Curriculum
14 -20 Courses
36-51 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 (5 credits)
Must be taken as early in the program as possible.
| SBS-700 | You As a Leader: Self-Awareness, Feedback, and Decision-Making | 1 |
| MBA-701 | Values Based Decision Making | 1 |
| MBA-710 | Understanding World Class Clusters | 3 |
Core Courses (15 credits)
May be waived.
| MBA-615 | Economics | 1.5 |
| MBA-625 | Managerial Statistics | 1.5 |
| MBA-635 | Operations Management: Design and Analysis | 3 |
| MBA-640 | Corporate Financial Reporting and Control | 3 |
| MBA-650 | Value Based Financial Management | 3 |
| MBA-660 | Marketing: the Challenge of Managing Value | 3 |
Understand Business Fundamentals (9 credits)
| MBA-721 | Collaborate | 3 |
| MBA-730 | Innovate: Entrepreneurial Thinking, IT, And Business Law | 3 |
| MBA-740 | Immerse- Travel Seminar | 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 Electives (12 credits)
The curriculum requires four courses (12 credits) of MBA electives, or an option of completing a three course (9 credit) concentration with an open 3 credit MBA elective. 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 schedule of when elective courses are offered varies by semester.
SBS 920 SBS Graduate Internship is designed for students interested in completing an internship, not for credit. Students must consult with the MBA Advisor for guidance on how to be considered for this option.
Accounting
| ACCT-800 | Graduate Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT-801 | Graduate Financial Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT-802 | Graduate Financial Accounting III | 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-825
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| ACCT-861 | Leadership in the Financial Professions | 3 |
| ACCT-865 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACCT-871 | Not-For-Profit and Governmental Accounting | 3 |
| ACIB-872 | International Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT-910 | Directed Individual Study in Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT-920 | Accounting Graduate Internship | 3 |
Business Law and Ethics
| BLLS-800 | Business Law | 3 |
| BLLS-830 | Managing in the International Legal Environment | 3 |
| BLLS-871 | Corporate Crime and Financial Fraud | 3 |
Entrepreneurship
*Full-time MBA student should take MGES 803 in their first semester only.
MGES-800
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| MGES-802 | Corporate Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGES-803 | Think Like a Leader | 3 |
MGES-810
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| MGES-842 | Global Innovation & New Product Development in Virtual Team | 3 |
| MGES-843 | Business Opportunities Using Design Thinking and Biomimicry | 3 |
| MGES-890 | Special Topics: Crowdfunding | 3 |
Finance and Managerial Economics
| FIN-800 | Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation | 3 |
| FIN-801 | Money & Capital Markets | 3 |
| FIN-808 | General Theory in Corporate Finance | 3 |
| FIN-810 | Investment Analysis | 3 |
FIN-812
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FIN-814
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| FIN-816 | Risk Management in Banking and Finance | 3 |
| FIN-818 | Financial Econometrics | 3 |
| FIN-820 | Financial Policy | 3 |
FIN-825
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| FIN-830 | Introduction to FinTech | 3 |
| FIN-831 | Portfolio Management | 3 |
| FIN-835 | Behavioral Finance | 3 |
| FIN-841 | Financial Forecasting | 3 |
| FIN-845 | Private Capital Markets | 3 |
FIN-881
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| FIN-882 | Applied Risk Management | 3 |
| FIN-884 | Fixed Income Securities | 3 |
FIN-885
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FIN-887
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| FIN-890 | Data Analytics & Credit Risk | 3 |
| FIN-900 | Special Topics in Finance | 3 |
| FIN-910 | Directed Individual Study | 3 |
| FIN-920 | MSF Graduate Internship | 3 |
| SBS-603 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
Healthcare Administration
| HLTH-702 | Health Economics | 3 |
| 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-815 | Ambulatory and Primary Care | 3 |
