Academic Program

In the Professional MBA program (PMBA), you can design your own course schedule to meet your professional and personal needs. The GW PMBA 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 should be 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

Classes are held weeknights and some weekends on our Foggy Bottom campus.

Professional MBA Sample Curriculum

There are sample program schedules for students starting in the fall semester and the spring semester. Students have up to five years to complete the program. The student and program director will outline an individualized study plan.

Sample Curriculum for Students Beginning in the Fall Semester

CORE COURSES	Recommended Term	Year	Credits
MBAD 6261 Organizations and Leadership	Fall - Module I	I	1.5
MBAD 6211 Financial Accounting	Fall - Module I	I	1.5
MBAD 6262 Managing Human Capital	Fall - Module II	I	1.5
MBAD 6212: Financial Accounting II (*MBAD 211)	Fall - Module II	I	1.5
MBAD 6221: Judgment, Uncertainty, and Decisions	Spring - Module I	I	1.5
MBAD 6213: Managerial Accounting (*MBAD 211, 212)	Spring - Module I	I	1.5
MBAD 6222: Data Analysis and Decisions (*MBAD 221)	Spring - Module II	I	1.5
MBAD 6241: Global Perspectives	Spring - Module II	I	1.5
MBAD 6272: Nature of Markets	Summer - Module I	I	1.5
MBAD 6244: International Management (*MBAD 241)	Summer - Module I	I	1.5
MBAD 6273: Marketing Decisions (*MBAD 272)	Summer - Module II	I	1.5
MBAD 6223: Operations Strategy (*MBAD 222)	Summer - Module II	I	1.5
MBAD 6242: Micro for the Global Economy	Fall - Module I	II	1.5
MBAD 6285: Business Law and Communications	Fall - Module I	II	1.5
MBAD 6265: Entrepreneurship	Fall - Module II	II	1.5
MBAD 6243: Macro for the Global Economy (*MBAD 242)	Fall - Module II	II	1.5
MBAD 6281: Business Ethics	Spring - Module I	II	1.5
MBAD 6233: Financial Markets (*MBAD 212, 222, 242)	Spring - Module I	II	1.5
Sustainability, Responsibility, Policy & Strategy (SRPS) Selective	Spring - Module II	II	1.5
MBAD 6234: Financial Management (*MBAD 233)	Spring - Module II	II	1.5
ISTM Selective	Summer - Module I	II	1.5
MBAD 6284: Business and Public Policy	Summer - Module I	II	1.5
MBAD 6286: Business Strategy (all other core courses)	Summer - Module II	II	1.5
Elective	Summer - Module II	II	1.5
Remaining Electives

* Courses in parentheses are prerequisites and must be taken BEFORE the listed course.

 

Sample Curriculum for Students Beginning in the Spring Semester

CORE COURSES	Recommended Term	Year	Credits
MBAD 6261 Organizations and Leadership	Spring - Module I	I	1.5
MBAD 6211 Financial Accounting	Spring - Module I	I	1.5
MBAD 6262 Managing Human Capital	Spring - Module II	I	1.5
MBAD 6212: Financial Accounting II (*MBAD 211)	Spring - Module II	I	1.5
MBAD 6272: Nature of Markets	Summer - Module I	I	1.5
MBAD 6213: Managerial Accounting (*MBAD 211, 212)	Summer - Module I	I	1.5
MBAD 6273: Marketing Decisions (*MBAD 272)	Summer - Module II	I	1.5
MBAD 6265: Entrepreneurship	Summer - Module II	I	1.5
MBAD 6221: Judgment, Uncertainty, and Decisions	Fall - Module I	I	1.5
MBAD 6241: Global Perspectives	Fall - Module I	I	1.5
MBAD 6222: Data Analysis and Decisions (*MBAD 221)	Fall - Module II	I	1.5
MBAD 6244: International Management (*MBAD 241)	Fall - Module II	I	1.5
MBAD 6242: Micro for the Global Economy	Spring - Module I	II	1.5
MBAD 6285: Business Law and Communications	Spring - Module I	II	1.5
MBAD 6223: Operations Strategy (*MBAD 222)	Spring - Module II	II	1.5
MBAD 6243: Macro for the Global Economy (*MBAD 242)	Spring - Module II	II	1.5
MBAD 6281: Business Ethics	Summer - Module I	II	1.5
ISTM Selective	Summer - Module I	II	1.5
Sustainability, Responsibility, Policy & Strategy (SRPS) Selective	Summer - Module II	II	1.5
MBAD 6284: Business and Public Policy	Summer - Module II	II	1.5
Elective	Fall - Module I	II	1.5
MBAD 6233: Financial Markets (*MBAD 212, 222, 242)	Fall - Module I	II	1.5
MBAD 6234: Financial Management (*MBAD 233)	Fall - Module II	II	1.5
MBAD 6286: Business Strategy (all other core courses)	Fall - Module II	II	1.5

* Courses in parentheses are prerequisites and must be taken BEFORE the listed course.