Full-time Vanderbilt MBA students may take courses for credit at other Vanderbilt graduate schools with approval from the Director of Academic Programs. Since 2001, the number of full-time Vanderbilt MBA students attending classes at other Vanderbilt graduate programs has increased by 30 percent. Classes at the Vanderbilt University Law School and School of Nursing are among the most popular choices. Students generally choose to take these interdisciplinary classes during the spring semester.
Courses for Credit
Below are some of the interdisciplinary courses taken by Vanderbilt MBA students:
Law: Corporate Governance, Patents, White Collar Crime Seminar, Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Dynamics, Law and Finance of Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporations and Business Entities, Wills and Trusts, Bankruptcy, Corporate Restructuring
Divinity: The Professions and Society
Peabody (School of Education): Industrial Organizations, Global Dimensions Organizational Development
Medical: Bioethics Seminar, Healthcare Policy
Nursing: Healthcare Financial Analysis, Healthcare Delivery System
Other Courses Available
In addition to courses for credit, students may take enrichment courses on campus. Some examples of classes Vanderbilt MBA students have taken across campus are Chinese, Piano, and Design Synthesis.
Resources
Vanderbilt Course Catalogs
Arts & Sciences Catalog
Peabody Human and Organizational Development Program
Law School Courses
School of Engineering
Divinity