COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Students in the Social Policy and Management concentration take the full spectrum of MBA core courses (52 credits), and develop a customized concentration in their particular area of social policy and/or management interest, drawing from all available management and policy electives (16 credits).

The Social Policy and Management concentration also requires successful completion of a Team Consulting Project (TCP) in which students work with managers of mission-driven organizations to respond to the challenges those organizations are facing.

Customized Concentration Examples

Nell and Carrie illustrate some of the customized concentrations in Social Policy and Management designed by our students:

• Nell Whitman (MBA '06) came to the Heller School with an interest in Operations Management and Information Systems, wanting to help organizations with a social mission to solve problems such as organizing insurance billing, accounting and client charts into an integrated electronic system. Her courses included Management of Technology, Information Systems Strategy, Linear Regression, and Social Entrepreneurship, in addition to core courses in Operations Management and Managerial Accounting. When she graduated, she first became the Director of Employment and Economic Development at Human Solutions, then became the Director of Finance and Administration at Saturday Academy.
• Carrie Klugman (MBA '05) became interested in Accounting for Organizations with a Social Mission when she was a student at the Heller School. Her courses included the Core Curriculum, a range of social policy courses, and additional advanced courses in Accounting taken through The Boston Consortium. Upon graduating, Carrie became an Auditor at Grant Thornton LLP, and subsequently accepted a position as an Associate with Bain Capital.