MBA/MSA Dual Degree

Contextualize: From Boston to the World (5 credits)

Must be taken in the first semester.

• SBS-700 You As a Leader: Self-Awareness, Feedback, and Decision-Making
• MBA-701 Values Based Decision Making
• MBA-710 Understanding World Class Clusters

Core Credits (15 credits)

May be waived.

• SBS-603 Managerial Economics
• SBS-604 Data Analytics
• MBA-635 Operations Management: Design and Analysis
• MBA-650 Value Based Financial Management
• MBA-660 Marketing: the Challenge of Managing Value

Understanding Business Fundamentals (9 credits)

• MBA-721 Collaborate
• MBA-730 Innovate: Entrepreneurial Thinking, IT, And Business Law
• MBA-740 Immerse- Travel Seminar

MSA Preparation Courses (9 credits)

May be waived.

• ACCT-800 Graduate Financial Accounting I
• ACCT-804 Cost and Managerial Accounting
• BLLS-800 Business Law

MSA Core Courses (18 credits)

If a course is marked "must substitute" follow the rules outlined in the Elective Course section.

• ACCT-801 Graduate Financial Accounting II
• ACCT-802 Graduate Financial Accounting III
• ACCT-805 Auditing and Assurance Services
• ACCT-865 Accounting Information Systems
• ACIB-872 International Accounting
• TAX-801 Federal Taxation I

Construct the Big Picture (7 credits)

• MBA-745 Contextualizing Values Based Decision Making
• MBA-750 Building Global Connections
• MBA-760 World Class Strategies

Lead and Implement Change and Capstone Course (6 credits)

Should be taken as late in the program as possible.

• MBA-770 Leading and Implementing Change
• ACCT-861 Leadership in the Financial Professions

MSA Elective Course (3 credits)

The required MSA Elective Course must be an ACCT or TAX course. If a student received any courses marked “must substitute” the first substitution must be an ACCT course, the second substitution must be a TAX course, and the third substitution and beyond can be any course from the approved MSA Elective list.

MBA/MSA Concentrations

Students may declare a concentration in Business Intelligence, Corporate Finance & Accounting, Forensic Accounting, or Governmental & Not-for-Profit Accounting if they received enough MSA Core Course waivers for substitution. If a concentration is declared, three electives must be in one concentration area. The schedule of when courses within a concentration are offered vary by semester.

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.
Business Intelligence ConcentrationRequired Courses (6 credits)

• ACCT-824 Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics
• ISOM-821 Data Management and Modeling

Elective course (1 course, 3 credits)

Choose 1 course from the following list:

• ISOM-801 Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel
• ISOM-825 Enterprise Data Management
• ISOM-827 Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence
• ISOM-845 Business Intelligence and Data Analytics

Corporate Accounting and Finance Concentration

Required Course (3 credits)

• ACCT-824 Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics

Elective Courses (2 courses, 6 credits)

Choose 2 electives from the following list:

• TAX-862 Taxation of Corporations
• FIN-808 General Theory in Corporate Finance
• FIN-825 International Finance
• FIN-880 Investment Banking

Forensic Accounting Concentration

Required Course (3 credits)

• ACCT-806 Fraud Examination

Elective courses (2 courses, 6 credits)

Choose 2 courses from the following list:

• ACCT-807 Forensic & Investigative Accounting
• BLLS-871 Corporate Crime and Financial Fraud
• ISOM-840 Security and Privacy
• CJ-704 Legal Issues in Criminal Justice System
• ISOM-801 Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel

Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting Concentration

Required Course (3 credits)

• ACCT-871 Not-For-Profit and Governmental Accounting

Elective Courses (2 courses, 6 credits)

Choose 2 course from the following list:

• P.AD-827 Financing State & Local Government
• P.AD-847 Nonprofit Financial Management
• P.AD-849 Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits

Approved MSA Electives

• ACCT-806 Fraud Examination
• ACCT-807 Forensic & Investigative Accounting
• ACCT-824 Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics
• ACCT-825 Management Decisions and Control
• ACCT-827 Special Topics in Accounting: Business & Regulation
• ACCT-828 Special Topics in Accounting: Financial Accounting & Auditing
• ACCT-871 Not-For-Profit and Governmental Accounting
• ACCT-910 Directed Individual Study in Accounting
• TAX-802 Federal Taxation II
• TAX-861 Tax Research
• TAX-862 Taxation of Corporations
• TAX-863 Taxation of Pass-Through Entities
• TAX-864 Tax Practice and Procedures
• TAX-865 International Taxation Outbound
• TAX-866 State & Local Taxation
• TAX-867 Advanced Topics in Corporate Tax
• TAX-868 Estate Planning
• TAX-871 Taxation of Estates, Trusts and Gifts
• TAX-874 International Taxation Inbound
• TAX-876 Tax Policy
• TAX-879 Personal Financial Planning
• MBA-730 Innovate: Entrepreneurial Thinking, IT, And Business Law
• BLLS-830 Managing in the International Legal Environment
• BLLS-871 Corporate Crime and Financial Fraud
• ISOM-730 Python for Business Analytics
• ISOM-801 Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel
• ISOM-821 Data Management and Modeling
• ISOM-825 Enterprise Data Management
• ISOM-827 Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence
• ISOM-835 Predictive Analytics
• ISOM-837 Data Mining and Business Insights
• ISOM-840 Security and Privacy
• ISOM-845 Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
• ISOM-861 Project Management
• FIN-800 Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation
• FIN-801 Money & Capital Markets
• FIN-808 General Theory in Corporate Finance
• FIN-810 Investment Analysis
• FIN-812 Capital Budgeting
• FIN-814 Options and Futures
• FIN-816 Risk Management in Banking and Finance
• FIN-818 Financial Econometrics
• FIN-825 International Finance
• FIN-831 Portfolio Management
• FIN-835 Behavioral Finance
• FIN-845 Private Capital Markets
• FIN-880 Investment Banking
• FIN-881 Real Estate Finance
• FIN-882 Applied Risk Management
• FIN-884 Fixed Income Securities
• FIN-887 Fundamental Equity Analysis
• MGES-800 Business Startups
• MGES-802 Corporate Entrepreneurship
• MGES-803 Think Like a Leader
• MGOB-810 Emotional Intelligence
• MGOB-820 Career Strategy
• MGOB-835 Managing Difficult People at Work
• MGOB-855 Conflict & Negotiation
• MGOB-860 Leadership and Team Building
• MGOB-866 Managing Failure for Success
• P.AD-815 Nonprofit Management
• P.AD-822 Public Management Information Systems
• P.AD-827 Financing State & Local Government
• P.AD-840 Comparative Public Policy
• P.AD-847 Nonprofit Financial Management
• P.AD-849 Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits
• MGSM-833 Corporate Innovation
• MGSM-834 Mergers and Acquisitions
• MBA-740 Immerse- Travel Seminar
• MGIB-835 International Strategy