MBA & PEMBA Electives
The following are the electives offered in Summer 2023, Fall 2023 and Spring 2024. Courses and timing are subject to change based on instructor availability and course enrollment numbers. For the course schedule, please visit MyBU StudentPortal or the MBA Course Schedule Charts.
Course: | Curric- ulum Info: | Pre-requisite: | Semesters: |
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AC814 Financial Statement Analysis & Investor Decisions - 3 cr. | QST MO712 or 713, QST AC710 or 711, QST QM716 or 717, QST MK723 or 724, QST FE711 or 722 | Spring (Evening) | |
AC820 Financial Analytics - 3 cr. | MSDT | MS | QST AC710 or AC711; AND FE711 or FE722; AND QST IS717 or IS833 or IS834 or QM877, or knowledge of Python (with instructor approval). | Spring (Day) |
AC830 Managerial Accounting - 3 cr. | QST MO712 or 713, QST PL727 or 730, QST AC710 or 711, QST QM716 or 717, QST OM725 or 726, QST MK723 or 724, QST FE711 or 722 | Fall (Evening) | |
AC847 Intermediate Accounting 1 - 3 cr. | QST AC710 or 711 | Fall (Day) & Spring (Day) | |
AC848 Intermediate Accounting 2 - 3 cr. | QST AC847 | Fall (Day) & Spring (Day) | |
AC860 Accounting Risk Management - 3 cr. | Fall (Day) | ||
AC865 Auditing Issues & Problems - 3 cr. | QST AC848 (previous or concurrent) | Fall (Day) & Spring (Day) | |
AC869 Principles of Income Taxation 1 - 3 cr. | QST AC847 (previous or concurrent) | Fall (Day) & Spring (Day) | |
ES872 Entrepreneur's Communication Playbook - 1.5 cr. | QST ES700, ES701, ES730, or ES740 | Spring (Saturday) | |
FE713 Finance 3 - 1.5 cr. | QST FE712 | Spring (Evening) | |
FE820 Corporate Financial Management - 3 cr. | QST FE712 or FE722 | Spring (Evening) & Summer 1 (Evening) | |
FE822 Fixed Income Markets - 3 cr. | QST FE712 or FE722 | Fall (Evening) | |
FE823 Investments - 3 cr. | QST FE712 or FE722 | Fall (Day) & Summer 2 (Evening) | |
FE833 ESG Equity Investing - 3 cr. | SI | Spring (Evening) | |
FE850 Private Equity: Leveraged Buyouts - 3 cr. | QST FE713 or FE820 | Fall (Day) & Spring (Evening) | |
FE870 Analysis and Management of Financial Risk - 1.5 cr. | MSDT | MS | QST FE712 or FE722 | Fall (Saturday) |
HM703 Health Sector Issues and Opportunities - 3 cr. | HSM (Required) | SI | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Day) | |
HM710 Health Service Delivery: Strategies, Solutions and Execution - 3 cr. | HSM (Required) | QST HM703 | Fall (Evening) |
HM717 Drugs, Devices, and Diagnostics: New Challenges, Strategies, and Execution - 3 cr. | HSM (Required) | QST HM703, QST FE712 or FE722, QST MK723 or MK724, QST SI750 or SI751 | Fall (Evening) |
HM801 Bench-to-Bedside: Translating Biomedical Innovation from the Laboratory to the Marketplace - 3 cr. | HSM | Fall (Evening) | |
HM817 Advances in Digital Health - 3 cr. | MSDT | HSM | MS | Spring (Evening) | |
HM820 Strategy, Economics, and Policy in the Health Sector - 3 cr. | HSM (Required) | QST PL727 or QST PL730 | Fall (Day) & Spring (Evening) |
HM833 Health Sector Marketing - 3 cr. | HSM | | QST MK723 or MK724 | Fall (Evening) |
HM840 Health Sector Consulting - 3 cr. | HSM | Fulfills Action Learning Requirement | Spring (Evening) | |
HM848 Driving Health Sector Innovation - 3 cr. | HSM | Spring (Evening) | |
IM843 Leading Global Teams Immersion: India - 3 cr. | QST MO712 or MO713 | not offered in 2023-24 | |
IM851 The Management of Luxury Business - 3 cr. | Students must have 16 credits of MBA course work completed at Questrom. | Spring (Intensive) | |
IM860 Social Impact Field Seminar - 3 cr. | SI | Spring (Intensive) | |
IS717 Systems Architecture in Management and Applications - 3 cr. | MSDT (Required) | MSDT students only | Spring (Intensive) |
IS754 Human Centered Design - 2 cr. | MSDT (Required) | MSDT students only | Summer 1 (Intensive) |
IS754 Human Centered Design - 2 cr. | MSDT (Required) | MSDT students only | Summer 1 (Intensive) |
IS756 Digital Project Build - 3 cr. | MSDT (Required) | MSDT students only | Summer 1 (Intensive) |
IS811 Responsible AI for Business Analytics - 1.5 cr. | MSDT | MS | SI | Spring (Evening) | |
