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 | Unlocking Your Professional Potential | 1 |
| MBA-701 | Values Based Decision Making | 1 |
| MBA-710 | Understanding World Class Clusters | 3 |
Core Courses (15 credits)
May be waived.
| MBA-605 | Think Like a Leader | 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)
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. 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 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.
Approved Analytics Courses
At least one elective must be an approved 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 & Credit Risk | 3 |
| HLTH-805 | Big Data Strategies for Health and Healthcare | 3 |
| ISOM-730 | Python for Business Analytics | 3 |
| ISOM-801 | Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel | 3 |
| ISOM-821 | Data Management and Modeling | 3 |
| ISOM-835 | Predictive Analytics | 3 |
| ISOM-845 | Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, and Storytelling | 3 |
| ISOM-851 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| MKT-870 | Advanced Marketing Analytics With R | 3 |
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 | Management Decisions and Control | 3 |
| 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
Entrepreneurship
| MGES-802 | Corporate Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGES-842 | Global Innovation & New Product Development in Virtual Team | 3 |
| MGES-843 | Business Opportunities Using Design Thinking and Biomimicry | 3 |
| MGES-848 | Green and Sustainable Business | 3 |
| MGES-890 | Special Topics: Crowdfunding | 3 |
| MGES-910 | Directed Individual Study | 3 |
| MBA-920 | MBA Student Business Clinic | 3 |
Finance and Managerial Economics
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 Strategies 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 SAS Base | 3 |
| 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-827 | Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence | 3 |
| ISOM-829 | Advanced Data Management Leveraging ETL Tools | 3 |
| ISOM-835 | Predictive Analytics | 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 | 3 |
| ISOM-861 | Project Management: Gaining Competitive Advantage | 3 |
| ISOM-910 | Directed Individual Study | 3 |
| ISOM-920 | ISOM Internship | 0-3 |
Marketing
| MKIB-812 | Global Branding and Communication Strategies | 3 |
| MKIB-816 | Managing Relationships in the Global Supply Chain | 3 |
| 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-820 | Sales Management | 3 |
| MKT-845 | Advanced Digital Analytics | 3 |
| MKT-846 | Marketing in the Age of Exponential Technology | 3 |
| MKT-854 | Biotech Industry & Marketing Application | 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 | Customer Experience: a Neuromarketing Perspective | 3 |
| MKT-898 | Consulting Project | 3 |
| MKT-910 | Directed Study in Marketing | 1-3 |
| 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-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 | 1-6 |
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-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 | 1-3 |
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 MBA 605, a student must have a minimum of one year post graduate relevant business experience. To waive all other core courses, 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.
Concentrations
Boston campus concentrations include:
The schedule of when courses within a concentration are offered vary by semester.
MBA/JD students can declare a concentration only if they are approved to substitute at least three (3) electives due to MBA core course waivers.
Students who declare a concentration must submit an SBS Graduate Program Concentration Request Form. Students are encouraged to meet with their advisor before they declare a concentration.
The concentration appears on the transcript, not the diploma.
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. |