2020-2021 Catalog

Accelerated Master of Business Administration for Attorneys, MBA

Curriculum

Total Required Credits: 37

14 Courses

37 Credits

Program Length

Part-time in as few as 16 months

Contextualize: from Boston to the World (4 Credits)

SBS-700You As a Leader: Self-Awareness, Feedback, and Decision-Making

1

MBA-710Understanding World Class Clusters

3

Core Courses* (15 Credits)

If a core course is waived, students must substitute with an MBA elective(s).

MBA-615Economics

1.5

MBA-625Managerial Statistics

1.5

MBA-635Operations Management: Design and Analysis

3

MBA-640Corporate Financial Reporting and Control

3

MBA-650Value Based Financial Management

3

MBA-660Marketing: the Challenge of Managing Value

3

Understand Business Fundamentals (9 Credits)

MBA-721Collaborate

3

MBA-730Innovate: Entrepreneurial Thinking, IT, And Business Law

3

MBA-740Immerse- Travel Seminar

3

Construct the Big Picture (6 Credits)

MBA-750Building Global Connections

3

MBA-760World Class Strategies

3

Lead and Implement Change (3 Credits)

MBA-770Leading and Implementing Change

3

Concentrations

Accelerated MBA for Attorney students who waive MBA core courses must substitute with a graduate elective from within the Sawyer Business School. If at least 9 credits of core courses are waived, students may declare a concentration with 3 electives from the same functional area. The schedule of when courses within a concentration are offered varies by semester.

Students who declare a concentration must submit an SBS Graduate Programs Concentration Request Form. Students are encouraged to meet with their advisor before declaring a concentration.

The concentration appears on the transcript, not the diploma.

View the requirements for MBA Concentrations.

Waiver Policy

If core courses (MBA 615, MBA 625, MBA 635, MBA 640, MBA 650, and MBA 660) are waived, student must substitute with an MBA elective.

If a 1.5 credit core course is waived, student may complete an independent study for 1.5 credits.

Students in the Accelerated MBA for Attorneys must complete a minimum of 37 graduate credits in the Sawyer Business School.