• 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 twelve 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 North Campus location 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 cross-listed with P.AD 850  Alternative Dispute Resolution
BLLS 871 - Corporate Crime and Financial Fraud
MGLS 818 - Managing in the External Environment

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Entrepreneurship

MGES 826 - Writing the Business Plan
MGES 832 - Venture Capital Finance
MGES 836 - Managing the Family Business
MGES 900 - Social Entrepreneurship
MGES 901 - Business Startups
MGES 905 - Corporate Entrepreneurship
MGES 906 - Global Innovation & New Product Development in Virtual Teams
MGES 907 - Problem Solving in Business
MGES 908 - Franchising: Pathway to Wealth
MGES 909 - Green and Sustainable Business
MGES 910 - E-Project Practicum

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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 - Introduction to Healthcare Programs and Profession
HLTH 701 - Health Systems I
HLTH 702 - Health Systems II
HLTH 825 - Legal Environment of Healthcare
HLTH 826 - Healthcare Financial Management
HLTH 828 - Managerial Epidemiology
HLTH 830 - Healthcare Operations Management
HLTH 831 - Performance Improvement & Patient Safety
HLTH 832 - Health 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 - Healthcare Strategic Management

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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
MGES 906 - Global Innovation & New Product Development in Virtual Teams
MGIB 835  International Strategy
MGIB 837 - The Strategic Context of International Business (formerly MGIB 900 - effective Spring 2012)
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 835 - Global Investment Analysis 
FNIB 840 - Global Capital Markets and Risk Management
FNIB 830 - Global Budgeting in a Global Environment
MKIB 819 - Global Consumer Cultures
MKIB 816 - Global Supply Chain Management
MKIB 812 - 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 822 - Creativity For Business & Life
MGOB 825 - Human Resource Management
MGOB 830 - Managing Corporate Crises
MGOB 836 - Managing Family Businesses
MGOB 840 - Power and Influence in Organizations
MGOB 841 - Managing Diversity in Organizations
MGOB 850 - Management Consulting
MGOB 855 - Conflict and Negotiation
MGOB 860 - Leadership and Team Building
MGOB 865 - Leading Change
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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 cross-listed with BLLS 870 - 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

MGES 832 - Venture Capital Finance
MGES 912 - Entrepreneurship for the Bottom of the Pyramid
MGSM 830 - Technology Strategy
MGSM 833 - Corporate Innovation
MGSM 834 - Mergers and Acquisitions
MGSM 887 - Business of Biotechnology
MGIB 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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