MBA
14 Courses
36 Credits
Program Length:
- Full-time in as few as 11 months
- Part-time in as few as 16 months
Career and Professional Development
All full-time MBA students are required to complete the Career Strategy and Design Accomplishment prior to graduation. This non-credit requirement consists of structured modules focused on the development of essential professional competencies. The content is informed by feedback from employers and industry experts and is designed to equip students with the skills necessary to translate their academic experience into career success.
Contextualize: From Boston to the World (8 credits)
Must be taken as early in the program as possible.
Understand Business Fundamentals (6 credits)
Travel Seminar Requirement (3 credits)
Choose one of the following courses:
Construct the Big Picture (7 credits)
| MBA-745 | Contextualizing Values Based Decision Making | 1 |
| MBA-750 | Building Global Connections | 3 |
| MBA-760 | World Class Strategies | 3 |
MBA Electives (9 credits)
The curriculum requires three courses (9 credits) of MBA electives, or an option of completing a three-course (nine credit) concentration. The courses must be taken within the Sawyer Business School and be 800 level or above. A select number of Healthcare and Nonprofit electives are acceptable. The availability of elective courses varies by semester.
Concentrations include:
The schedule of when courses within a concentration are offered vary by semester.
Use the Add a Program of Study Workday Student task to Declare a Concentration. Students are encouraged to meet with their advisor before they declare a concentration.
The concentration appears on the transcript, not the diploma.
Below is a list of approved electives.
Accounting
| ACCT-801 | Graduate Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT-802 | Graduate Financial Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT-804 | Cost and Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT-805 | Auditing and Assurance Services | 3 |
| ACCT-806 | Fraud Examination | 3 |
| ACCT-807 | Forensic and Investigative Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT-824 | Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics | 3 |
| ACCT-861 | Leadership in the Financial Professions | 3 |
| ACCT-865 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACCT-871 | Not-For-Profit and Governmental Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT-910 | Directed Individual Study in Accounting | 3 |
Entrepreneurship
Finance and Managerial Economics
Healthcare Administration
Information Systems and Operations Management
| ISOM-631 | Data Analytics with Python | 3 |
| ISOM-801 | Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel | 3 |
| ISOM-821 | Data Management and Modeling | 3 |
| ISOM-825 | Enterprise Data Management | 3 |
| ISOM-827 | Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence | 3 |
| ISOM-829 | Advanced Data Management Leveraging ETL Tools | 3 |
| ISOM-835 | Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning | 3 |
| ISOM-837 | Data Mining to Business Insights | 3 |
| ISOM-840 | Security and Privacy | 3 |
| ISOM-845 | Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, and Storytelling | 3 |
| ISOM-851 | Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Operations, and Analytics | 3 |
| ISOM-861 | Project Management: Gaining Competitive Advantage | 3 |
| ISOM-900 | Special Topics in Information Systems | 3 |
| ISOM-910 | Directed Individual Study | 3 |
Marketing
| MKT-810 | Marketing Research for Managers | 3 |
| MKT-815 | Marketing Foundations and Strategy | 3 |
| MKT-818 | Global Product Innovation | 3 |
| MKT-819 | Global Perspectives in Consumer Marketing | 3 |
| MKT-845 | Advanced Digital Analytics | 3 |
| MKT-850 | Customer Centricity and Creativity in Marketing | 3 |
| MKT-855 | Digital Marketing Challenges | 3 |
| MKT-860 | Qualitative Methods and Customer Insights | 3 |
| MKT-870 | Advanced Marketing Analytics With R | 3 |
| MKT-877 | Neuromarketing | 3 |
Public Administration including Nonprofit Management
Taxation
Lead and Implement Change (3 credits)
Must be taken as late in the program as possible.
| MBA-770 | Leading and Implementing Change | 3 |
Transfer Policy
Six (6) credits taken at the graduate level from an AACSB accredited graduate program in business, may be transferred if the credits do not apply to a previously completed degree and have relevancy to the current curriculum which is determined on a case-by-case basis. Transfer credits must have an earned grade of "B" or better and be taken within seven (7) years prior to entering the Suffolk MBA Programs.
Students Who Leave Boston Before Their Degree is Complete
Occasionally, Suffolk MBA students must leave the Boston area having not yet completed their degree. You may be able to transfer in six credits from an AACSB-accredited MBA close to your new place of residence. Courses must be pre-approved by Suffolk’s assistant dean of graduate programs and have a grade of "B" or better.
Students who leave the area may also be able to complete all or a portion of their Suffolk MBA on a part-time basis online.
Transfer/Waiver Credits from the Moakley Center for Public Management's Certificate Program
Students who have completed a certificate program through the Suffolk University Moakley Center for Public Management may have an opportunity to reduce course requirements to an SBS graduate degree program (MPA, MBA, MHA, MSBA, or MSM). All course waivers and/or transfers varies by program and are reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the respective SBS Graduate Programs Office.
In order for a course to be considered, it must have an SBS graduate program course equivalent, the student must have earned a grade of B or better, and the student must have successfully completed the certificate prior to enrolling in the SBS graduate degree program.
Applicants must also meet the admission standards for the SBS graduate degree program to which they are applying.