Programs (PEMBA)

PEMBA

Students complete the core curriculum in the evening and can choose to be cohorted or Flex Track. PEMBA students have a total of 24 elective credits (eight standard 3-cr electives) over the course of the program and have the option to tailor their coursework to their individual goals. Students who started Fall 2020 or later can use non-binding, undeclared Career Pathways as guides, while students who started Spring 2020 or earlier may elect, at their option, to concentrate in one or more of the seven concentrations. It takes an average of three to three and a half years to complete the program.

Program Timeline Planning

There are many ways to complete your degree within your desired timeframe. Below are models to illustrate the credits needed per semester that will take you to your goal:

Please note, these models do not account for course waivers. Students have six years from the date of matriculation in the PEMBA program to complete their degree requirements.

Curriculum Check Sheets & Grids

The MBA core curriculum has been designed with a particular sequence of courses that provide an overview of management, its fundamental tools, and its key function areas. The curriculum grids listed below will help you understand degree requirements and plan your courses. Please use the appropriate checksheet as a guide for planning your courses:

PEMBA (Entering Fall 2021-Later)

PEMBA (Entering Fall 2020-Spring 2021)

PEMBA (Entering Fall 2016-Spring 2020)

PEMBA Core Course Prerequisites

PEMBA Core courses are often taken in the order shown on the curriculum grids because the courses build upon each other. However, you are welcome to take the courses in a different order provided you have met the course prerequisites. We also here share with you additional recommended courses, where applicable.

COURSE	PREREQS
MO712 Leading Organizations and People	none
AC711 Financial Reporting and Control	none
FE722 Financial Management	MO712, AC711
MK724 Marketing Management	AC711 (or concurrently)
QM717 Data Analysis for Managerial Decision-Making	MO712
PL730 Economics and Management Decisions	MO712 (Recommended: QM717)
IS711 IT Strategies for a Networked Economy (required for Spring 2021 entrants and earlier)	MO712, AC711, QM717
OM726 Creating Value Through Operations and Technology	MO712, AC711, QM717 (Recommended: MK724, FE722)
SI751 Competition, Innovation, and Strategy	MO712, AC711, MK724, OM726

Program Contact

Please contact your Academic Advisor in the MBA Center if you have questions about this program.

Health Sector Management MBA

The health sector is undergoing transformational growth and change, offering compelling opportunities and challenges for emerging managers and leaders. We prepare students for leadership roles throughout the health industry, including bio-technology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, health information technology, health systems management, consulting, and public policy.

The program curriculum is designed to combine a strong education in the core functions of health sector management with the flexibility to obtain an enhanced understanding and skill set with the student’s particular areas of interest.

This curriculum provides a developed approach to:

Build on the functional skills of the core MBA curriculum
Provide targeted understanding of the nature of the health sector and the application of those basic skills to the sector
Provide even greater flexibility to address specialized interests within the sector, whether health service delivery, life science products, consulting, or any other focused area

Curriculum Grids

HSM PEMBA (Entering Fall 2021 and Later)

HSM PEMBA (Entering Fall 2020-Spring 2021)

HSM PEMBA (Entering Fall 2019-Spring 2020)

HSM PEMBA (Entering Fall 2016-Spring 2019)

Required Courses

The following courses are required:

Course:	Curric- ulum Info:	Pre-requisite:	Semesters:
HM703 Health Sector Issues and Opportunities			Fall (Evening) & Spring (Day)
HM710 Health Service Delivery: Strategies, Solutions and Execution	HM710 or HM717	QST HM703	Fall (Evening)
HM717 Drugs, Devices, and Diagnostics: New Challenges, Strategies, and Execution	HM710 or HM717	QST HM703, QST FE712 or FE722, QST MK723 or MK724, QST SI750 or SI751	Fall (Evening)
HM820 Strategy, Economics, and Policy in the Health Sector	required for those entering Fall 2019 or later	QST PL727 or QST PL730	Fall (Day) & Spring (Evening)

Elective Courses (2)

These electives can create an intensive and targeted education within any subset of the health sector. Two courses selected from the following list are required:

