Suffolk University Law School and the Sawyer Business School offer a joint program in law and business management that results in combined JD/MBA degrees after four years of full-time study or five years of part-time study.
Degrees will be awarded when all degree requirements for both programs are fulfilled.
The curriculum requirements of the JD/MBA program are determined by the respective schools. Currently, 112-115 credits are required; of these, 72 credits must be taken in required and elective law school courses and 40 to 43 in the Sawyer Business School. Final programs are approved by the Associate Deans of each school.
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A hands-on behavioral simulation run in teams, this course highlights the interpersonal dynamics that occur between people as they address strategic and operating issues; issues that often involve departmental interdependencies, power relationships, and judgment. MBA 600 emphasizes experiential learning through doing. Working in teams, students assume different roles in the organization. Each role contains extensive information on past business decisions and correspondence on current issues, problem symptoms, and decision situations.
MBA & Global MBA Required
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This course explores human behavior and the overall functioning of organizational structures on three levels: the individual, the group, and the organization. Theoretical bases of behavior are used to provide understanding of peoples attitudes, motives, and behaviors in group and organizational settings as they relate to leadership, motivation, power, perceptions, group dynamics, communication, diversity, organizational culture, and decision making.
MBA & Global MBA Core
3.00
This course covers topics of operations management in the services, manufacturing and distribution industries while introducing statistics and quantitative analytic tools relevant to all functional areas. Applications include supply chain management, total quality management, forecasting, inventory planning and control, project planning and management, risk analysis, process design, and human resources issues in a global economy. Analytic tools for these applications include descriptive statistics and graphics, uncertainty assessment, inferences from samples, decision analysis and models, simulation, and regression analysis.
Offered Both Fall and Spring
MBA & Global MBA Core
3.00
This course develops the basic tools for microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis with emphasis on business decision-making and the impact of economic policy on organizational performance and competitiveness with respect to global business.
Offered Both Fall and Spring
MBA & Global MBA Core
3.00
Explores the structure and information content of the three principal financial statements of profit-directed companies, namely the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. Students learn skills in how to use accounting information to analyze the performance and financial condition of a company, facilitate decision-making, planning and budgeting, and performance appraisal in a managerial context. Students with no prior background in accounting complete a programmed instruction in the mechanics of double entry accounting at the start of the course.
MBA & Global MBA Core
MBA 620, MBA 630, MBA 640
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This course introduces the basic principles of corporate finance. The main focus is on fundamental principles such as time value of money, asset valuation, and risk and return tradeoff. Topics to be covered also include cost of capital, capital budgeting, and capital structure.
Offered Both Fall and Spring
MBA & Global MBA Core
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Marketing is changing - constantly driven by dramatic technology developments, globalization, and evolving consumption values, practices, and lifestyles. This course covers Marketing themes, theories, and trends that are critical for superior business performance in the 21st century. In this course, we will examine current marketing theory as it is being shaped by forward thinking academics and new developments in todays business practices. This course provides students with a strong foundation in marketing principles and practices required in upper level elective courses.
MBA & Global MBA Core
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This course focuses on exploiting information systems (IS) and information technology (IT) for a competitive advantage. It explores the impact of IS and IT on the internal and external environments of organizations. It examines decisions needed for effective deployment of IS and IT, such as IT infrastructures selection, valuation of IT business models, and analysis of the operational benefits and risks. The course also introduces students to the opportunities and challenges of managing technology activities to meet the needs of business executives, IT executives, users, and IT partners.
Offered Both Fall and Spring
MBA & Global MBA Core
3.00
This course explores multidisciplinary analytical techniques and case analysis as strategic management tools to assist executives in successful navigation of an increasingly complex, evolving, and highly competitive business environment in which ethical, legal, economic, and regulatory forces are continuously reshaping the global marketplace both to create and limit competitive opportunities.
Offered Both Fall and Spring
MBA & Global MBA Core
All MBA core courses except MBA 670 and MBA 680 Students seeking special permission to take MBA 780 (concurrent with pre-req, above capacity, etc.) should contact the MBA Programs office at 617-573-8306
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This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of the global business environment and the cross-cultural factors that affect management practice in this environment. Topics covered include: economic environment, free trade and regional integration, foreign direct investment, exchange rate determination and relevant government policies; the decision to go international; the multinational firm and its business functions.
Offered Both Fall and Spring
MBA & Global MBA Required
All MBA core courses and MBA 780 Students seeking special permission to take MBA 800 (concurrent with pre-req, above capacity, etc.) should contact the MBA Programs office at 617-573-8306
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In this course, students will develop a multi- functional general management perspective. Students will be required to integrate and apply knowledge and techniques learned in the core courses of the MBA program. Students will also learn about the principal concepts, frameworks, and techniques of strategic management, they will develop the capacity for strategic thinking, and they will examine the organizational and environ- mental contexts in which strategic management unfolds. Students will achieve these course objectives through a variety of learning activities, such as case studies, computer simulations, examinations, project reports, and experiential exercises.
Offered Both Fall and Spring
MBA & Global MBA Required
Courses may be selected from among electives in the following areas: accounting, entrepreneurship, finance and managerial economics, health administration, information systems, international business, marketing, organizational behavior, public administration and nonprofit management, strategic management, and taxation . No more than two courses may be in any one functional area.
**One elective must in the international business area
In the JD/MBA, one core course may be waived, depending on educational background. Required MBA Courses (MBA 600, MBA 780 and MBA 800) cannot be waived.
To waive a core course the following is required:
Successful completion of equivalent coursework at the undergraduate/graduate level in the seven years prior to JD/MBA matriculation with a grade of “B” or better.
A core course waiver is established upon entry to the JD/MBA. Students’ waiver questions/concerns must be addressed during the student’s first semester in the JD/MBA. A student receives academic credit for the core course waived, thereby reducing the total number of credits needed on the MBA side for the JD/MBA degree from 43 to 40.
Within the JD/MBA, only one core course may be waived. In some cases, JD/MBA students may be permitted to substitute a Sawyer Business School upper level elective of equal credit for a core course, depending on their educational background. This will be determined and so noted on the Program of Study at the time of entry to the JD/MBA. Students may elect to take a proficiency exam to gain the one core course waiver and/or to gain a core course substitution designation. Proficiency exams must be completed in the first semester in the JD/MBA program. JD/MBA students must complete a minimum of 40 credits in the Sawyer Business School.
