MBA with a Concentration in Business Essentials
16 Courses
36 Credits
Program Length:
- Full-time in as few as 11 months
- Part-time in as few as 16 months
Contextualize: From Boston to the World (8 credits)
Must be taken as early in the program as possible.
Business Fundamentals Courses (9 credits)
Must be taken as early in the program as possible.
| MBA-641 | Financial Information for Business Management | 1.5 |
| MBA-651 | Financial Management for Business Decisions | 1.5 |
| MBA-661 | Marketing in a Changing World | 1.5 |
| MBA-671 | Operations Management in a Competitive Global Environment | 1.5 |
| MBA-715 | Integrate Business Fundamentals | 3 |
Understand Business Fundamentals (3 credits)
Travel Seminar Requirement (3 credits)
* MBA 741 is restricted to fully online students.
Required Analytics Course (3 credits)
Choose one course from the following.
| ACCT-824 | Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics | 3 |
| FIN-830 | Introduction to FinTech | 3 |
| FIN-841 | Financial Forecasting | 3 |
| FIN-882 | Applied Risk Management | 3 |
| FIN-890 | Data Analytics and Credit Risk | 3 |
| HLTH-805 | Big Data and Analytics for Health and Healthcare | 3 |
| ISOM-631 | Data Analytics with Python | 3 |
| ISOM-801 | Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel | 3 |
| ISOM-821 | Data Management and Modeling | 3 |
| ISOM-835 | Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning | 3 |
| ISOM-845 | Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, and Storytelling | 3 |
| MKT-870 | Advanced Marketing Analytics With R | 3 |
| MBA-920 | Master of Business Administration Student Business Clinic | 3 |
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 |
Lead and Implement Change (3 credits)
Must be taken as late in the program as possible.
| MBA-770 | Leading and Implementing Change | 3 |
MBA with a Concentration in Business Essentials PLUS
19 Courses
MBA: 36 Credits
Certificate: 9 Credits
Total Credits: 45
Program Length:
- Full-time in as few as 15 months
- Part-time in as few as 20 months
Contextualize: From Boston to the World (8 credits)
Must be taken as early in the program as possible.
Business Fundamentals Courses (9 credits)
Must be taken as early in the program as possible.
| MBA-641 | Financial Information for Business Management | 1.5 |
| MBA-651 | Financial Management for Business Decisions | 1.5 |
| MBA-661 | Marketing in a Changing World | 1.5 |
| MBA-671 | Operations Management in a Competitive Global Environment | 1.5 |
| MBA-715 | Integrate Business Fundamentals | 3 |
Understand Business Fundamentals (3 credits)
Travel Seminar Requirement (3 credits)
*MBA 741 is restricted to fully online students.
Required Analytics Course (3 credits)
Choose one course from the following.
| ACCT-824 | Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics | 3 |
| FIN-830 | Introduction to FinTech | 3 |
| FIN-841 | Financial Forecasting | 3 |
| FIN-882 | Applied Risk Management | 3 |
| FIN-890 | Data Analytics and Credit Risk | 3 |
| HLTH-805 | Big Data and Analytics for Health and Healthcare | 3 |
| ISOM-631 | Data Analytics with Python | 3 |
| ISOM-801 | Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel | 3 |
| ISOM-821 | Data Management and Modeling | 3 |
| ISOM-835 | Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning | 3 |
| ISOM-845 | Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, and Storytelling | 3 |
| MKT-870 | Advanced Marketing Analytics With R | 3 |
| MBA-920 | Master of Business Administration Student Business Clinic | 3 |
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 |
Lead and Implement Change (3 credits)
Must be taken as late in the program as possible.
| MBA-770 | Leading and Implementing Change | 3 |
Certificate
Accounting
Business Analytics
Finance
Healthcare
Management
Marketing
Public Administration
Taxation
MBA
14 Courses
36 Credits
Program Length:
- Full-time in as few as 11 months
- Part-time in as few as 16 months
Contextualize: From Boston to the World (8 credits)
Must be taken as early in the program as possible.
Understand Business Fundamentals (3 credits)
Travel Seminar Requirement (3 credits)
*MBA 741 is restricted to fully online students.
