First Year

Second Year

A minimum of 64 credits is required for single MBA completion. The flat, per-semester tuition for full-time students encompasses 12–18 credits per semester. Students may request to take up to a maximum of 19 credits in their final semesters before graduating without additional charges. Therefore, a student may graduate with up to 74 credits at the same tuition rate. The curriculum and courses are subject to change as recommended by faculty, deans, and administrators of the Questrom School of Business.

Students who receive a “W,” “F,” or “I” grade in a core class, excluding Executive Skills classes and PL 700, cannot continue in the cohorted program.

Note: Module 4 electives currently undefined, as is the “Global Engagement” elective. Other electives are 800-level Questrom courses. Two of six second-year electives must be HSM electives in addition to HM 710 or HM 717 in the second year.

First Year

Second Year

*Two of the six electives must be HSM electives.

64 credits is the minimum required for single MBA completion. The flat, per-semester tuition for full-time students encompasses 12–18 credits per semester. Students may request to take up to a maximum of 19 credits in their final semesters before graduating without additional charges. Therefore, a student may graduate with up to 74 credits at the same tuition rate. The curriculum and courses are subject to change as recommended by faculty, deans, and administrators of the Questrom School of Business.

Students who receive a “W,” “F,” or “I” grade in a core class, excluding Executive Skills classes and PL 700, cannot continue in the cohorted program.

Note: Module 4 electives besides OB 841 are not yet defined, neither is the “Global Engagement” elective. Other electives are 800+-level Questrom courses, but three of these must be PNP electives.

First Year

Second Year

*Three of the eight electives must be PNP electives.

64 credits is the minimum required for single MBA completion. The flat, per-semester tuition for full-time students encompasses 12–18 credits per semester. Students may request to take up to a maximum of 19 credits in their final semesters before graduating without additional charges. Therefore, a student may graduate with up to 74 credits at the same tuition rate. The curriculum and courses are subject to change as recommended by faculty, deans, and administrators of the Questrom School of Business.

Students who receive a “W,” “F,” or “I” grade in a core class, excluding Executive Skills classes and PL 700, cannot continue in the cohorted program.

Required Foundation Course (1 Unit)

The following course is required:

• SSI 836 Foundations of Environmental Sustainability

Elective Courses (2 Total Units Required)

The following lists elective options students can choose from with the corresponding EES units the course will earn. Please note that some courses are equivalent to 1 unit, while some are .5. Two .5 courses will equal 1 unit. Students must take an equivalent of 2 units of electives in this area.

Questrom School of Business Courses:

• MK 849 Debiasing Decision Making (.5 unit)
• MK 867 Marketing Social Change (.5 unit)
• OB 835 Leading Sustainable Enterprises (1 unit)
• OM 845 Clean Technologies and Supply Chains (1 unit)
• PL 882 Public Policy Analysis (.5 unit)
• SI 849 Global Sustainability (1 unit)
• SI 870 Strategies for Sustainable Development (.5 unit)

Courses from other BU Schools/Colleges:

These courses have been pre-approved and do not require a Graduate Elective Request to enroll. A grade of B– or better is required to count toward the requirement. Students must work with the individual school’s registration processes to enroll in these courses.

• CAS GE 555 World Oil Markets (1 unit)
• CAS GE 560 Energy Transitions (1 unit)
• ENG EC/ME/SE 543 Sustainable Power Systems: Planning, Operation, and Markets (1 unit)
• ENG EK 546 Assessment of Sustainable Energy Technologies (1 unit)

One Practice/Project Unit (1 Total Unit Required)

Students must take one elective from the following list, and must complete an EES-qualified project within the course of the class.

• IM 852 Brazil Field Seminar (1 unit for qualified project)
• IS 855 Digital Transformation: Immersive Interactions and Insights at Silicon Valley (1 unit for qualified project)
• OB 840 Management Consulting Field Project (1 unit for qualified project)
• SI 847 Strategic Analysis of Environmental & Energy Sustainability Projects (1 unit for qualified project)
• SI 852 Starting New Ventures (1 unit for qualified project)

Required Courses (2)

Students must take one of the following courses:

• PL 850 Social Entrepreneurship
• SI 852 Starting New Ventures

Students must take one of the following courses:

• SI 855 Entrepreneurship
• HM 801 From Bench to Bedside—Translating Biomedical Innovation from the Laboratory to the Marketplace

Elective Courses (3)

Students must take three courses selected from the following list. Students may also count additional courses from the list above toward their three electives. Students should select electives that best suit their professional interests, and are, therefore, encouraged to meet with faculty in the Entrepreneurship Department to discuss their course options.

