MBA for Music Business Management Graduates of the Berklee College of Music

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
• MBA-701 Values Based Decision Making
• MBA-710 Understanding World Class Clusters

Core Courses (15 credits)

May be waived.

• MBA-615 Economics
• MBA-625 Managerial Statistics
• MBA-635 Operations Management: Design and Analysis
• MBA-640 Corporate Financial Reporting and Control
• MBA-650 Value Based Financial Management
• MBA-660 Marketing: the Challenge of Managing Value

Understand Business Fundamentals (9 credits)

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

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 (3 credits)Must be taken as late in the program as possible.

• MBA-770 Leading and Implementing Change

MBA Electives (12 credits)The curriculum requires (4) courses (12) credits of MBA electives, or optional (3) courses (9) credit concentration and 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. Electives

Approved MBA Electives

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
• ACCT-801 Graduate Financial Accounting II
• ACCT-802 Graduate Financial Accounting III
• ACCT-804 Cost and Managerial Accounting
• ACCT-805 Auditing and Assurance Services
• ACCT-806 Fraud Examination
• ACCT-824 Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics
• ACCT-825 Management Decisions and Control
• ACCT-861 Leadership in the Financial Professions
• ACCT-865 Accounting Information Systems
• ACCT-871 Not-For-Profit and Governmental Accounting
• ACIB-872 International Accounting
• ACCT-910 Directed Individual Study in Accounting
• ACCT-920 MBA Graduate Internship

Business Law and Ethics

• BLLS-800 Business Law
• BLLS-830 Managing in the International Legal Environment
• BLLS-871 Corporate Crime and Financial Fraud

Entrepreneurship

Full-time MBA student should take MGES 803 in their first semester only.

• MGES-890 Special Topics: Crowdfunding
• MGES-800 Business Startups
• MGES-802 Corporate Entrepreneurship
• MGES-803 Think Like a Leader
• MGES-810 Social Entrepreneurship
• MGES-842 Global Innovation & New Product Development in Virtual Team
• MGES-843 Business Opportunities Using Design Thinking and Biomimicry

Finance and Managerial Economics

• 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-820 Financial Policy
• FIN-825 International Finance
• FIN-830 Introduction to FinTech
• FIN-831 Portfolio Management
• FIN-835 Behavioral Finance
• FIN-841 Financial Forecasting
• FIN-845 Private Capital Markets
• FIN-885 Enterprise Risk Management
• FIN-880 Investment Banking
• FIN-881 Real Estate Finance
• FIN-882 Applied Risk Management
• FIN-884 Fixed Income Securities
• FIN-887 Fundamental Equity Analysis
• FIN-890 Risk Assessment and Simulation
• FIN-900 Special Topics in Finance
• FIN-910 Directed Individual Study
• FIN-920 MBA Graduate Internship
• SBS-603 Managerial Economics
• FNEC-810 The Manager in the Global Economy: Trade Issues and Policy

Healthcare Administration

• HLTH-702 Health Economics
• HLTH-705 Health Systems I: Healthcare in the U.S
• HLTH-707 Evidence-Based Healthcare Management
• HLTH-710 Healthcare Accounting and Financial Management
• HLTH-720 Health Systems II: Economics, Law and Policy
• HLTH-730 Healthcare Operations Management and Performance Improvement
• HLTH-740 Healthcare Management and Human Resources
• HLTH-805 Big Data & Analytics for Health and Healthcare
• HLTH-807 Innovation: The Future of Healthcare
• HLTH-808 Managing Healthcare Organizations
• HLTH-810 Quality, Patient Safety and Patient Experience
• HLTH-812 Applied Research Methods for Healthcare Management
• HLTH-815 Ambulatory and Primary Care
• HLTH-816 Healthcare Human Resources Management
• HLTH-820 Ethics, Leadership and Organizational Change in Healthcare
• HLTH-824 Healthcare Accounting
• HLTH-825 Legal Environment of Healthcare
• HLTH-826 Healthcare Financial Management
• HLTH-827 Advanced Healthcare Financial Management
• HLTH-828 Population Health
• HLTH-830 Healthcare Operations Management
• HLTH-831 Performance Improvement and Patient Safety
• HLTH-832 Health Policy
• HLTH-833 Rebuilding Public Trust: Quality And Safety in Healthcare Organizations
• HLTH-835 Healthcare Marketing and Communication
• HLTH-838 Organizational Change in Healthcare
• HLTH-842 Global Health
• HLTH-845 Big Data Analytics for Health and Healthcare
• HLTH-850 Health Information Systems
• HLTH-855 Advanced Quality, Patient Safety and Performance Improvement
• HLTH-860 Leadership and Ethics in Healthcare Organizations
• HLTH-875 Community and Public Health
• HLTH-880 Directed Individual Study
• HLTH-885 Healthcare Internship
• HLTH-890 Healthcare Strategic Management
• HLTH-892 MHA Capstone
• HLTH-840 Innovative and Strategic Management in Healthcare
• HLTH-910 Directed Individual Study

