MBA/MSF Degree Requirements

As global competition grows, businesses increasingly recognize that effective management-level decisions often require a financial analysis of the issues. Suffolk’s MBA/MSF program, consisting of 52 - 76 credits depending on waivers, addresses these growing demands on business leaders and prepares students to meet a multitude of challenges. You will gain broad-based managerial skills with a specialized focus on the field of finance.

Required Introductory MBA Course (1 credit)

• MBA 600  Effective Career Planning 

Core MBA Courses (24 credits) *may be waived

• MBA 610  Organizational Behavior
• MBA 622 Operations and Data Analysis
• MBA 630  Economic Analysis for Managers 
• MBA 640  Corporate Financial Reporting and Control 
• MBA 650  Value-Based Financial Management
• MBA 660  Marketing: The Challenge of Managing Value 
• MBA 670  Information Management for Competitive Advantage 
• MBA 680  Managing in the Ethical and Legal Environment 

Required MSF Courses (21 credits)

• FIN 800  Financial Statement Analysis
• FIN 808  General Theory in Corporate Finance
• FIN 810  Investment Analysis
• FIN 812  Capital Budgeting
• FIN 814  Options & Futures
• FIN 818  Econometrics
• FIN 820  Financial Policy

Electives (24 credits)

• Two electives (6 of the 24 credits) are MSF electives.

• Six electives (18 of the 24 credits) may be selected from a variety of MBA electives in areas including but not limited to accounting, business law and ethics, entrepreneurship, information systems, and taxation.
• At least one elective must be from the international business area.

Required Global Course (3 credits)

• MBA 780  Managing in the Global Environment

Required Capstone Course (3 credits)

• MBA 800  Strategic Management