• MBA Electives

MBA Electives

Customize your MBA to your career goals with the electives you choose. The Suffolk MBA offers electives across a variety of functional areas.

Accounting International Business
Business Law and Ethics Marketing
Entrepreneurship Organizational Behavior
Finance and Managerial Economics Public Administration & Nonprofit
Health Administration  Strategic Management 
Information Systems Taxation

In Boston, electives meet once per week in the evening:  4:30 to 7:10 pm or 7:15 to 9:55 pm. Many working professionals take two courses in one evening. Many full-time students take advantage of  this schedule and participate in an internship or co-op during the day. 

Within electives, you may choose one of ten concentrations. Alternatively, simply select electives from any of the areas below, increasing your managerial skill set.

* A limited but diverse selection of electives are offered at our off site location in  North Andover and Online. All Suffolk MBAs have the option of enrolling in Suffolk MBA classes at all of our locations and Online, thereby adding flexibility to their scheduling and increasing their course selection menu.

Accounting

ACCT 801  Graduate Financial Accounting I
ACCT 802  Graduate Financial Accounting II 
ACCT 803  Graduate Financial Accounting III 
ACCT 804  Cost Information, Decision, and Control 
ACCT 805  Auditing and Assurance Services 
ACCT 806  Fraud Examination 
ACCT 810  Tax Aspects of Business Decisions 
ACCT 824  Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis 
ACCT 825  Corporate Financial Planning and Control 
ACCT 861  Leadership in the Financial Professions 
ACCT 865  Technology and Financial Information Systems 
ACCT 871  Not-For-Profit Accounting and Control
ACIB 872   International Financial Analysis and Control 
ACIB 810   Tax Aspects of Business Decisions 
ACCT 900  Special Topics in Accounting

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Business Law and Ethics

BLLS 800  Business Law
BLLS 810  Domestic and International Aspects of Commercial Transactions
BLLS 820  Enterprise Organization – Domestic and International
BLLS 830  Managing in the International Legal Environment
BLLS 840  Legal Protection of Product Innovation
BLLS 850  Banking Laws
BLLS 860  Securities Regulation
BLLS 870  Alternative Dispute Resolution
MGLS 818 Managing in the External Environment

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Entrepreneurship

MGES 826  Creating Business Plans
MGES 901  Business Start-Ups
MGES 902  Entering Existing Markets
MGES 903  Entering New Markets/Product Innovation
MGES 910  Entrepreneurship Internship
MGES 911  Launching the New Venture Internship 
MGSM 832 Venture Capital Finance
MGSM 833 Corporate Innovation
MGOB 836 Managing Family Businesses

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Finance and Managerial Economics

FIN 800  Financial Statement Analysis
FIN 801  Money and Capital Markets 
FIN 805  Capital Management 
FNEC 810 The Manager in the Global Economy: Trade Issues and Policy 
FIN 810  Investment Analysis
FIN 812  Capital Budgeting 
FIN 814  Options and Futures 
FIN 831  Portfolio Management 
FIN 880  Investment Banking
MGSM 832  Venture Capital Finance

* MBAs, with permission of the MSF Director, may register for MSF courses

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Health Administration

HLTH 700  Graduate Communication and Information Technology: Health
HLTH 701  Health Systems I
HLTH 702  Health Systems II
HLTH 824  Healthcare Financial Management
HLTH 825  Legal Environment of Healthcare
HLTH 828  Managerial Epidemiology
HLTH 830  Healthcare Operations Management
HLTH 831  Performance Improvement & Patient Safety
HLTH 832  Health Policy
HLTH 834  Disability and Public Policy
HLTH 840  Global Health Needs & Organizations
HLTH 841  Global Health Policy
HLTH 850  Health Information Systems
HLTH 860  Leadership & Ethics in the Health Organization
HLTH 890  Strategic Health Systems Analysis Leadership

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Information Systems

ISOM 810  Management of Information Technologies
ISOM 813  Systems Analysis and Design
ISOM 815  Database Management
ISOM 824  E-Commerce Web Design
ISOM 825  Business Data Communications
ISOM 826  E-Commerce Strategy
ISOM 830  Business Transformation with Information Technologies
ISOM 900  Special Topics in Information Systems

