Academic Program

In the Accelerated MBA program (AMBA), you design your curriculum to meet your professional interests. The GW AMBA consists of two levels of courses. The first level includes twenty-one required core courses of 1.5 credit hours each (total 31.5 credit hours) and two mandatory "selectives," one in Information Systems (1.5 credit hours) and one in Business Sustainability/Responsibility (1.5 credit hours), for a total of three credit hours. The second level includes twelve 1.5-credit hour elective courses or any combination of 1.5 and three-credit elective courses (total 18 credit hours). Electives are taken after the majority of core course requirements have been fulfilled.

Elective Courses

(18 credit hours of coursework)

Choose from any 200-level elective course offered by a School of Business department: Accountancy, Decision Sciences, Finance, Information Systems and Technology Management, International Business, Management, Marketing, Strategic Management and Public Policy, and Tourism and Hospitality Management. You may complete up to six credit hours outside the School of Business.

Program Format

Core classes are held Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings and afternoons on our Foggy Bottom campus. Electives are held various weeknights on the main campus, and some electives may be available online.

Accelerated MBA Sample Curriculum

The first year of the Accelerated MBA program is a cohort format with a set schedule. Students participate in preparatory courses and a weekend-long orientation prior to the start of classes. The second year provides you with the flexibility to choose from a wide array of elective offerings.

Course	Credits	Course	Credits
Year 1
Fall Module I		Fall Module II
Global Perspectives	1.5	Financial Accounting I	1.5
Leadership & Organizations	1.5	Managing Human Capital	1.5
Business Responsibility & Sustainability	1.5	Judgment, Uncertainty & Decisions	1.5
Spring Module I		Spring Module II
Financial Accounting I	1.5	Marketing I	1.5
Data Analysis and Decision	1.5	Managerial Accounting	1.5
Micro for the Global Economy	1.5	Macro for the Global Economy	1.5
Summer Module I		Summer Module II
Marketing II	1.5	Business and Public Policy	1.5
Financial Management	1.5	Financial Markets	1.5
International Management	1.5	Operations Strategy	1.5
Year 2
Fall Module I		Fall Module II
Business Law & Communications	1.5	Business Strategy	1.5
Entrepreneurship	1.5	Elective	1.5
ISTM Selective	1.5	Elective	1.5
Spring Module I		Spring Module II
Elective	1.5	Elective	1.5
Elective	1.5	Elective	1.5
Elective	1.5	Elective	1.5
Summer Module I		Summer Module II
Elective	1.5	Elective	1.5
Elective	1.5	Elective	1.5
Elective	1.5

Knowledge Domains

Click here for a list of knowledge domains, areas of specialization from which you can choose electives.The Department of Strategic Management and Public Policy offers a number of electives that focus on ethics, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility; click here to view a list of current and previous courses.

Joint Degrees

Through special credit-hour transfer arrangements, students may earn an MBA and another degree at GW: JD with the Law School, Master of Arts with the Elliott School of International Affairs, Master of Science in Finance,  Project Management, or Information Systems Technology with the School of Business.