For incoming MBAs who want to refresh their quantitative skills, Kenan-Flagler offers an optional summer preparatory program. Analytic Skills Workshops with on-campus courses in accounting, microeconomics and statistics are available in June and July. Classes meet for an hour and a half, five days a week for 3.5 weeks, with more than half of the first-year students attending.
Distance learning is an option for some of the courses.
Computer and career management workshops are offered as well. Orientation is held in early to mid August and provides new students the opportunity to get acquainted with the School, the University of North Carolina and the Research Triangle community. Students meet their study group teammates on the first day of Orientation and spend a great deal of time getting to know their classmates during this introduction to the MBA Program. International Student Orientation , which coincides with MBA Orientation, provides an additional opportunity for first-year international students to get acclimated to the American academic scene. International Student Orientation is held in mid-August and offers a variety of informative sessions.