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Students in The Duke MBA—Weekend Executive program earn a top-tier MBA while retaining their jobs, staying on career trajectories, and enhancing their professional networks.
This program has been redesigned (for the class beginning in June 2010) to align with our global strategy and to provide you with the knowledge and resources needed for today's diverse and ever-changing business environment. Program additions include:
- Greater networking opportunities through a shared elective term with Cross Continent MBA students from all over the world who will meet you in Durham
- New optional concentrations in Energy and Environment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Marketing, Finance, Strategy, and Health Sector Management
- Enhanced leadership and professional development components weaved throughout the course of your program
- Expanded curriculum to better prepare you for positions that require global business knowledge
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Alumni Profile Helping Big Business Go Green: Michelle Harvey (Weekend Executive ’89) partners with Wal-Mart to improve the environment without harming company's bottom line. Read full story .
With minimal interruption to your life and work, you will spend 19 intense months strengthening core business skills and engaging with faculty and students from a broad range of academic and applied backgrounds.
Program Features:
- All classes are delivered on Duke’s campus in Durham, NC.
- After a 1 week orientation, classes are held on alternating weekends on Fridays and Saturdays in Terms 1 - 5, with accommodations provided on Friday nights. Term 6 sessions are held on campus for 2 weeks with the remainder of the term completed online.
- Optional concentrations include Energy and Environment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Marketing, Finance, Strategy, and Health Sector Management.
- Students can travel abroad to participate in a Global Academic Travel Experience (GATE).
- Curriculum
Honor Code
All members of The Duke MBA community are governed by the Honor Code of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Incoming students receive extensive Honor Code training and participate in an Honor Code signing ceremony.
The Duke MBA curriculum prepares students to succeed in a continuously changing environment. This is accomplished through a rigorous approach that challenges students to adopt new modes of thinking and apply sophisticated analyses and decision processes in a variety of settings. The curriculum focuses on the development of knowledge across disciplines, with opportunities for students to focus their studies through elective courses and an optional concentration.
The curriculum was redesigned for the class beginning in June 2010 and the program is now delivered in 6 terms of approximately 3 months each. Students take 13 core courses, 4 electives, and have the option to complete a 2-course credit special project to earn an optional concentration.
Term Schedule
- Term I
Orientation
Integrative Learning Experience I (ILE I)
Leadership, Ethics, and Organizations (LEO)
Global Markets and Institutions (GMI)- Term II
Probability and Statistics
Financial Accounting
Managerial Economics- Term III
Integrative Learning Experience II (ILE II)
Decision Models
Marketing Management
Managerial Accounting- Term IV
Global Financial Management
Operations Management
Corporate Strategy- Term V
Leadership and Development
- Term VI
4 Electives
- Term VII
Optional Concentration (consists of a 2-course credit special project)
Electives
Electives are taken during Term 6 and are taken jointly with Cross Continent MBA students. A number of electives are available, but vary from year to year. Below are examples from past years' electives:
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Restructuring
- Entrepreneurship & New Venture Management
- Financial Statement Analysis
- International Management Study
- Marketing Strategy
- Negotiations
- Valuation and Fundamental Analysis
- Venture Capital
Concentrations
A new offering to Weekend Executive students is the option to earn a concentration in several areas of business management. No matter your career path, your grounding in the principles and practices of general management coupled with a specialization will expand your career opportunities.
If you elect to pursue a concentration, you must complete at least 2 electives in Term 6 from an approved list for the concentration, as well as secure approval to engage in an independent elective project, which will be worth the equivalent of 2 courses. Your transcript will state the concentration you choose. The independent project will be completed in the optional Term 7, which will begin in December 2010 and end in March 2011. Concentration choices include the following options:
- Energy and Environment
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Marketing
- Finance
- Strategy
- Health Sector Management
- Faculty
All of Duke’s MBA programs are taught by Fuqua’s top-ranked faculty, a group of leading scholars who are recognized for excellence in both teaching and research.
The Fuqua faculty is committed to student success and provides courses that are both relevant and academically challenging. Professors remain accessible and encourage ongoing student interaction, whether meeting with students outside of class or continuing a dialogue electronically.
Learn more about particular faculty members by viewing Fuqua's Faculty web pages .