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 |
Lead and Implement Change (3 credits)
Must be taken as late in the program as possible.
| MBA-770 | Leading and Implementing Change | 3 |
MBA Electives (12 credits)
The curriculum requires four courses (12 credits) of MBA electives, or an option of completing a three-course (nine credit) concentration with an open three-credit MBA elective. At least one elective must be an approved analytics course. The courses must be taken within the Sawyer Business School and be 800 level or above. A select number of 700-level 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.
Required Analytics Course
| ACCT-824 | Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics | 3 |
| FIN-830 | Introduction to FinTech | 3 |
| FIN-841 | Financial Forecasting | 3 |
| FIN-882 | Applied Risk Management | 3 |
| FIN-890 | Data Analytics and Credit Risk | 3 |
| HLTH-805 | Big Data and Analytics for Health and Healthcare | 3 |
| ISOM-631 | Data Analytics with Python | 3 |
| ISOM-801 | Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel | 3 |
| ISOM-821 | Data Management and Modeling | 3 |
| ISOM-835 | Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning | 3 |
| ISOM-845 | Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, and Storytelling | 3 |
| MKT-870 | Advanced Marketing Analytics With R | 3 |
Accounting
| ACCT-800 | Graduate Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| 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 |
Business Law and Ethics
Entrepreneurship
| MGES-843 | Business Opportunities Using Design Thinking and Biomimicry | 3 |
| MGES-850 | Environmental Sustainability Management | 3 |
| MBA-920 | Master of Business Administration Student Business Clinic | 3 |
Finance and Managerial Economics
Healthcare Administration
| HLTH-705 | Health Systems I: Healthcare in the U.S. | 3 |
| HLTH-730 | Healthcare Operations Management and Performance Improvement | 3 |
| HLTH-740 | Healthcare Management and Human Resources | 3 |
| HLTH-805 | Big Data and Analytics for Health and Healthcare | 3 |
| HLTH-807 | Innovation: The Future of Healthcare | 3 |
| HLTH-810 | Quality, Patient Safety, and Patient Experience | 3 |
| HLTH-842 | Global Health | 3 |
| HLTH-843 | Design Thinking for Healthcare Solutions | 3 |
| HLTH-844 | Healthcare Analytics | 3 |
| HLTH-855 | Advanced Quality, Patient Safety, and Performance Improvement | 3 |
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 | From 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-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 |
Organizational Behavior
Public Administration including Nonprofit Management
| P.AD-711 | Foundations of Public Service and Administration | 3 |
| P.AD-712 | Information Based Management | 3 |
| P.AD-715 | Quantitative Analysis | 3 |
| P.AD-716 | Public Service Human Resource Management | 3 |
| P.AD-718 | Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World | 3 |
| P.AD-810 | Public Sector Admin Law | 3 |
| P.AD-811 | Politics of Federal Bureaucracy | 3 |
| P.AD-815 | Nonprofit Management | 3 |
| P.AD-817 | Administrative Strategies of State and Local Government | 3 |
| P.AD-819 | Grant Writing and Management | 3 |
| P.AD-822 | Public Management Information Systems | 3 |
| P.AD-823 | The U.S. Health System | 3 |
| P.AD-827 | Financing State & Local Government | 3 |
| P.AD-828 | Public Service Communication | 3 |
| P.AD-831 | Civic Innovation and Citizen Engagement | 3 |
| P.AD-832 | Health Policy | 3 |
| P.AD-838 | Ethics in Public Service | 3 |
| P.AD-839 | Leadership and Decision Making in Action | 3 |
| P.AD-840 | Comparative Public Policy | 3 |
| P.AD-842 | Workplace and Labor Law | 3 |
| P.AD-848 | Nonprofit Law and Ethics | 3 |
| P.AD-849 | Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits | 3 |
| P.AD-900 | Special Topics | 3 |
| P.AD-910 | Individual Study in Public Service | 1-6 |
Strategic Management
Taxation
| TAX-801 | Federal Taxation of Income | 3 |
| TAX-802 | Taxation of Property Transactions | 3 |
| TAX-861 | Tax Research | 3 |
| TAX-862 | Taxation of Corporations | 3 |
| TAX-863 | Taxation of Pass-Through Entities | 3 |
| TAX-865 | International Taxation Outbound | 3 |
| TAX-867 | Mergers and Acquisitions Taxation | 3 |
MBA PLUS
17 Courses
MBA: 36 credits
Certificate: 9 credits
Total Credits: 45
Program Length:
- Full-time in as few as 15 months
- Part-time in as few as 20 months
Contextualize: From Boston to the World (8 credits)
Must be taken as early in the program as possible.
