MBA Program - Curriculum Tuck faculty are thought leaders in their fields who are also passionate about teaching. In addition, Tuck's close-knit community of faculty, students, and alumni will stimulate and encourage you, not only during your two years in Hanover, but throughout your career. The intelligence and breadth of experience that your classmates, participating alumni, the faculty, and visiting executives bring to the classroom, projects, and study group meetings are critical to your learning. This is especially true in courses that rely on the case method of teaching and in team projects, which address issues such as enterprise creation. During a case discussion, the professor guides the group's investigation of a real-life or hypothetical business situation that requires you to apply theoretical concepts and specific analytical methods.
Projects spanning three terms sharpen critical general management knowledge and skills.
They make Tuck a laboratory in which you interact with alumni and others who form a lifetime of contacts. Tuck faculty also use lectures, discussion, simulation exercises, and independent studies. The first-year core curriculum, through a series of required courses, focuses on analytical disciplines such as economics and quantitative analysis, as well as key functional areas such as finance, marketing, strategy, and operations. The new Strategic Analysis of Technology Systems course examines how technology influences commercial behavior and determines corporate success, as well as the special issues involved with the management of technology-intensive companies. Two electives provide preparation for summer internships and a head start on the second year's concentration in your field of interest.