Information Systems and Operations Management

• ISOM-730 Python for Business Analytics
• ISOM-801 Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel
• ISOM-821 Data Management and Modeling
• ISOM-813 Business Systems Analysis
• ISOM-815 Data Management and Big Data
• ISOM-825 Enterprise Data Management
• ISOM-835 Predictive Analytics
• ISOM-840 Security and Privacy
• ISOM-845 Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
• ISOM-851 Supply Chain Management: Design and Analysis
• ISOM-861 Project Management
• ISOM-910 Directed Individual Study
• ISOM-920 ISOM Internship
• SBS-604 Data Analytics

International Business

• ACIB-872 International Accounting
• BLLS-830 Managing in the International Legal Environment
• MGIB-835 International Strategy
• MGIB-837 Strategic Context of International Business
• MGIB-920 MBA Graduate Internship
• MKIB-812 Global Branding and Communication Strategies
• MKIB-817 International Marketing
• MKIB-819 Global Perspectives in Consumer Marketing
• TAX-865 International Taxation Outbound
• MGIB-850 Global Travel Seminar
• MKIB-833 Global Business Horizons

Marketing

• MKT-810 Marketing Research for Managers
• MKT-814 Strategic Marketing
• MKT-855 Digital Marketing Challenges
• MKT-910 Directed Study in Marketing
• MKT-920 Marketing Internship
• MKIB-817 International Marketing
• MKT-898 Consulting Project
• MKT-820 Sales Management
• MKT-870 Advanced Marketing Analytics

Organizational Behavior

• MGOB-810 Emotional Intelligence
• MGOB-835 Managing Difficult People at Work
• MGOB-841 Bldg Inclusive Organizations
• MGOB-855 Conflict & Negotiation
• MGOB-866 Managing Failure for Success

Public Administration including Nonprofit Management

• P.AD-711 Foundations of Public Service and Administration
• P.AD-712 Information Based Management
• P.AD-715 Quantitative Analysis
• P.AD-716 Public Service Human Resource Management
• P.AD-718 Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World
• P.AD-810 Public Sector Admin Law
• P.AD-811 Politics of Federal Bureaucracy
• P.AD-814 Collaborative Public Management
• P.AD-815 Nonprofit Management
• P.AD-816 Seminar in Public Policy
• P.AD-817 Administrative Strategies of State and Local Government
• P.AD-819 Grant Writing and Management
• P.AD-822 Public Management Information Systems
• P.AD-823 The U.S. Health System
• P.AD-827 Financing State & Local Government
• P.AD-828 Public Service Communication
• P.AD-831 Civic Innovation and Citizen Engagement
• P.AD-832 Health Policy
• P.AD-838 Ethics in Public Service
• P.AD-839 Leadership and Decision Making in Action
• P.AD-840 Comparative Public Policy
• P.AD-842 Workplace and Labor Law
• P.AD-848 Nonprofit Law and Ethics
• P.AD-849 Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits
• P.AD-900 Special Topics
• P.AD-910 Individual Study in Public Service

Strategic Management

• MGES-848 Green and Sustainable Business
• MGSM-833 Corporate Innovation
• MGSM-834 Mergers and Acquisitions
• MGT-910 Directed Study in Management
• MGT-920 Management Internship

Taxation

• TAX-801 Federal Taxation I
• 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
• TAX-910 Individual Study in Taxation
• TAX-920 MBA Graduate Internship