Understand Business Fundamentals (3 credits)
Travel Seminar Requirement (3 credits)
*MBA 741 is restricted to fully online students.
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 |
Lead and Implement Change (3 credits)
Must be taken as late in the program as possible.
| MBA-770 | Leading and Implementing Change | 3 |
MBA Electives (12 credits)
The curriculum requires four courses (12 credits) of MBA electives, or an option of completing a three-course (nine credit) concentration with an open three-credit MBA elective. At least one elective must be an approved analytics course. The courses must be taken within the Sawyer Business School and be 800 level or above. A select number of 700-level 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.
Required Analytics Course
| ACCT-824 | Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics | 3 |
| FIN-830 | Introduction to FinTech | 3 |
| FIN-841 | Financial Forecasting | 3 |
| FIN-882 | Applied Risk Management | 3 |
| FIN-890 | Data Analytics and Credit Risk | 3 |
| HLTH-805 | Big Data and Analytics for Health and Healthcare | 3 |
| ISOM-631 | Data Analytics with Python | 3 |
| ISOM-801 | Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel | 3 |
| ISOM-821 | Data Management and Modeling | 3 |
| ISOM-835 | Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning | 3 |
| ISOM-845 | Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, and Storytelling | 3 |
| MBA-920 | Master of Business Administration Student Business Clinic | 3 |
| MKT-870 | Advanced Marketing Analytics With R | 3 |
Accounting
| ACCT-800 | Graduate Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| 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-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 |
Business Law and Ethics
Entrepreneurship
| MGES-850 | Environmental Sustainability Management | 3 |
| MBA-920 | Master of Business Administration Student Business Clinic | 3 |
Finance and Managerial Economics
| FIN-800 | Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation | 3 |
| FIN-808 | General Theory in Corporate Finance | 3 |
| FIN-810 | Investment Analysis | 3 |
| FIN-816 | Risk Management in Banking and Finance | 3 |
| FIN-818 | Financial Econometrics | 3 |
| FIN-820 | Financial Policy | 3 |
| FIN-825 | International Finance | 3 |
| FIN-830 | Introduction to FinTech | 3 |
| FIN-831 | Portfolio Management | 3 |
| FIN-835 | Behavioral Finance | 3 |
| FIN-841 | Financial Forecasting | 3 |
| FIN-880 | Investment Banking | 3 |
| FIN-882 | Applied Risk Management | 3 |
| FIN-890 | Data Analytics and Credit Risk | 3 |
| FIN-910 | Directed Individual Study | 3 |
| FIN-920 | Master of Science in Finance Graduate Internship | 3 |
Healthcare Administration
| HLTH-705 | Health Systems I: Healthcare in the U.S. | 3 |
| HLTH-707 | Evidence-Based Healthcare Management | 3 |
| HLTH-710 | Healthcare Accounting and Financial Management | 3 |
| HLTH-720 | Health Systems II: Economics, Law, and Policy | 3 |
| HLTH-730 | Healthcare Operations Management and Performance Improvement | 3 |
| HLTH-740 | Healthcare Management and Human Resources | 3 |
| HLTH-805 | Big Data and Analytics for Health and Healthcare | 3 |
| HLTH-807 | Innovation: The Future of Healthcare | 3 |
| HLTH-810 | Quality, Patient Safety, and Patient Experience | 3 |
| HLTH-840 | Innovation and Strategic Management in Healthcare | 3 |
| HLTH-842 | Global Health | 3 |
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 | From 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-910 | Directed Individual Study | 3 |
Marketing
| MKIB-817 | International Marketing | 3 |
| MKIB-819 | Global Perspectives in Consumer Marketing | 3 |
| MKT-810 | Marketing Research for Managers | 3 |
| MKT-814 | Strategic Marketing | 3 |
| MKT-818 | Global Product Innovation | 3 |
| MKT-845 | Advanced Digital Analytics | 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 |
| MKT-898 | Consulting Project | 3 |
| MKT-910 | Directed Study in Marketing | 3 |
| MKT-920 | Marketing Internship | 3 |
Organizational Behavior
Public Administration including Nonprofit Management