IS823 Analytics for Managers - 3 cr. | MS | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Day & Evening) | |
IS827 Platform Strategy and Design - 3 cr. | MSDT | Fulfills Action Learning Requirement | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Evening) | |
IS828 Managing Information Security - 3 cr. | MSDT | Spring (Evening) | |
IS833 Introduction to Data Analytics in Python - 3 cr. | MSDT (Required) | MS | MSDT Students Only; IS717 or equivalent Python experience | Spring (Day) |
IS834 Introduction to Python for Data Analytics - 3 cr. | MS | Fall (Evening) | |
IS843 Big Data Analytics for Business - 3 cr. | MSDT | MS | Python basics (e.g. IS717, IS834, QM877 or equivalent); Some prior experience with analytics (e.g. IS823, IS833, IS834, IS841, MK842, MK872, MK876); or permission of the instructor. | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Evening) |
IS853 Business Insights through Text - 3 cr. | MSDT | QST MK842 or IS833 or IS834 or QM877 | not offered in 2023-24 |
IS854 Digital Strategy for Emerging Business Leaders - 3 cr. | MSDT | SI851 preferred | Fall (Evening) |
IS858 Agile Project Management - 1.5 cr. | MSDT | Fall (Saturday) & Spring (Saturday) | |
IS860 Analytics Consulting: Data-Driven Business Solutions - 3 cr. | MSDT | Some prior experience with analytics (e.g. IS823, IS833, IS834, IS841, MK842, MK872, MK876), or permission of the instructor. Experience with Python (e.g. IS717, IS834, QM 875 (Python Bootcamp)), or | Fall (Evening) |
IS863 Integration of Generative AI in Business Practice - 1.5 cr. | MSDT | MS | Spring (Evening) | |
IS879 Business Modeling with Spreadsheets - 3 cr. | MS | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Evening) | |
IS883 Synthesizing Digital Efforts to Deliver Better Outcomes - 3 cr. | MSDT (Required) | MSDT Students Only | Fall (Day) |
IS889 Data Management - 3 cr. | MSDT (Required) | Non-MSDT students only in Fall; MSDT students only in Summer | Summer 1 (Intensive) |
IS890 Digital Transformation Through Experimentation and Scaled Agile: A Practicum - 3 cr. | MSDT (Required) | MSDT Students Only | Spring (Day) |
MK820 Consultative Selling - 1.5 cr. | Spring (Saturday) | ||
MK842 Machine Learning for Business Analytics - 3 cr. | MSDT | MS | QST MK723 or MK724 | Spring (Intensive) |
MK845 Social Media Marketing - 3 cr. | QST MK723 or MK724 | Summer 1 (Evening) | |
MK852 Data Driven Marketing Decisions - 3 cr. | MSDT | MS | QST MK723 or MK724, QST QM716 or QM717 | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Evening) |
MK854 Branding - 3 cr. | Fulfills Action Learning Requirement | QST MK723 or MK724 | Fall (Evening), Spring (Day) & Summer 2 (Evening) |
MK856 Consumer Insights - 3 cr. | QST MK723 or MK724 | Fall (Evening) | |
MK859 Strategic Business Marketing - 3 cr. | QST MK723 or MK724 | Fall (Intensive) | |
MK862 Marketing High-Tech Products - 3 cr. | MSDT | QST MK723 or MK724 | Spring (Intensive) |
MK864 Pricing Strategy and Tactics - 3 cr. | MS | QST MK723 or MK724, QST PL727 or PL730, QST QM716 or QM717 | Fall (Day) |
MK867 Purpose-Led Marketing - 3 cr. | SI | QST MK723 or MK724 | Fall (Evening) |
MK870 Luxury Marketing - 3 cr. | QST MK723 or MK724 | Spring (Intensive) | |
MK876 Digital Marketing Analytics - 3 cr. | MSDT | MS | QST MK723 or MK724 | Fall (Evening) |
MK878 Customer Analytics - 3 cr. | MSDT | MS | QST MK723 or MK724, QST QM716 or QM717, QST MK852 or IS833 | Spring (Evening) |
MO825 Future of Work (pilot) - 3 cr. | QST MO712 or QST MO713 | Fall (Day) | |
MO830 Leading Mission Driven Organizations - 3 cr. | SI | Spring (Evening) | |
MO831 Crisis Leadership - 3 cr. | Fall (Evening) | ||
MO833 Executive Compensation: Strategy and Practice - 3 cr. | SI | Fall (Intensive) | |
MO838 People Strategies to Drive Performance - 3 cr. | QST MO712 or MO713 | Spring (Day) | |
MO842 Power and Politics in Organizations - 3 cr. | QST MO712 or MO713 | Spring (Intensive) | |
MO844 Managing Organizational Change - 3 cr. | QST MO712 or MO713 | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Evening) | |
