The Vanderbilt MBA academic calendar is based on the “mod”—a unit in our modular system of short, intensive courses, each seven weeks in length. Two mods equal one semester.
Owen students rate the mod system highly. Mods give MBA candidates a fast start by allowing them to take courses in their chosen specialty as early as the spring of their first year. A student can complete significant study in his or her Concentration before taking on a summer internship. The total number of courses over a two-year period allows students the freedom and flexibility to take electives within their chosen specialty or in cross-functional areas of interest.
Owen faculty bring both ground-breaking research and real-world experience into the classroom to illuminate and demonstrate relevance to today’s business challenges. In many courses, students work together in cross-disciplinary, ethnically and globally diverse teams on projects and case analyses.
