CONCENTRATIONS

MBA@UNC allows students to tailor their education to support their chosen career or industry by selecting from several concentrations that focus on a specified field or discipline.

Concentrations consist of suggested core and elective courses that help students build their knowledge in a particular focus area and are designed to mirror the hiring needs of employers. Course offerings are subject to change.

Students who do not wish to pursue these concentrations may also take electives in any discipline to create a custom curriculum that fits their academic and career goals. Concentrations are not reflected on students’ transcripts.

MBA@UNC’s Data Analytics and Decision Making concentration is designed for students who are looking to enhance their ability to make strategic business decisions based on the use of data.

Students will learn critical data analysis skills and how to communicate data-driven strategies to benefit their organizations.

Ambitious individuals with aspirations of launching their own commercial ventures can benefit from the Entrepreneurship concentration. This concentration helps students bring their business ideas to life and spans a broad range of entrepreneurial topics, such as:

The Finance concentration equips students with the skills and knowledge they need to further their careers within financial services. The flexible nature of the MBA@UNC curriculum allows students to explore a variety of finance topics, including:

The Management and Leadership concentration takes an experiential learning approach to preparing students for a wide variety of senior-level roles across functions and industries.

Through curated coursework and practice, students will develop the analytical, leadership and decision-making skills to expand their role within their current organization or take on new challenges helping businesses solve essential problems. Topics explored include: maximizing team effectiveness, embracing change and driving results, empowering and delegating, and problem solving and decision making.

The Marketing concentration at MBA@UNC expands on the fundamentals of marketing and offers specialized courses in a variety of areas, including:

The Strategy and Consulting concentration takes an experiential learning approach to preparing students for roles as business consultants and internal corporate strategy professionals.

Through guided practice and exercises, students will develop the analytical, leadership and client management skills to expand their role within their current organization or take on new challenges helping businesses solve essential problems.