Curriculum
Total Required Credits:35.5
13 Courses
35.5 Credits
Program Length
Part-time in as few as 16 months
Contextualize: from Boston to the World (4 Credits)
| SBS-700 | Unlocking Your Professional Potential | 1 |
| MBA-710 | Understanding World Class Clusters | 3 |
Core Courses* (13.5 Credits)
| 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)
Construct the Big Picture (6 Credits)
Lead and Implement Change (3 Credits)
| MBA-770 | Leading and Implementing Change | 3 |
MBA Online 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.
Accounting Principles Concentration
Note: If a student has not taken or waived MBA 640 they can count either ACCT 800 or ACCT 804 in place of MBA 640 and choose an additional course from the elective list.
Required Courses (6 credits)
| ACCT-800 | Graduate Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT-804 | Cost and Managerial Accounting | 3 |
Elective Course (1 course, 3 credits)
Choose one elective from the following list:
| ACCT-801 | Graduate Financial Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT-805 | Auditing and Assurance Services | 3 |
| TAX-801 | Federal Taxation of Income | 3 |
Business Intelligence Concentration
Required Courses (6 credits)
| ISOM-821 | Data Management and Modeling | 3 |
| ISOM-845 | Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, and Storytelling | 3 |
Elective Course (1 course, 3 credits)
Choose one elective from the following list:
| ISOM-801 | Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel | 3 |
| ISOM-825 | Enterprise Data Management | 3 |
| ISOM-840 | Security and Privacy | 3 |
Corporate Accounting and Finance Concentration
Required Course (3 credits)
| ACCT-824 | Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics | 3 |
Elective courses (2 course, 6 credits)
Choose 1 course from the following list:
| ISOM-801 | Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel | 3 |
| ISOM-825 | Enterprise Data Management | 3 |
| ISOM-827 | Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence | 3 |
| ISOM-845 | Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, and Storytelling | 3 |
Forensic Accounting Concentration
Required Courses (9 credits)
General Finance Concentration
Required Courses (9 credits)
| FIN-800 | Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation | 3 |
| FIN-808 | General Theory in Corporate Finance | 3 |
| FIN-810 | Investment Analysis | 3 |
Health Sector Management Concentration
Required Courses (6 credits)
Required Courses:
| HLTH-705 | Health Systems I: Healthcare in the U.S. | 3 |
| HLTH-805 | Big Data Strategies for Health and Healthcare | 3 |
Required Elective (1 course, 3 credits)
Choose 1 elective of the following courses:
| HLTH-707 | Evidence-Based Healthcare Management | 3 |
| HLTH-810 | Quality, Patient Safety, and Patient Experience | 3 |
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.