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International Business

ACIB 810  Tax Aspects of Business Decisions
ACIB 872  Multinational Financial Analysis and Control
BLLS 830  Managing in the International Legal Environment
FNEC 810 The Manager in the Global Economy: Trade Issues and Policy
FNIB 825  Multinational Financial Management
MGIB 835  International Strategy
MGIB 850  Global Travel Seminars
MGIB 855  Business in China
MKIB 817  International Marketing
MKIB 900  Special Topics in International Business
TAX 865     International Taxation I
TAX 874     International Taxation II
FNIB 901   Global Investment Analysis 
FNIB 902   Global Capital Markets and Risk Management
FNIB 903   Global Budgeting in a Global Environment
MKIB 901  Global Consumer Cultures
MKIB 902  Global Supply Chain Management
MKIB 903  Managing and Communicating Brands in Global Markets

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Marketing

MKT 810  Marketing Research for Managers
MKT 813  Integrated Marketing Communication
MKT 814  Strategic Marketing
MKT 815  Consumer Behavior
MKT 820  Sales Management
MKT 822  Services Marketing
MKT 825  Strategic Brand Management
MKT 830  Marketing on the Internet
MKT 840  One-to-One Marketing
MKT 920  Marketing Internship
MKT 900  Special Topics in Marketing

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Organizational Behavior

MGOB 810  Emotional Intelligence
MGOB 820  Career Strategy
MGOB 825  Human Resource Management
MGOB 830  Managing Corporate Crises
MGOB 836  Managing Family Businesses
MGOB 840  Power and Influence in Organizations
MGOB 850  Management Consulting
MGOB 855  Conflict and Negotiation
MGOB 860  Leadership and Team Building
MGOB 865  Leading Change
MGOB 900  Special Topics in Organizational Behavior

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Public Administration including Nonprofit Management

P.AD 809  Economic, Financial, and Administrative Strategies of Public Service
P.AD 811  Politics of the Federal Bureaucracy
P.AD 812  Managing State Government
P.AD 813  Administrative Strategies of Local Government
P.AD 814  Intergovernmental Relations
P.AD 815  Nonprofit Organizations in the Community
P.AD 816  Analysis of Public Policy
P.AD 818  Public Sector Labor/Management Relations
P.AD 819  Grants-In-Aid and Grants Management
P.AD 820  Governmental Decision Making
P.AD 821  Human Services Integration
P.AD 822  Management Information Systems
P.AD 827  Financing State and Local Government
P.AD 829  Environmental Policy and Administration
P.AD 830  Public Liaison Strategies
P.AD 835  Nonprofit Marketing
P.AD 838  Ethics in Management
P.AD 839  Leadership and Decision-Making
P.AD 840  Comparative Public Policy
P.AD 842  Workplace and Labor Law
P.AD 845  The Entrepreneurial Nonprofit
P.AD 846  Community and Citizen Empowerment
P.AD 847  Nonprofit Financial Management
P.AD 848  Nonprofit Law and Ethics
P.AD 849  Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits
P.AD 850  Alternative Dispute Resolution
P.AD 855  Civic Innovative and Effective Governance
P.AD 856  Group Theory and Facilitative Practice

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Strategic Management

MGSM 832  Venture Capital Finance
MGSM 833  Corporate Innovation
MGSM 834  Mergers and Acquisitions
MGSM 835  International Strategy
MGT 900     Special Topics in Strategic Management
MGT 910     Directed Individual Study
MGT 920     Management Internship

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Taxation

TAX 801  Issues in Federal Taxation I
TAX 802  Issues in 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 I
TAX 874  International Taxation II
TAX 866  State and Local Taxation
TAX 867  Advanced Topics in Corporate Taxation
TAX 868  Estate-Planning Techniques
TAX 870  Federal Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts
TAX 871  Taxation of Estates, Trusts, and Gifts
TAX 872  Tax-Exempt Organizations
TAX 875  Tax Accounting Periods and Methods
TAX 876  Tax Policy
TAX 878  Tax Compliance
TAX 879  Personal Financial Planning

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