Elective courses
The extensive range of elective courses gives you the opportunity to drill into areas of special interest and deepen existing knowledge. At the same time, you expand your network still further as you study with students from the other programmes at each school.
As an EMBA-Global student, you have access to the elective courses offered by both London Business School and Columbia Business School. Now, a new partnership agreement means that you may also undertake electives offered by HKU Business School in either Hong Kong or Shanghai.
Courses are presented in a variety of formats. As you create your programme of study, this variety is key to successfully integrating your study with your professional commitments.
London Business School elective formats:
| Modular: Friday/Saturday format | Block week format | Term class format |
| Over a single 10 week term | Typically Monday to Friday | Three hour classes |
| Alternating weeks | Blocks of five working days | Mornings, afternoons or evenings |
| Fridays or Saturdays | Taught outside term dates | Once a week over 10 weeks |
Columbia Business School elective formats:
| Block week format | Term class format |
| Sunday to Thursday or Monday to Friday | Three hour classes |
| Blocks of five consecutive days | |
| Taught either within or outside term dates | Friday and/or Saturday over 12-13 weeks |
HKU Business School elective format:
| Weekend modular format |
| Typically Thursday to Sunday (Whole day classes) |
| One or two blocks per month |
| Blocks of consecutive four days |
Please note that not all electives are offered in all formats. If you wish to take electives in the block-week format only, this will limit your choice as not all subjects are offered in this format.
Popular electives offered by London Business School include:
- Energy Markets, Models and Strategies
- Financing the Entrepreneurial Business
- International Finance
- Managing Change
- Managing Corporate Turnarounds
- New Rules of Strategy
- Paths to Power
- Project Management
- The Global Business Leader
- Venture Capital and Private Equity
- World Economy: Problems and Prospects
Popular electives offered by Columbia Business School include:
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- Behavioural Economics and Decision Making
- Capital Markets and Investments
- Entrepreneurial Management
- Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation
- Globalisation and Markets and the Changing Economic Landscape
- Managerial NegotiationsAdvanced Corporate Finance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Managing Brands, Identity and Experiences
- Personal Leadership and Success
- Turnaround Management
New electives offered by HKU Business School include:
- Legal Environment in Asia
- Doing Business in China
- Cross-Cultural Management
- Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
Timetable
The EMBA-Global timetable facilitates a highly-focused learning experience.
Independent research courses
Working with a faculty member on an independent research course is a powerful learning experience.
