MBA Online

Tailored to meet the needs of busy working professionals, the Suffolk MBA Online can be completed fully online. The program features the same curriculum and faculty as the Boston and North Campus MBA.

As an online student, you’ll participate in group projects and class discussions, just like students who are studying on campus. Your classes will include the latest multimedia and Internet technologies, including video clips, slide shows, threaded discussions, interactive email, and white boards. You’ll also live chat with your professor and classmates for 90 minutes each week.

The online format is not only convenient, but it also prepares you for today’s global marketplace, where virtual conferencing and telecommunicating is a reality. You can also complement your online experience by taking some of your classes in Boston or at our North Campus.

Your career goals are unique. Shouldn’t your degree be as well? 

With Suffolk’s MBA online, you can earn one of six concentrations by completing four electives in one functional area.

You can also complement your online experience with Suffolk MBA classes at our Boston campus or at our North Campus location, thereby increasing your options of electives and concentrations.

Accounting Concentration

Must complete four (12 credits)

• ACCT-801 Graduate Financial Accounting I

  Prerequisites:

  MBA 640

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Students learn the practice of financial accounting and reporting under USGAAP. They explore the measurement and reporting of various asset, liability, and equity accounts; measurement and reporting of revenue, expense and net income; and the presentation and interpretation of financial statements. Pronouncements of authoritative sources such as the SEC, AICPA and the FASB are also studied.Reference is made to accounting practices in othercountries and to pronouncements by the IASB.

  Type:

  MBA Accounting

• ACCT-804 Cost Information, Decision and Control

  Prerequisites:

  ACCT 801 or MBA 640

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Students learn the concepts and practices of cost measurement: variable costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, setting goals and monitoring performance, standard costing and variance analysis. They learn how to work with multiple products - standard mix and mix variances; joint and by-product costing; measurement and control of overhead costs, and constructing operating, working capital and capital budgets. They study analysis in support of decisions, such as pricing, setting product line and customer profitability policy, and sourcing of products and services, and matching costing systems to strategy.

  Type:

  MBA Accounting

• ACCT-805 Auditing and Assurance Services

  Prerequisites:

  ACCT 802 or MBA 640

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Students examine AICPA pronouncements and GAAS. They learn about internal audit programs and procedures and their interaction with the external audit and analytical review methods. Focusing on assurance services, students learn about quality and reliability of information for decision- making; assessment, management and auditing of risk; communication with markets, valuation issues, and audit risk; electronic data processing and commerce and system reliability issues.

  Type:

  MBA Accounting

• ACCT-824 Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis

  Prerequisites:

  Take ACCT-802 and MBA-650; or program directors approval

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Students learn about the assessment of corporate strategy in respect to creation and retention of value; identification and management of risk and valuation of companies and financial securities. Students develop a framework for analyzing corporate performance and projecting future performance, assessing quality of accounting and disclosure, and examining research relevant to financial reporting and analysis and equity prices in the public financial markets.

  Type:

  MBA Accounting

• ACCT-825 Corporate Financial Planning and Control

  Prerequisites:

  Take ACCT-801 and ACCT-804; or program directors approval

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Students learn the importance of financial information to corporate strategy and assessment of key performance areas and principal sources of business risk. They develop a framework for designing responsible accounting systems to map corporate strategy, key performance indicators, and risk into the managerial organization and learn to balance financial and non-financial measures of performance. Students also research and study organizational issues around managerial incentives and performance measurement and creating a learning organization.

  Type:

  MBA Accounting

• ACCT-865 Technology and Financial Information Systems

  Prerequisites:

  MBA-640 Or ACCT-802

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Students learn how information management technologies affectthe provision of disclosing financial information to management and to the financial markets. Students learn financial modeling to support planning and control processes, decision and executive support systems, database design, technical aspects of organizational communication and the implementation of internal controls; privacy and data security issues.

  Type:

  MBA Accounting

Entrepreneurship Concentration

Must complete four (12 credits)

• MGES-800 Business Startups

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  In this introductory course you will learn a deliberate process of opportunity recognition. You will learn how to generate ideas that fit within your and your teams mindset, as well as your knowledge, skills and abilities intended to improve the likelihood of success. Once your opportunity is identified, you will determine its level of feasibility from the conceptual stage, industry and competitive analysis, through legal and financial risk areas, leading to a a go or no go decision. Topics include the individual and team mindset, identifying, growing and seizing opportunities, the founder and the team, and growth strategies. Financial topics include verifying the cost structure, making credible assumptions, identifying financial needs and sources, and preparing forecast financial statements, leading to a final presentation pitching the feasibility of your opportunity.

