The core and integrative courses in the curriculum emphasize a general management approach to business leadership. Integrative courses in managerial accounting, information systems management, and strategy formulation merge concepts with applications.
Electives provide flexibility and opportunities for additional depth or breadth in an area of study.
The diversity of elective courses, which constitute one half of the program, helps students position themselves for immediate and long-range opportunities. GW's School of Business and Public Management is known for its impressive array of electives designed to respond to the complete range of ever-changing business issues. Experience, is the greatest teacher, on the job and in the classroom. Some prospective MBA students already have academic credit for comparable core courses and may be waived from those requirements if the coursework was completed within the last five years. Others have gained proficiency on the job that they may demonstrate by passing an exam in a core area to waive core courses.