MBA Class Information

Class Schedules
Classes may take place during the following 1.5 hour block times:

Monday through Thursday Some classes may take 2 blocks of time and run for 3 hours. A break is provided by the professor at the time of their choosing.
 * 08h00 - 09h30
 * 09h40 - 11h10
 * 13h00 - 14h30
 * 14h30 - 16h10
 * 16h20 - 17h50 (Mon and Wed only - for French class section 1 only)
 * 18h00 - 19h30 (Mon and Wed only - for French class section 2 only)

Not all block times have a class scheduled during these times. If there is no class scheduled, students are free to do as they want. For example, there may be days when students only have class from 09h40 to 11h10 and that's it - the rest of the day is free for them to do as they want.

During the core terms, student schedules are determined based on their core term class sections.

Core Terms Class Sections
All students are divided into classrooms of approximately 60 students. Students in these classes are classmates for the entire term. For September intakes, there are three sections called ES-1, ES-2, ES-3. For January intakes, there are only two intakes: ES-1, ES-2.

In the class sections, a student will be assigned a seat that must be followed during the entire term. As a general rule, it is expected that students seated in the front during one term will be seated in the back during the second term (and vice versa). Students are seated to balance gender, experience and gender. It is also intended to avoid students from the same nationalities to cluster in their own groups and instead promotes better student integration.

Students may be assigned different class sections during the two different terms.

In general, all ESs share the same professors for the courses, therefore, the schedules for each ES are not exactly the same. Some ESs may have class in the morning and be free in the afternoon, while another ES may be free in the morning and have class in the afternoon.

The only core course students do not share the same professor is Financial Accounting.

Core Terms Work-Groups
Within the class sections, students are further divided into work-groups (approximately 6 students per group). These are determined by the HEC staff and are assigned prior to the start of the term.

The groups are organized to balance national origins, work experience and gender.