  Type:

  MBA Entrepreneurship

• MGES-802 Corporate Entrepreneurship

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Corporate entrepreneurship refers to alternative approaches that existing firms use to innovatively generate new products, new services, new businesses and new business models. This course emphasizes the cultivation of each students ability to evaluate innovations and business models for development in a corporate setting.It emphasizes various kinds of internal corporate ventures and multiple external collaborative approaches that include corporate venture capital investments, licensing and different types of alliances and formal joint ventures. Special emphasis will be placed on skills needed to promote and manage corporate entrepreneurship, including opportunity recognition, selling an idea, turning ideas into action, developing metrics for venture success and strategies for aligning corporate entrepreneurial projects with company strategies and growth opportunities and managing the conflicts that may arise between existing businesses and corporate entrepreneurial ventures. Students will also?learn to?identify the elements of an organizations culture, structure and reward and control systems that either inhibit or support the corporate entrepreneurship, and analyze how corporate entrepreneurial activities relate to a companys ability to drive innovation throughout the organization.

  Type:

  MBA Entrepreneurship

• MGES-810 Social Entrepreneurship

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Social entrepreneurship is about applying innovative financial and operational solutions to ameliorating intractable social problems such as health care, education, poverty, climate change and human rights. This course will not only introduce you to the issues and challenges faced by social entrepreneurs the world over, but will also focus on the various business models adopted by social enterprises. The class will be case-based (2 books) with two short exams, one additional book to read, and an out of class project (individual or group--your choice).

  Type:

  MBA Entrepreneurship

• MGES-842 Global Innovation & New Product Development in Virtual Team

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Corporations place high importance on innovation and new product development for competitiveness and profitability. Since many companies are operating in a global environment, there??s a need to find ways to harness the talent of people at multiple locations. This course is designed to teach global innovation and new product development using ??virtual team and connectivity? techniques involving multiple locations/countries, while equipping students with the necessary knowledge, expertise and capabilities towards this goal. This course may also be conducted with Suffolk Law School students.

  Type:

  MBA Entrepreneurship

• MGES-844 Problem Solving for Small Businesses

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Small businesses are confronted with situations that may have a profound impact on the success and failure of the entity. Too often, small business founders and owners do not have the macro-level understanding of the effect of their decision making process, and that of their management team and employees. Today, small business comprise more than half of all employment and are the growth engine of the next eceonomy. In this case-driven course, you will understand the various aspects of business with a focus on established small businesses and the associated challenges of success and failure. This course will cover the challenges associated with startups, growing and turnaround situations. You will learn how to identify problems and develop solutions that confront small businesses through case analysis, presentation, and assessment where you will have the opportunity to analyze a situation as manage, owner, investor, or other stakeholders.

  Type:

  MBA Entrepreneurship

• MGES-848 Green and Sustainable Business

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Over the past decade, the world of business and the environment has exploded. Beginning as an engineering-driven movement among a handful of companies during the 1980s, many firms have learned that improved environmental performance can save money and create competitive advantage. Much of the focus over the last 30 years has been on larger businesses. But now the big businesses are encouraging their small and mid-sized enterprises vendors and partners to pay attention to these concerns also. Consequently, the greening of Small Business is of utmost importance as many small businesses are a part of the supply chains of larger companies. And improving their performance can strengthen the business relationships of all parties by becoming cleaner, greener and sustainable businesses. This course will cover all aspects of green and sustainable business from innovation to new products to greening of the supply chain. It will cover how small and large businesses like General Electric, General Motors and others are paying attention to this very critical topic and taking actions which benefit the environment as well as their bottom lines and thus creating entrepreneurial opportunities in this growing market.

  Type:

  MBA Entrepreneurship

• MGES-890 E-Project Practicum

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  This advanced course is held in an experiential setting to help entrepreneurial-minded students, managers, etc. develop and practice their business skills working with real startups or small business under pro bono consulting arrangements. This course will be under the supervision of a faculty member, coach and advisor. Students will learn to assess client situations, develop alternatives and identify and defend solutions, at times within the client organization. This course is offered as a joint practicum with Suffolk Law School or as an independent study.

  Type:

  MBA Entrepreneurship

Finance Concentration

Must complete all four (12 credits)

• FIN-801 Money & Capital Markets

  Prerequisites:

  MBA 650

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Students analyze markets for financial assets, including the money market and various bond and stock markets. They learn determinants of the level and structure of interest rates, the Federal Reserve impact on markets, how financial institutions operate with respect to their sources and uses of funds, essentials of the regulatory structure of financial markets, transaction costs, and interrelations among markets.

