Departments
Academic Departments
The academic departments of the GW School of Business bring together leading faculty, rigorous scholarship, and real-world insight to prepare students for today’s complex business landscape. Through innovative teaching and research, our departments equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to lead, adapt, and succeed across industries.
Accountancy
The Department of Accountancy offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral coursework in accounting, financial management, taxation, and business law.
Decision Sciences
The Department of Decision Sciences explores data analytics, optimization, operations management, and project management at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels.
Finance
Offering an AACSB-accredited curriculum at the undergraduate, master’s, and PhD levels, the Department of Finance offers courses in corporate finance, financial engineering, investment banking, personal finance, real estate and related topics.
Information Systems and Technology Management
The Department of Information Systems and Technology Management (ISTM) offers undergraduate, graduate, and PhD programs focused on the design, implementation, and management of information systems and technology.
International Business
The Department of International Business offers top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs with coursework in international economics and finance, international marketing, and global corporate strategy.
Management
The Department of Management offers undergraduate, graduate, and PhD programs that examine organizational behavior and development, leadership, human resource management, management consulting, teamwork, entrepreneurship, customer experience management, and executive behavior.
Marketing
Through its undergraduate and graduate programs, the Department of Marketing explores marketing and competitive strategy, international marketing, strategic brand management, services marketing, channels of distribution, integrated marketing communications, digital and social media marketing, and marketing for social causes.
Strategic Management and Public Policy
The Department of Strategic Management and Public Policy examines the intersection of business, government, and society through undergraduate and PhD programs. Faculty contribute to courses across multiple GW Business majors, including markets and politics, business ethics and the legal environment, and strategy formulation and implementation.