The core curriculum is the foundation of learning in the Tuck MBA program, intentionally designed to develop the functional skills leaders need to make decisions, the tools to gather and analyze data, and the leadership ability to craft, communicate, and execute a vision for change with and through others. Tuck's integrated core curriculum provides rigorous coverage of key functional areas and disciplines with courses that build on and complement each other: analytics, corporate finance and capital markets, managerial and global economics, marketing, organizational behavior, strategy, communications, and operations. Students who have extensive previous background in a particular discipline may exempt out of a course and take an elective course in its place.