Course:	Curric- ulum Info:	Pre-requisite:	Semesters:
HM710 Health Service Delivery: Strategies, Solutions and Execution	counts as HSM elective if not taken as an HSM required course	QST HM703	Fall (Evening)
HM717 Drugs, Devices, and Diagnostics: New Challenges, Strategies, and Execution	counts as HSM elective if not taken as an HSM required course	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			Fall (Evening)
HM817 Advances in Digital Health	Fulfills Action Learning Requirement		Spring (Evening)
HM820 Strategy, Economics, and Policy in the Health Sector		QST PL727 or QST PL730	Fall (Day) & Spring (Evening)
HM833 Health Sector Marketing		QST HM703, and MK723 or MK724	Fall (Evening)
HM840 Health Sector Consulting	Fulfills Action Learning Requirement		Spring (Evening)
HM848 Driving Health Sector Innovation			Spring (Evening)
OM840 Improving Organizational Performance with Analytics		QST OM725 or OM726, QST QM716 or QM717	Spring (Evening)
SI814 Intellectual Property Strategies		QST AC710 or AC711, QST FE721 or FE722, QST MK723 or MK724, QST MO712 or MO713, QST QM716 or QM717, or permission of the instructor.	Spring (Intensive)
ENG BE696 Advanced Deployment of Biomedical Innovations

* Course will count as a HSM elective if not taken as an HSM core course.
** For students starting in fall of 2019, these courses will no longer count towards HSM.

HSM Internship

For full-time students, the program requires a 400 hour Health Sector Internship that students typically complete during the summer between the first and second years of the program.

Students must confirm their internship with the MBA Center. For more information on this process please contact Eric Petersen, MBA Center HSM Liaison, at epete@bu.edu or 617.358.2788. See the following link for HSM Internship Form (Part I).

Health Sector Management Program
FCC Health Sector Career Info
Health Policy Institute Department Directory

Program Contact

Ned Rimer
Faculty Director, HSM Program
nedrimer@bu.edu
617.353.3146

Eric Petersen
HSM Liaison, MBA Center
epete@bu.edu
617.358.2788

Social Impact MBA

The aim of the Social Impact MBA program is to develop responsible leaders (of start-ups, established firms, and both for and non-profit organizations) who create innovative products, services, and business models that help address vital social challenges — such as climate change, food security, global health, poverty, discrimination, etc. — and enable them to grow and sustain their organizations over time.

Whether you aspire to work in sustainable finance and impact investing, responsible business, or nonprofit and public management, Questrom’s Social Impact MBA program gives you the opportunity to gain crucial business skills that allow you to create positive social change. You will learn the full array of business fundamentals like strategy, marketing, accounting, and finance, all while simultaneously specializing in topics like social entrepreneurship, sustainable energy and environment, global health, sustainable finance and impact investing, and philanthropy.

Inside and outside of the classroom, the Social Impact MBA program will connect you with best-in-class nonprofit and for-profit organizations through global field seminars, consulting projects, case competitions, guest speakers, and classroom activities. What’s more, studying in Boston puts you at the center of the action, enabling you to engage directly with academic experts and industry leaders in the social impact sector.

Curriculum Grids

The program combines a rigorous core business curriculum with elective courses in the social impact space, a required summer internship, and an engaged alumni community of graduates resulting in a full and vigorous experience for students. The checksheets and curriculum grids listed below will help you understand degree requirements and plan your courses.

Social Impact PEMBA (Entering Fall 2021 and Later)

Social Impact PEMBA (Entering Fall 2020-Spring 2021)

Social Impact PEMBA (Entering Fall 2019-Spring 2020)

Social Impact PEMBA (Entering Fall 2016-Spring 2019)

Social Impact PEMBA (Entering Fall 2015-Spring 2016)

Required Courses (1)

Course:	Curric- ulum Info:	Pre-requisite:	Semesters:
SR801 Social Impact: Business, Society, and the Natural Environment			Spring (Day & Evening)

Elective Courses (3)
To give students guidance on class selection, electives have been grouped into Career Pathways. Three courses selected from the following list are required:

