F-FMS-MMS - Master of Management Studies (Foundations of Business)

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. Students in the FOB Program are also able to enroll in an elective Fuqua Client Consulting Practicum (FCCP), subject to availability.

Other than the Fuqua Client Consulting Practicum 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.