  Term:

  Offered Spring Term

  Type:

  MBA Finance

• FIN-810 Investment Analysis

  Prerequisites:

  MBA 750 or MBA 650

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Students examine markets for investment procedures, valuation models, basic analytical techniques, and factors influencing risk/return tradeoffs. This course emphasizes the professional approach to managing investment assets. A variety of investment vechicles are discussed, including stocks, bonds, options, and futures.

  Term:

  Offered Both Fall and Spring

  Type:

  MBA Finance

• FIN-814 Options and Futures

  Prerequisites:

  FIN 810

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Students explore the pricing of options and futures contracts, the characteristics of the markets in which these contracts are traded, options and futures strategies, and the application of these contracts in the hedging of financial positions. In addition, students are exposed to swap markets and a variety of swaps.

  Term:

  Offered Both Fall and Spring

  Type:

  MBA Finance

• FNIB-825 Multinational Financial Management

  Prerequisites:

  MBA-650 OR MBA-750

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  This course covers corporate financial decisions in an international setting with a focus on foreign exchange management and capital budgeting.

  Term:

  Offered Both Fall and Spring

  Type:

  MBA International Business,MBA Finance

Marketing Concentration

Must complete four (12 credits)

• MKT-810 Marketing Research for Managers

  Prerequisites:

  MGQM W700 or MBA 620; and MBA 660

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  This course explores the role of research in marketing decision-making, including the cost and value of information. The course uses cases and problems to explore problem definition, research design, sampling, questionnaire design, field methods, data analysis and reporting.

  Type:

  MBA Marketing

• MKT-814 Strategic Marketing

  Prerequisites:

  MBA 660

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  This course is designed to provide you with both a sound theoretical and an applied approach to developing and implementing marketing strategy at multiple levels of the organization - corporate, division, strategic business unit, and product. Special emphasis will be placed on dealing with contemporary marketing issues in the highly competitive global environment. The course presen- tation will combine lectures, case studies, guest speakers, and a semester-long, team-based project.

  Type:

  MBA Marketing

• MKT-820 Sales Management

  Prerequisites:

  MBA 660

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  This course addresses the role of the sales manager in todays challenging business environ- ment. As such, the course includes an understand- ing of direct sales, as well as all facets of sales management such as recruitment, compensa- tion, and management of a sales force. The core of activity is lecture and case study.

  Type:

  MBA Marketing

• MKIB-817 International Marketing

  Prerequisites:

  MBA 660 formerly MBA 710

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  The application of marketing principles and practices to competition in global markets. The course emphasizes the skills necessary for cross-cultural marketing.

  Type:

  MBA International Business,MBA Marketing

International Business Concentration

Must complete four (12 credits)

• ACIB-872 Multinational Financial Analysis and Control

  Prerequisites:

  ACCT 802 or MBA 640; and MBA 650

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Students develop an understanding of differences among nations in approaches to disclosure and choices of accounting measurement systems. They learn about the influence of the IASB and IOSCO on multinational accounting harmonization, contrasting historical cost/purchasing power accounting with other accounting approaches, including current value accounting. They will assess how differences in industrial and ownership structures affect accounting performance measurement. They will also analyze risk management, accounting for derivative contracts, consolidation accounting, budgetary control, and transfer pricing in a multinational company.

  Type:

  MBA International Business,MBA Accounting

• BLLS-830 Managing in the International Legal Environment

  Prerequisites:

  MBA 680 or MBA 730

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Students focus on the complex interactions among legal, political, economic and cultural forces. Students discuss contemporary international conflicts in the areas of trade, expropriation, political risk analysis, foreign direct investment, anti-dumping and countervailing duty laws, export control laws, extraterritoriality and taxation of income.

  Term:

  Offered Both Fall and Spring

  Type:

  MBA International Business,MBA Business Law & Ethics

• FNIB-825 Multinational Financial Management

  Prerequisites:

  MBA-650 OR MBA-750

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  This course covers corporate financial decisions in an international setting with a focus on foreign exchange management and capital budgeting.

  Term:

  Offered Both Fall and Spring

  Type:

  MBA International Business,MBA Finance

• MGES-842 Global Innovation & New Product Development in Virtual Team

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Corporations place high importance on innovation and new product development for competitiveness and profitability. Since many companies are operating in a global environment, there??s a need to find ways to harness the talent of people at multiple locations. This course is designed to teach global innovation and new product development using ??virtual team and connectivity? techniques involving multiple locations/countries, while equipping students with the necessary knowledge, expertise and capabilities towards this goal. This course may also be conducted with Suffolk Law School students.

  Type:

  MBA Entrepreneurship

• MGIB-835 International Strategy

  Prerequisites:

  MBA 780

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  This course addresses the creation of competitive advantage in a multinational firm. Topics include: analysis of the nature of globalization, the formulation and implementation of international strategy, market entry and organizational forms, and the management of global operations.

