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Curriculum Overview

Concentrations, Electives & Global Trips

This streamlined, modular curriculum lets you tailor your learning to your specific career focus by choosing from a wide range of electives in several concentrations; you can also opt for a minor. By combining a rigorous education in the fundamentals with a targeted concentration, you'll graduate with deep, specialized knowledge and a strong skill set that will accelerate your career right away and far into the future. 

In regards to format, this is a rigorous 12-month program with classes offered during the day and evening hours. The core and elective courses meet once per week, Monday through Thursday, with limited offerings Saturday mornings. Students must take the required core courses as scheduled each term because of prerequisite sequencing. Each 16-week term is divided into two eight-week modules, A and B, with each module course earning two credit hours. The summer term follows a modified schedule of two seven-week modules. 

This is representative of the curriculum of the program. To confirm the most up-to-date curriculum for your academic year, please contact your Enrollment Advisor here.

Global Immersion

To thrive and lead in today’s rapidly globalizing world, you need a nuanced understanding of international business and culture. One of the hallmarks of the SMU Cox Full-Time MBA Programs is our global leadership program. The Cox School's relationships with corporate leaders around the world run deep — as a result you'll gain experience in the global marketplace through classroom study, speaker series, class treks abroad and the immersive Global Leadership Program. This week-long international trip lets you experience how business is conducted in some of the world’s vital economic capitals through company visits, meetings with business leaders, lectures and cultural excursions.

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Hands-On Learning

Innovative experiences outside the classroom add another dimension to your academic learning. Among the hands-on opportunities you'll find at SMU Cox:

• Hear from business leaders who are applying what you've learned in the real world.
• Test your new skills and knowledge during applied leadership projects in Dallas and beyond.
• Tour corporate headquarters and meet with executives in their offices to discuss their challenges and solutions.
• Work with the latest industry-specific technologies and software, including a simulated trading room complete with Bloomberg terminals.

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Highlight: Global Strategy in Real Life

The realities of doing business in emerging markets came alive for Alexa Higgins, Fast Track MBA '17, during her recent SMU Cox trek to the UAE. The experience was the culmination of the course Global Strategy for Emerging Markets. Alexa and her classmates visited the offices of PepsiCo, Emerson, BakerBotts and the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, among other global and regional companies, where they met with executives to gain insights on key business practices in the Gulf states.

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