• FE 850 Private Equity: LBOs
• FE 854 Entrepreneurial Finance (formerly SI 854)
• HM 703 Health Sector Issues and Opportunities
• HM 710 Health Service Delivery: Strategies, Solutions, and Execution
• HM 717 Drugs, Devices, and Diagnostics: New Challenges, Strategies, and Execution
• HM 817 Health Information Technology
• IM 836 Competing in High-Growth Economies
• MK 852 Marketing Analytics
• MK 854 Branding
• MK 857 Service Marketing Management
• MK 859 Business Marketing
• MK 864 Pricing Strategy and Tactics
• OB 844 Managing Organizational Change
• OB 848 The Leadership Challenge
• OB 853 Negotiations
• OM 845 Clean Technologies and Supply Chains
• OM 865 Idea Lab
• OM 880 Product Design and Development
• PL 815 Competitive Decision Making (formerly FE 815)
• PL 861 Emerging Issues in Business Law
• PL 864 Managing Political, Economic, Social, and Technology and Country Risk
• SI 814 Intellectual Property Strategies (formerly FE 814)
• SI 835 Real Estate Management
• SI 836 Foundations of Environmental Sustainability
• SI 839 Design and Innovation Strategy
• SI 842 Real Estate Development
• SI 856 International Entrepreneurship
• SI 859 Strategy Implementation
• SI 870 Strategies for Sustainable Development (formerly PL 870)
• SI 871 Strategies for Bringing Technology to Market
• SI 874 Entrepreneurial Sales Strategy

Required Courses

All of the following courses must be completed:

• FE 721 Finance I or FE 722 Financial Management
• FE 810 Finance II
  • Finance II is required for students who started in Fall 2013 and later
• FE 820 Corporate Financial Management
• FE 823 Investments

Elective Courses

Two of the following electives must be completed:

• AC 814 Financial Statement Analysis and Investor Decisions
• FE 810 Finance II
  • For students who started in Fall 2013 and later, FE 810 counts as a required course, and they will only have to take one elective. For all other students, this course counts as one of the two electives.
• FE 821 Advanced Corporate Finance
• FE 822 Fixed Income Markets
• FE 825 Advanced Topics in Investments
• FE 827 International Financial Management
• FE 829 Futures, Options, and Financial Risk Management
• FE 850 Private Equity: Leveraged Buyouts
• PL 815 Competitive Decision Making (formerly FE 815)
• PL 834 Macroeconomics in the Global Environment (formerly FE 834)
• SI 863 Strategic and Financial Analysis and Design

Required Courses (2)

One course from the following list is required:

• IM 836 Competing in High-Growth Economies**
• PL 834 Macroeconomics in the Global Environment (formerly FE 834)
• PL 864 Managing Political, Economic, Social, Technology and Country Risk (formerly SP 864)

One course from the following list of Field Seminar Courses is required:

• IM 845 Asian Field Seminar
• IM 851 European Field Seminar
• IM 852 Brazil Field Seminar
• IM 853 India Field Seminar
• IM 842 Business in Asia Pacific—Field Course* (International MBA Program students only)

Elective Courses (2)

Functional Courses

Students must take one course from the following list:

• IM 836 Competing in High-Growth Economies**
• FE 827 International Financial Management
• MK 853 Global Strategic Marketing
• SI 856 International Entrepreneurship (formerly SP 856)

Environmental/Regional Courses

Students must take one course from the following list:

• PL 864 Managing Political, Economic, Social, and Technology and Country Risk (formerly SP 864)**
• PL 834 Macroeconomics in the Global Environment** (formerly FE 834)
• CAS IR 520 The State and Public Purpose in Asia

*Students in the International MBA Program who take IM 842 may waive one of the two elective courses.
**Students may not use the same course as both a required course and an elective course.

MBA Core (1)

The following course is part of the MBA core and is also required for the Leadership & Organizational Transformation concentration:

• OB 712/OB 713 Leading Organizations and People

Required Courses (2 of the following 3)

These courses are designed to develop self-awareness and emotional competence.

• OB 844 Managing Organizational Change
• OB 848 The Leadership Challenge
• OB 853 Negotiations

Elective Courses (2)

Students must take the equivalent of two full semester courses selected from the comprehensive list below, as outlined. Students who take all three of the courses listed above may count one of those toward their two electives.

Leading Change and Transformation in Groups and Organizations (choose 2 of 6)

The required elective that is not chosen above, can be chosen here.