  Term:

  Offered Fall Term

  Type:

  MBA International Business,MBA Strategic Management

• MGIB-850 Global Travel Seminar

  Prerequisites:

  MBA 600 or MBA 700

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  The seminar is designed to develop students awareness, understanding and knowledge of managin in an international context. The format will consist of several preparatory sessions, at Suffolk and an intensive oen week seminar outside the United States. Topics will include, but are not limited to, managing cultural and structural differences, geo-political-economic considerations, international human resources and strategic management issues. The scheduling and the host country destination, as well as content emphasis will vary from term to term. A maximum of two off-campus courses is permitted subject to the 30 credit residency requirement.

  Type:

  MBA International Business,Global MBA Required

• MKIB-817 International Marketing

  Prerequisites:

  MBA 660 formerly MBA 710

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  The application of marketing principles and practices to competition in global markets. The course emphasizes the skills necessary for cross-cultural marketing.

  Type:

  MBA International Business,MBA Marketing

Strategic Management Concentration

Must complete all four (12 credits)

• MGES-802 Corporate Entrepreneurship

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  Corporate entrepreneurship refers to alternative approaches that existing firms use to innovatively generate new products, new services, new businesses and new business models. This course emphasizes the cultivation of each students ability to evaluate innovations and business models for development in a corporate setting.It emphasizes various kinds of internal corporate ventures and multiple external collaborative approaches that include corporate venture capital investments, licensing and different types of alliances and formal joint ventures. Special emphasis will be placed on skills needed to promote and manage corporate entrepreneurship, including opportunity recognition, selling an idea, turning ideas into action, developing metrics for venture success and strategies for aligning corporate entrepreneurial projects with company strategies and growth opportunities and managing the conflicts that may arise between existing businesses and corporate entrepreneurial ventures. Students will also?learn to?identify the elements of an organizations culture, structure and reward and control systems that either inhibit or support the corporate entrepreneurship, and analyze how corporate entrepreneurial activities relate to a companys ability to drive innovation throughout the organization.

  Type:

  MBA Entrepreneurship

• MGSM-833 Corporate Innovation

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  This course is designed to provide you the tools to analyze your organizations competitive situation and develop innovative strategies and proposals that disrupt your competition and are game changers for your industry. You will also learn how to develop blue ocean strategies that create new growth opportunities and bring new customers into your industry. Next, you will learn how to assess existing business models and design business models supportive of your overall innovation-based strategy offerings. Lastly, you will learn how to access and leverage external sources of innovative ideas through the processes of open innovation, including crowd sourcing and co creation and their application in diverse industry settings.

  Term:

  Offered Both Fall and Spring

  Type:

  MBA Strategic Management

• MKT-814 Strategic Marketing

  Prerequisites:

  MBA 660

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  This course is designed to provide you with both a sound theoretical and an applied approach to developing and implementing marketing strategy at multiple levels of the organization - corporate, division, strategic business unit, and product. Special emphasis will be placed on dealing with contemporary marketing issues in the highly competitive global environment. The course presen- tation will combine lectures, case studies, guest speakers, and a semester-long, team-based project.

  Type:

  MBA Marketing

• MGSM-834 Mergers and Acquisitions

  Prerequisites:

  FIN-750 OR MBA-750 OR MBA-650

  Credits:

  3.00

  Description:

  This course is designed to examine the underlying theoretical foundations and practice of decisions central to corporate strategy development. Since this subject is important to scholars in strategic management, financial economics, and public policy, it is approached from an integrative, interdisciplinary perspective. Topics include: the history of merger waves in America and comparative global trends; types of mergers; merger financial and economic motives; strategic and managerial motives; acquisition processes; synergy of the diversified corporate portfolio; empirical evidence of merger success; post-merger integration; divestment; takeover defense strategies; leveraged buyouts; and public policy issues. Students will develop conceptual and analytical skills required for effective merger and divestment analysis through class lectures, selected readings, case discussions, and guest speakers.

  Term:

  Offered Spring Term

  Type:

  MBA Strategic Management

• MGIB-835 International Strategy

You’ll attend New Student Orientation to ensure that you are comfortable with the online format. This also gives you a chance to meet other students and faculty.

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows XP or latest, Apple Max OS X 10.4 or latest. (While you may be able to run the software on older operating systems, please note that support may not be available.)
• 1GB memory or higher recommended
• MS Office 2003 or latest for Office documents
• Your personal computer should be equipped with a soundcard and speakers
• A good quality webcam/microphone for web conferencing
• Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari browsers
• The free software plug-ins listed below:
  • Real 10 Media Player or latest
  • Macromedia Flash Player
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Broadband internet access
  • Headset for live chats