Course:	Curric- ulum Info:	Pre-requisite:	Semesters:
AC831 Sustainability Reporting			Fall (Evening)
FE833 ESG Equity Investing			Spring (Evening)
FE854 Entrepreneurial Finance		QST AC710 or AC711, QST FE712 or FE722	Spring (Evening)
HM703 Health Sector Issues and Opportunities			Fall (Evening) & Spring (Day)
IS811 Responsible AI for Business Analytics			Spring (Evening)
IM860 Social Impact Field Seminar	Fulfills Action Learning Requirement		Spring (Intensive)
MK838 Behavior Change Practicum			not offered in 2023-24
MK867 Purpose-Led Marketing		QST MK723 or MK724	Fall (Evening)
MO830 Leading Mission Driven Organizations			Spring (Evening)
MO833 Executive Compensation: Strategy and Practice			Fall (Intensive)
MO848 Leadership Challenge		QST MO712 or MO713	Fall (Intensive) & Spring (Evening)
OM832 Blockchain and Social Impact	Fulfills Action Learning Requirement	QST OM725 or OM726, QST QM716 or QM717	Summer 1 (Intensive)
OM851 Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chains			not offered in 2023-24
PL843 Business Law and Discrimination			Spring (Evening)
PL855 Energy Sector Market Dynamics			Spring (Evening)
SI836 Decarbonization of the Global Economy		QST PL727 or QST PL730	not offered in 2023-24
SI849 Corporate Sustainability Strategy		QST SI750 or QST SI751	Fall (Evening)
SI852 Starting New Ventures		QST FE721 or FE722, QST MK723 or 724, QST OM725 or OM726, QST QM716 or QM717	Fall (Evening) & Spring (Evening)
SR837 Resource Development for Non-Profits			0
SR841 Fundamentals of Nonprofit Management		QST AC710 or QST AC711	0
SR850 Global Entrepreneurship			0

Note:

*MK838, SI852, MO840 (OB840) only count towards a degree with a qualifying project.
Some elective courses may not be offered every year.
Students wishing to select a Questrom MBA elective not listed above, or wishing for a non-Questrom elective from another BU School or College to apply as a Social Impact elective, must get approval from the Co-Faculty Directors via the MBA Center’s Graduate Elective Request Form.

Social Impact Internship

Students are required to complete a 300-hour internship in a public, private, or nonprofit organization. Students selecting a private sector enterprise must focus their work on corporate social responsibility, sustainability, cause marketing, social enterprise, social impact, philanthropy or work for a socially responsible company. Students must confirm their internship with the MBA Center by completing the pre- and post-internship forms: Social Impact Internship Form (Part I) and Social Impact Internship Form (Part II).Part-time students may waive the internship requirement with applicable work experience, pending permission of the Social Impact Program faculty director. To apply for this waiver please complete the Internship Waiver Form. You will be asked to provide your resume, along with a brief description of your experience, your professional aspirations, and your reason for requesting an internship waiver. MBA+MSDT students are eligible to enroll in the Social Impact Program, and may complete the required internship following the MSDT summer intensive courses.

Resources

BU Social Impact & Nonprofit Management Club

Program Contact

Co-Faculty Directors of the Social Impact Program:

David Stolow (extra-curricular activities)
dstolow@bu.edu
617-353-2927

https://www.bu.edu/questrom/profile/david-stolow/

Rodrigo Canales, Faculty Director (Academic Lead)

rcanales@bu.edu

MBA Center — Social Impact Program Liaison:

Eric Petersen
epete@bu.edu
617-358-2788

Programs (PEMBA)

PEMBA

Program Timeline Planning

Curriculum Check Sheets & Grids

PEMBA Core Course Prerequisites

Program Contact

Health Sector Management MBA

Curriculum Grids

Required Courses

Elective Courses (2)

HSM Internship

Program Contact

Social Impact MBA

Curriculum Grids

Required Courses (1)

Social Impact Internship

Resources

Program Contact

MBA CENTER

SPECIALTY MS & PhD CENTER