Non-MEM Electives
Completion of the Masters degree in Engineering Management requires students to complete at least four approved electives. In addition to the electives offered within the MEM program, approved electives are offered by the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University School of Law, in addition to the Departments of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Computer Science within the Graduate School.
Graduate courses outside of the Master of Engineering Management Program require the instructor’s permission to enroll and it is ultimately up to the instructor to determine whether or not MEM students will be allowed into a particular class. Decisions are based on classroom size, enrollment caps, students’ academic/personal fit for the class, instructor willingness to take additional students, etc. Please understand that, just as you are given priority for MEM courses, students of other programs may be given priority for their courses; therefore, some courses may be limited to students of the program in which the course is offered.
Fuqua School of Business Electives
The Fuqua School of Business offers limited enrollments to non-Fuqua students. to several electives offered in their Daytime MBA Program. The MEM Academic Coordinator will send out a list of Fuqua courses that are open to MEM students along with detailed instructions on how to request enrollment.
Please be advised we will not receive a list of approved courses until mid-to- late July for fall courses and in mid November for spring courses. Course offerings change every semester, so please be aware that not every approved course will be available for you to take.
The following are a few of the more popular Fuqua (Daytime MBA) electives that will satisfy one of the four MEM elective requirements:
- ACCOUNTNG 597: Financial Statement Analysis (typically offered in Fall Session 1 and Spring Session 1-NOT open to MEM students in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026)
- ACCOUNTNG 598: Valuation and Fundamental Analysis-(offered Spring Session 2; open to MEM requests Spring 2026)
- ENRGYENV 625: Energy, Markets & Innovation (typically offered in Spring Session 1; open to MEM requests Spring 2026)
- FINANCE 647: Investment (Spring 2023 Syllabus) (typically offered in Fall Session 1 or Spring Session 2; NOT open to MEM requests Spring 2026)
- Finance 648: Derivatives (Typically Offered Spring 1 & Fall 2 Sessions-offered Fall 2025 Session 2) Finance 648 Derivatives Spring 2024 Syllabus_Khorrami
- FINANCE 651 Entre Finance (Spring 2023 Syllabus) (typically offered in Spring Session 2; open to MEM requests Spring 2026)
- FINANCE 653: Fixed Income Securities (typically offered in Spring Session 2; open to MEM requests Spring 2026)
- HLTHMGMT 711: Health Care Markets (typically offered in Spring Session 1-NOT open to MEM requests Spring 2026)
- HLTHMGMT 712: Medical Device Strategy (typically offered in Fall Session 2-NOT open to non-Fuqua students in Fall 2025)
- HLTHMGMT 717: Biotech & Pharma Strategy (typically offered in Spring Session 2; open to MEM requests Spring 2026)
- MARKETNG 799: Strategic Brand & Product Management (typically offered in Spring Session 1-not offered in Spring 2026)
- MGRECON 781: The World Economy Spring 2023 Syllabus (not open to non-Fuqua students Spring 2025 or Fall 2025)
- MRECON 784: Art & Application Game Theory (Spring Session 1 2025)
- OPERATNS 823: Operations Strategy (offered in Spring Session 1-open to MEM requests in Spring 2026) Operations Strategy 823_2024 Syllabus_Swinney
- OPERANTS 894: Sustainable Operations (typically offered in Fall Session 2-offered Fall 2025 Session 2)
- STRATEGY 627: Climate, Sustainability & Corporate Govern (typically offered in Fall Session 2; offered in Fall 2025 Session 1) STRAT 627 Fall 2024 Vermeer
- STRATEGY 838: Entrepreneurial Strategy (typically offered in Fall Session 2-not open to non-Fuqua students in Fall 2025)
- STRATEGY 842: Strategic Modeling/Business Dynamics (typically offered in Fall Session 1-offered in Fall 2025 Session 1)
- STRATEGY 845: Entrepreneurial Execution (not open to MEM student requests)
