Curriculum

The curriculum at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business combines business and liberal arts courses to give students a strong foundation in critical thinking and reasoning.

During the first and second years, the primary academic emphasis is on the liberal arts core. The focus shifts to business courses in the junior and senior years.

Students must complete both 40 courses and 120 semester hours comprising liberal arts courses, business core courses, courses supporting a major, and free electives.

Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business offers six majors:  Accounting, Finance, International Business, Marketing, Management, and Operations & Information Management.

General Curricular Requirements

Business Core

• Accounting I & II
• Business Law/Business Government Relations
• Statistics
• International Business OR First-Year Seminar (FYS)
• Business Financial Management
• Principles of Marketing
• Management and Organizational Behavior
• Management Science
• Productions and Operations Management
• Social Responsibilities of Business
• Strategic Management

Liberal Arts Core

• Micro & Macro Economics
• English Literature (2)
• History/Government/Classics (2)
• Calculus
• General Philosophy and Ethics (2)
• Psychology/Sociology (2)
• Theology (2)
• Liberal Arts Electives (5)

Free Electives

In order to satisfy the 40 course requirement for graduation, students also take five free electives as needed. These may be either business courses or liberal arts courses. Students pursuing a double major often complete the electives by fulfilling courses required for each major. These free electives may also be fulfilled as part of an additional liberal arts minor.

First Year Seminar Program

International Business, Public Policy, and Society Seminar 

• The First Year Seminar Program is an exciting way for first year business students to explore the nature of scholarship, think about important ideas in business, and foster intellectual and personal growth while adapting to the rigor of college-level courses.
• Throughout the seminars, which center on international business, public policy, and society, students will develop a mentoring relationship with faculty and strengthen critical academic reading and writing skills necessary for success in college.
• The Program offers multiple seminars which create a supportive learning and service community of 20 students each. 

First Year Seminar Brochure

Click on brochure to open and read about the First Year Seminar.

Entrepreneurship fellows program

The Entrepreneurship Fellows Program (EFP) is designed with the entrepreneurial student in mind.   Through a blend of course work and extracurricular activities, the EFP will help the student understand his or her own personal entrepreneurial aptitude, learn lessons from entrepreneurial mentors and faculty, bond with their entrepreneurial peers and experienced mentors, and be equipped to pursue an entrepreneurial career in either new or existing organizations.

For more information, visit the Entrepreneurship Fellows page.

If students have any curricular questions, they are encouraged to speak with their Academic Counselor in the Undergraduate Program Office. 

When students begin to ponder internship and career-related options, the staff in the Career Education Center serve as an outstanding resources for our undergraduates.