 countries, internships, including an international summer internship program, and a global strategic alliance with the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Mexico, and cooperative programs with 4 countries. There is an MBA for Executives program offered on evenings or weekends. The strongest areas of study are management, finance, marketing, global supply chain management, entrepreneurship, real estate, consulting, and leadership. The most popular courses are Complex Deals, Negotiations, and Financial Statement Analysis. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. These include a variety of lecture series, a distinguished faculty scholar program, and a partnership with the Asian Institute of Technology that involves faculty exchanges and collaborative research.
Sixty-three total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 28 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Analytical Tools
- Ethics
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Tools
- Microeconomics
- Finance
- Macroeconomics
- Marketing
- Operations
- Strategy
- Leading and Managing
- Teamwork and Leadership
- Fall Integrative Exercises
- Spring Leadership Exercise
- Three of the following the first year:
- Global Context
- Business Innovation
- Managerial Accounting
- Corporate Strategy
- Sustainable Enterprise
- Global Marketing
Required courses for the MAC include:
- Financial Reporting I, ll, and III
- Individual Income Taxation
- Introduction to Business Taxation
- Deloitte Corporate Taxation
- Cost Accounting
- Auditing and Assurance Services
- Tax and Business Strategy
- Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions
- Ethical Aspects of Management
- Financial Statement of Analysis
- Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- Introduction to Technology
- Microeconomics
- Legal Environment of Business
- Financial Management
- Quantitative Methods
Required courses for the MBA/EMBA include:
- General Management and Strategy
- Strategic Technology and Business Innovation
- Business Ethics
- Strategic Economics
- Macroeconomics: The Global External Environment
- International Competitive Strategy
- Communications Skills
- Capstone: Strategic Thinking and Change
- Financial Accounting
- Mangerial Accounting
- Analytical Tools for Decision Making
- Financial Management
- Marketing Management
- Microeconomics for Managers
- Global Operations Management
- Developing Managerial and Leadership Skills
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; for the MBA (1 year for the Mac) maximum, 5 years.
There are 94 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 94% hold a doctorate; there are 56 part-time faculty. Faculty salaries are rated above average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 6; average business class sizr is 70 in core courses, 45 in electives.