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Master of Management Studies (Foundations of Business)

Program Code: F-FMS-MMS
Degree Designation: Master of Management Studies
Department: Fuqua School of Business
Website: fuqua.duke.edu/programs/mms-foundations-of-business

Program Summary

The Master of Management Studies programs are pre-experience master’s degree programs intended to help students obtain core technical business skills and subject matter knowledge that is incremental to their undergraduate degree. Students with a master’s degree or PhD in a nonbusiness field who do not have work experience are also strong candidates for the Fuqua MMS Program.

The curriculum for the Fuqua MMS Program involves fifteen required courses. For the Foundations of Business (FOB) Program, these courses are typically offered over five six-week terms (three courses per term). Each course meets twice a week for 2.25 hours. Classes meet Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday. Wednesdays are reserved for MMS programming, such as Career Management Center activities, team-building sessions, and professional development seminars.

In the FOB Program, there are no elective courses. There are no course exemptions. Course substitutions are not permitted, and students progress through the program as a single cohort. This structure reflects the importance of the following issues: (1) the need to ensure the appropriate balance between the breadth and depth required to successfully prepare for an entry-level position; (2) the need to ensure that students have uniform quality with respect to depth of exposure to concepts and frameworks in a given area; and (3) the value of intact cohorts which will allow us to enhance teaming skills in repeated contexts.

Students interested in the program should contact the Office of Admissions, The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708-0120; email: admissions-info@fuqua.duke.edu; website: fuqua.duke.edu/programs/mms-foundations-of-business; phone: (919) 660-7700; fax: (919) 684-2818.

Academic Requirements

Degree requirements include completion of the following core courses:

  • ACCOUNTG 510F/510K (Introduction to Financial Accounting)

  • DECISION 516F/516K (Quantitative Business Analysis)

  • MGMTCOM 505F/505K (Business Communication 1)

  • FINANCE 524F/524K (Foundations of Capital Markets)

  • MARKETNG 550F/550K (Introduction to Marketing Analysis)

  • MGRECON 547F/547K (Fundamentals of Business Economics)

  • MANAGEMT 544F/544K (Foundations of Management & Organizations)

  • FINANCE 525F/525K (Foundations of Corporate Finance)

  • STRATEGY 557F/557K (Principles of Strategy)

  • ACCOUNTG 511F/511K (Principles of Cost and Managerial Accounting)

  • MGMTCOM 506F/506K (Fuqua Client Consulting Practicum)

  • MARKETNG 551F/551K (Fundamentals of Market Intelligence)

  • DECISION 517F/517K (Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis)

  • ACCOUNTG 512F/512K (Fundamentals of Financial Analysis)

  • OPERATNS 554F/554K (Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management)

Bulletin Links

2026-2027 Fuqua School of Business Bulletin. Download PDF here.