MO847 Managing High Performance Teams and Project Groups - 3 cr. | Summer 1 (Evening) | ||
MO848 Leadership Challenge - 3 cr. | SI | QST MO712 or MO713 | Fall (Intensive) & Spring (Evening) |
MO853 Negotiations - 3 cr. | QST MO712 or MO713 | Fall (Evening & Intensive), Spring (Day & Intensive) & Summer 2 (Evening) | |
MO856 Mediation and Conflict Resolution - 3 cr. | QST MO853 | Fall (Evening) | |
MO858 Necessary Conversations - 3 cr. | QST MO712 or MO713 | Fall (Intensive) & Spring (Intensive) | |
MO860 People Analytics - 3 cr. | MSDT | MS | QST MO712 or MO713, QST QM716 or QM717 | Spring (Evening) |
OM832 Blockchain and Social Impact - 3 cr. | SI | QST OM725 or OM726, QST QM716 or QM717 | Spring (Online) & Summer 1 (Intensive) |
OM840 Improving Organizational Performance with Analytics - 3 cr. | MSDT | HSM | MS | QST OM725 or OM726, QST QM716 or QM717 | Fall (Evening), Spring (Evening) & Summer 1 (Evening) |
OM855 Project Management - 3 cr. | MSDT | MS | QST OM725 or OM726 | Spring (Evening) |
OM880 Product Design and Development - 3 cr. | MSDT | QST OM725 or OM726 | Fall (Evening) |
PL710 Introduction to Business Law - 1.5 cr. | Spring (Intensive) | ||
PL834 Macroeconomics in the Global Environment - 3 cr. | Spring (Evening) | ||
PL831 Emerging Issues in Business and Law - 1.5 cr. | Summer 1 (Evening) | ||
PL833 Business Law and Discrimination - 1.5 cr. | SI | Spring (Evening) | |
PL855 Energy Sector Market Dynamics - 3 cr. | MSDT | MS | SI | Spring (Evening) | |
PL861 Emerging Issues in Business and Law - 3 cr. | not offered in 2023-24 | ||
QM877 Intro to Python Bootcamp - 1.5 cr. | MS | Spring (Saturday) | |
QM878 Deep Learning with Python Bootcamp - 1.5 cr. | MSDT | MS | QM877, IS833, IS834 or instructor permission | Spring (Saturday) |
SI630 Cleantech Venture Consulting Practicum - 4 cr. | Spring (Day) | ||
SI814 Intellectual Property Strategies - 3 cr. | MSDT | HSM | QST AC710 or AC711, QST FE712 or FE722, QST MK723 or MK724, QST MO712 or MO713, QST QM716 or QM717, or permission of the instructor. | Spring (Intensive) |
SI828 Managing the Global Enterprise - 3 cr. | QST SI750 or QST SI751 | Spring (Evening) & Summer 1 (Evening) | |
SI830 Corporate Strategies for Growth - 3 cr. | QST SI750 or QST SI751 | Fall (Day & Evening) & Spring (Intensive) | |
SR831 Sustainability Reporting - 3 cr. | SI | Spring (Evening) | |
SI835 Real Estate Development, Finance, and Management - 3 cr. | QST FE712 or FE722, QST MK723 or MK724, QST OM725 or OM726, QST QM716 or QM717 | Fall (Evening) | |
SI836 Decarbonization of the Global Economy - 3 cr. | SI | QST PL727 or QST PL730 | Fall (Evening) |
SI839 Design Thinking and Innovation - 3 cr. | MSDT | QST SI750 or QST SI751 | Fall (Day) & Spring (Day & Intensive) |
SI845 Technology Strategy - 3 cr. | MSDT | QST AC710 or AC711, QST FE712 or FE722, QST MK723 or 724, QST MO712 or MO713, QST PL727 or PL730, QST SI750 or SI751 | Spring (Evening) |
SI845 Technology Strategy - 3 cr. | MSDT | QST AC710 or AC711, QST FE712 or FE722, QST MK723 or 724, QST MO712 or MO713, QST PL727 or PL730, QST SI750 or SI751 | Spring (Evening) |
SI849 Corporate Sustainability Strategy - 3 cr. | SI | QST SI750 or QST SI751 | Fall (Evening) |
SI852 Starting New Ventures - 3 cr. | SI | QST FE712 or FE722, QST MK723 or 724, QST OM725 or OM726, QST QM716 or QM717 | Spring (Evening) |
SI855 Entrepreneurship - 3 cr. | QST FE712 or FE722, QST MK723 or 724, QST OM725 or OM726, QST QM716 or QM717 | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Day) | |
SI859 Strategy Implementation - 3 cr. | MSDT | Fulfills Action Learning Requirement | QST FE712 or FE722, QST MK723 or MK724, QST OM725 or OM726 | Fall (Day & Evening) & Spring (Evening) |
SI868 International Consulting Project - 3 cr. | QST SI750 or QST SI751 | Fall (Evening) | |
SR801 Social Impact: Business, Society, and the Natural Environment - 3 cr. | Social Impact (Required) | Spring (Day & Evening) | |
SR841 Fundamentals of Nonprofit Management - 3 cr. | SI | QST AC710 or QST AC711 | Fall (Evening) |
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