Master in Management (MiM)

The Master in Management (MiM) is a full-time program that incorporates a challenge-driven, learn-by-doing curriculum. It simulates a real work environment through multiple client-facing business projects, team interactions, and business case discussions that are tightly integrated with courses. The course and project learning occur in four modules spread over nine months.

Learning Outcomes

The MiM program develops graduates who:

  • Apply foundational business knowledge
    • Are fluent in the language of business, familiar with common business practices, and can proficiently engage in strategy, finance, marketing, HR, innovation, and analytics discussions.
  • Demonstrate SMART skills for effective collaboration
    • Execute structured communication, active listening, project management, and interpersonal skills—including empathy, respect, and curiosity—to work effectively in diverse teams.
  • Leverage SHARP skills for problem solving and decisionmaking
    • Evaluate and propose solutions to cross-disciplinary business challenges using inductive, deductive, creative, and lateral problem-solving approaches.
  • Exhibit digital agility and data-driven decisionmaking
    • Interpret data insights, deploy business applications, adapt to emerging technologies (including generative AI), and apply digital tools to business innovation and improvement.
  • Promote customer-centric value creation
    • Assess customer needs through segmentation, insights generation, and market analysis, and draft impactful business strategies and solutions that create value for stakeholders.
  • Measure and deliver business impact
    • Evaluate and optimize the financial, customer, organizational, and human impact of business initiatives using data-driven methods and an understanding of ethical considerations.
  • Continuously improve career-readiness skills and professional networks
    • Cultivate a professional network, build a personal brand, and strategically align career aspirations with business needs and personal passions.

    Curriculum

    The MiM is a full-time, two-term, 36-unit program delivered in four 7-week modules. Students take core classes in cohorts during the program. The program has a fixed curriculum in the fall term and provides electives in the spring term. An academic advisor is available to answer any questions related to elective selection.

    Client projects comprise a sizable portion of the curriculum. During each module, students work in small teams on a corporate partner’s real-world business challenge. Corporate partners are carefully curated to deliver challenges that build relevant skills and enhance student learning. Corporate partners also provide executive talks, the use of real case examples, and willingness to hire MiM graduates.

    Building career skills and support for job hunting are an important part of the program. A dedicated MiM career coach enables skill building through cohort-wide seminars, small group workshops, one-on-one coaching, and mock interviews. The MiM career coach is supplemented by the extensive networking and industry relations resources of the Questrom Feld Center and by on-campus visits by leading companies in technology, consulting, healthcare, financial services, and consumer products industries.

    Fall Term (18 units)

    Module I

    • QST MS 600 MiM Launch (0 units)
    • QST MS 660 Career Workshops (0 units)
    • QST MS 717 Business Context and Strategy (1.5 units)
    • QST MS 718 Competitive Business Simulation (1.5 units)
    • QST MS 742 Financial Reporting and Analysis (1.5 units)
    • QST MS 743 Quantitative Methods for Management Decisions (1.5 units)
    • QST MS 749 Making a Business Case (1.5 units)
    • Career Coaching & Workshops

    Module II

    • QST MS 715 Customers and Markets (1.5 units)
    • QST MS 716 Financial Decision-Making (1.5 units)
    • QST MS 744 People, Teams, and Organizations (1.5 units)
    • QST MS 775 Business Impact Modeling (1.5 units)
    • QST MS 779 Business Experimentation with AI (1.5 units)
    • QST MS 784 Insights and Analytics Client Project (3.0 units)
    • Career Coaching & Workshops

    Spring Term (18 units)

    Module III

    • QST MS 747 Agile Project Management (1.5 units)
    • QST MS 751 Digital Transformation and Growth (1.5 units)
    • QST MS 786 Customer Experience Client Project (3.0 units)
    • Electives (choose 2 of 5, at least 1 of which must be in the analytics domain):
      • QST MS 756 Leadership and Change Management (1.5 units)
      • QST MS 759 Consultative Selling (1.5 units)
      • QST MS 770 Data Visualization (1.5 units)
      • QST MS 771 Product Management (1.5 units)
      • QST MS 774 Digital Marketing Analytics (1.5 units)
    • Career Coaching & Workshops

    Module IV

    • QST MS 757 Innovation and Entrepreneurship (1.5 units)
    • QST MS 785 Innovation Tournament Project (3.0 units)
    • Electives (choose 3 of 6, at least 1 of which must be in the analytics domain):
      • QST MS 753 Negotiation and Conflict Management (1.5 units)  
      • QST MS 754 Corporate Financial Management (1.5 units)
      • QST MS 772 Product & Service Development (1.5 units)
      • QST MS 773 Customer Data Analytics (1.5 units)
      • QST MS 776 Data Management for Managers (1.5 units)
      • QST MS 777 AI for Business Challenges (1.5 units)
    • Career Coaching & Workshops

    Grading

    Given the unique program design, students are graded in categories of Honors, High Pass, Pass, and Fail. Grading in categories enables students to fully engage in the strong peer-to-peer and challenge-focused learning process without fear of failure.

    Honors (H) – Signifies that the student’s performance exceeds the standards of competence in the course.

    High Pass (HP) – Indicates performance that has consistently demonstrated competence in the course, but not at the level necessary for Honors.

    Pass (P)Demonstrates performance that meets the minimum requirements for competence.

    Fail (F) – For work that fails to consistently meet the minimum competence requirements.

    Satisfactory Academic Progress

    Students who successfully complete the program and earn the degree are expected to earn grades of High Pass (HP) or Honors (H) in the majority of their classes in each module. Student academic progress will be assessed against this standard at the end of each module by the MiM Program Development Committee (PDC). The review may result in a warning; academic probation with explicit expectations for improvement; or discontinuation from the program. Students who receive three or more Pass (P) grades or one Fail (F) grade in any module are subject to this review because they have not made sufficient academic progress.

    STEM Designation

    The US Department of Homeland Security has designated the Master in Management program at the Questrom School of Business a STEM-eligible degree program. International students with F-1 student status may apply for a 24-month extension of their 12-month Optional Practical Training (OPT) employment authorization. More information about STEM OPT eligibility is available from the BU International Students & Scholars Office (ISSO).

    Degree Completion

    To qualify for the Master in Management, students must achieve a grade of Pass (P), High Pass (HP), or Honors (H) in 36 units.