| HLTH-816 | Healthcare Human Resources Management | 3 |
| HLTH-820 | Ethics, Leadership, and Organizational Change in Healthcare | 3 |
| HLTH-825 | Legal Environment of Healthcare | 3 |
| HLTH-828 | Population Health | 1.5 |
| HLTH-830 | Healthcare Operations Management | 3 |
| HLTH-831 | Performance Improvement and Patient Safety | 1.5 |
| HLTH-832 | Health Policy | 3 |
| HLTH-833 | Rebuilding Public Trust: Quality And Safety in Healthcare Organizations | 3 |
| HLTH-835 | Healthcare Marketing and Communication | 1.5 |
| HLTH-840 | Innovation and Strategic Management in Healthcare | 3 |
| HLTH-842 | Global Health | 3 |
| HLTH-850 | Health Information Systems | 1.5 |
HLTH-855
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| HLTH-860 | Leadership and Ethics in Healthcare Organizations | 3 |
| HLTH-880 | Directed Individual Study | 1 |
| HLTH-885 | Healthcare Internship | 0 |
| HLTH-890 | Healthcare Strategic Management | 3 |
Information Systems and Operations Management
| ISOM-730 | Python for Business Analytics | 3 |
| ISOM-801 | Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel | 3 |
| ISOM-821 | Data Management and Modeling | 3 |
| ISOM-825 | Enterprise Data Management | 3 |
| ISOM-835 | Predictive Analytics | 3 |
| ISOM-840 | Security and Privacy | 3 |
| ISOM-845 | Business Intelligence and Data Analytics | 3 |
| ISOM-851 | Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Operations, & Analytics | 3 |
| ISOM-861 | Project Management | 3 |
| ISOM-910 | Directed Individual Study | 3 |
ISOM-920
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| SBS-604 | Data Analytics | 3 |
International Business
| ACIB-872 | International Accounting | 3 |
| BLLS-830 | Managing in the International Legal Environment | 3 |
| MGIB-835 | International Strategy | 3 |
| MGIB-837 | Strategic Context of International Business | 3 |
| MGIB-920 | MBA Graduate Internship | 3 |
| MKIB-812 | Global Branding and Communication Strategies | 3 |
| MKIB-817 | International Marketing | 3 |
| MKIB-819 | Global Perspectives in Consumer Marketing | 3 |
MKIB-833
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| TAX-865 | International Taxation Outbound | 3 |
Marketing
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-816 | Seminar in Public Policy | 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 |
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-864 | Tax Practice and Procedures | 3 |
| TAX-865 | International Taxation Outbound | 3 |
| TAX-866 | State & Local Taxation | 3 |
| TAX-867 | Mergers & Acquisitions Taxation | 3 |
| TAX-871 | Taxation of Estates, Trusts and Gifts | 3 |
| TAX-874 | International Taxation Inbound | 3 |
| TAX-876 | Tax Policy | 3 |
| TAX-879 | Personal Financial Planning | 3 |
| TAX-910 | Individual Study in Taxation | 1 |
Waiver Policy
Core courses may be waived. Required MBA Courses (SBS 700, MBA 701, MBA 721, MBA 730, MBA 740, MBA 745, MBA 750, MBA 760 and MBA 770) cannot be waived.
To waive a core course, a student must successfully complete equivalent academic coursework at the undergraduate/graduate level in the seven (7) years prior to MBA matriculation, with a grade of “B” or better, and provide official transcripts (with English translations, if applicable).
All waiver requests are evaluated upon a student’s acceptance into the MBA Program and are waived during the student’s first semester. Students may also elect to take a proficiency exam, for a fee, to gain a waiver. Proficiency exams must be taken in the first semester and are administered on the Boston campus only, with prior arrangements. All MBA students must complete a minimum of 36 credits graduate credits in the Sawyer Business School.
Transfer Policy
Six (6) credits of elective courses, 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. 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. Transfer credits apply only to electives.
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 of elective courses 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 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 credit requirements to an SBS graduate degree program (MBA, MMS, MSA, MST, 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.