Core Curriculum
As an EMBA student, you will earn the 60 credits required for graduation over a period of 20 months, taking 12 credits during each of five terms. Columbia Business School’s core curriculum, a series of focused, rigorous and relevant courses taken largely during the first two terms, makes up a large portion of the EMBA academic experience. Taught mainly by full-time faculty members, the core is designed to give you fluency in the academic disciplines and applied functional areas.
In the fall of 2008, Columbia Business School will debut a revised core curriculum that will provide you with the same strong foundation of core business skills while giving EMBA students the opportunity to take one additional elective in the third term.
Year 1: A Solid Foundation
The first year of the EMBA Program, like that of the traditional MBA format, focuses on key business skills through the following core courses:
- Financial Accounting
- Performance Measurement
- Corporate Finance
- Decision Models
- Managerial Economics
- Macro Economics
- Organizational Change and Leadership
- Marketing
- Operations Management and Operations Strategy
- Managerial Statistics
- Strategy
- Markets requirement course
Year 2: Developing More Focused Skills
Year 2 adopts an executive education approach that is pragmatic and application-based, with a more flexible format. You are able to choose from a wide array of electives and are also able to participate in elective block weeks, which bring students from Columbia’s two other EMBA programs, Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA and EMBA-Global, together for an intensive, cross-cultural learning experience. In terms 4 or 5, you are also strongly encouraged to participate in an International Seminar.