• OB 815 Career Management & Work-Life Integration
• OB 830 Leading the Mission-Driven Organization
• OB 835 Leading Sustainable Enterprises
• OB 840 Management Consulting Field Project
• OB 847 Leading High-Performance Teams and Project Groups
• OB 860 Managerial Decision Making

OR select one (1) course from the list of OB electives above and one (1) course from the following:

• OM 840 Managing and Improving Quality: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
• OM 855 Project Management
• MK 857 Service Marketing Management
• PL 850 Social Entrepreneurship
• PL 864 Managing Political, Economic, Social, Technology and Country Risks
• SI 830 Corporate Strategies for Growth
• SI 839 Design and Innovation Strategy
• SI 859 Strategy Implementation

Required Course (1)

The following course must be completed:

• MK 723/MK 724 Marketing Management

Elective Courses (4)

Students must take four additional courses:

• Three Marketing electives (any course with an MK designation)

Students must also take one of the following:

• A fourth Marketing elective (any other elective with an MK designation)
• OM 880 Product Design and Development
• HM 833 Health Sector Marketing
• IS 841 Advanced Business Analytics: Data Mining
• IM 851 European Field Seminar
• SI 874 Entrepreneurial Sales Strategy
• SI 839 Design and Innovation Strategy
• Or another non-Marketing elective specific to the career goals of the student, with the approval of the department

Required Courses (2)

• OM 725/726 Creating Value through Operations & Technology
• OM 855 Project Management

Elective Courses (3)

Students must take three additional courses from the following list:

• IM 845 Asian Field Seminar
• OM 840 Managing and Improving Quality: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
• OM 845 Clean Technologies and Supply Chains
• OM 854 Supply Chain Management
• OM 865 Idea Lab
• OM 880 Product Design and Development
• QM 880 Business Analytics: Spreadsheet Optimization and Simulation

or

• A non-OTM elective specific to your career goals with written approval of the department. Please be sure to forward any exceptions to your academic advisor.

MBA Core (1)

The following course is part of the MBA core and is also required for the Strategy concentration:

• SI 750/SI 751 Competition, Innovation, and Strategy

Required Courses (3)

Three courses from the following list are required:

• SI 814 Intellectual Property Strategies
• SI 830 Corporate Strategies for Growth
• SI 839 Design and Innovation Strategy
• SI 845 Technology Strategy
• SI 859 Strategy Implementation
• SI 863 Strategic and Financial Analysis and Design

Elective Course (1)

One course from the following list is required:

• FE 820 Corporate Financial Management
• IS 827 Platforms & Information Markets
• MK 853 Global Strategic Marketing
• MK 854 Branding
• MK 864 Pricing Strategy & Tactics
• OB 840 Management Consulting Field Project
• PL 815 Competitive Decision Making (formerly FE 815)
• PL 850 Social Entrepreneurship
• PL 864 Managing Political, Economic, Social, Technology and Country Risks
• SI 836 Foundations of Environmental Sustainability
• SI 842 Real Estate Development
• SI 852 Starting New Ventures
• SI 855 Entrepreneurship
• SI 856 International Entrepreneurship
• SI 870 Strategies for Sustainable Development
• SI 871 Strategies for Bringing Technology to Market

The Executive MBA’s (EMBA) integrated curriculum is designed by senior faculty and based on guiding principles, including: management as a system, team learning, leadership, and global perspective. The curriculum is organized around five modules, which are in turn bracketed by four residential weeks. Classes meet every other Friday and Saturday during the modules and focus on developing cross-functional knowledge by studying traditional subject areas in an integrated fashion. Each residence week emphasizes core competency and capability development. The third residential week takes place at an international location determined by the faculty, and it is integrated with Module 4, focused on the global environment, and with Module 5, focused on entrepreneurship and business plan development.

The following are content descriptions of the EMBA modules and residence weeks:

First Year

• EM 705 Pre-program: Introduction to Module 1 (2 credits). Content: Accounting, Statistics, Excel, Case Analysis, Economics, Finance
• EM 700 Residence Week 1: Business as a System (4 credits). Content: Management Systems, Organizational Behavior
• EM 715 Module 1: Value Creation & Performance Management (12 credits). Content: Financial and Managerial Accounting, Marketing Management, Operations Management, Data Analysis
• EM 740 Residence Week 2: Playing by the Rules: Law and Ethics (4 credits). Content: Business Law, Ethics
• EM 745 Module 2: The Competitive Environment (10 credits). Content: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Strategy, Finance

Second Year

• EM 755 Module 3: The Firm’s Decisions (10 credits). Content: Finance, Corporate Strategy, Strategy of Technology
• EM 840 Team Learning (4 credits). Content: Group Development, Managing High-Performing Teams, Peer Coaching
• Module 4: Country Environment and Multinational Strategy (4 credits). Content: International Management, Global Strategy
• EM 830 Residence Week 3: The Global Environment: International Field Seminar (4 credits). Content: Business Development, International Management, Country Analysis
• EM 775 Module 5: New Venture Creation in a Global Economy (6 credits). Content: Entrepreneurship, Capstone Project
• EM 800 Residence Week 4: Leadership and Change (4 credits). Content: Leadership, Organizational Development, Conflict and Change, Negotiations