| P.AD-711 | Foundations of Public Service and Administration | 3 |
| P.AD-712 | Information Based Management | 3 |
| P.AD-715 | Quantitative Analysis | 3 |
| P.AD-716 | Public Service Human Resource Management | 3 |
| P.AD-718 | Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World | 3 |
| P.AD-810 | Public Sector Admin Law | 3 |
| P.AD-811 | Politics of Federal Bureaucracy | 3 |
| P.AD-815 | Nonprofit Management | 3 |
| P.AD-817 | Administrative Strategies of State and Local Government | 3 |
| P.AD-819 | Grant Writing and Management | 3 |
| P.AD-822 | Public Management Information Systems | 3 |
| P.AD-823 | The U.S. Health System | 3 |
| P.AD-827 | Financing State & Local Government | 3 |
| P.AD-828 | Public Service Communication | 3 |
| P.AD-831 | Civic Innovation and Citizen Engagement | 3 |
| P.AD-832 | Health Policy | 3 |
| P.AD-838 | Ethics in Public Service | 3 |
| P.AD-839 | Leadership and Decision Making in Action | 3 |
| P.AD-840 | Comparative Public Policy | 3 |
| P.AD-842 | Workplace and Labor Law | 3 |
| P.AD-848 | Nonprofit Law and Ethics | 3 |
| P.AD-849 | Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits | 3 |
| P.AD-900 | Special Topics | 3 |
| P.AD-910 | Individual Study in Public Service | 1-6 |
Strategic Management
Taxation
| TAX-801 | Federal Taxation of Income | 3 |
| TAX-802 | Taxation of Property Transactions | 3 |
| TAX-861 | Tax Research | 3 |
| TAX-862 | Taxation of Corporations | 3 |
| TAX-863 | Taxation of Pass-Through Entities | 3 |
| TAX-865 | International Taxation Outbound | 3 |
| TAX-867 | Mergers and Acquisitions Taxation | 3 |
Certificate Options (9 credits)
Accounting
Business Analytics
Finance
Healthcare
Management
Marketing
Public Administration
Taxation
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.
Learning Goals and Objectives
- Identifies the problem and related issues.
- Identify key assumptions.
- Generates salient alternatives.
- Examine the evidence and source of evidence.
- Identify conclusions, implications, and consequences.
| Learning Goals |
Learning Objectives |
| Be able to effectively apply analytical and critical reasoning skills to solve organizational challenges. (Analytical Reasoning) |
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| Effectively articulate the role of ethics in management. (Ethics) |
1. Identify conflicts of interests and pressures that could lead to unethical conduct.
2. Understand what kinds of questions are helpful to ask oneself when confronting an ethical dilemma.
3. Demonstrate the ability to identify and take into account the interests of different stakeholders.
4. Understand how business strategies that facilitate “doing good” can be made consistent with profitability.
5. Understand that what is legal may not always be ethical and that what is ethical may sometimes not be legal.
6. Appreciate that ethical norms varies across different countries and cultures. |
| Indicate an understanding of how culture, economic and political issues differ across countries. (Global Awareness) |
1. Articulate fundamental challenges of global business.
2. Analyze financial impacts of operating a global business.
3. Apply the analysis to global management situation.
4. Identify challenges of an international workforce.
5. Demonstrate cultural awareness of external constituents. |
| Be able to effectively communicate in oral form. (Oral Communication) |
1. Organize the presentation effectively.
2. Deliver the presentation with attention to volume, clarity, grammatical correctness and precision.
3. Develop the topic.
4. Communicate with the audience.
5. Use communication aids effectively.
6. Summarize the presentation. |
| Be able to effectively communicate in written form. (Written Communication) |
1. Develop a topic with supporting details.
2. Organize written communication effectively and logically.
3. Use correct word choice and effective sentence structure.
4. Employ normal conventions of spelling and grammar.
5. Provide examples and supporting evidence.
6. Communicate accurate quantitative information. |