Program Description
Combining ethical business theory and nonprofit management skills with a framework of sustainable international development, a dual degree in these two fields prepares students for management roles in development organizations as well as in corporations that practice social investment.
The dual MBA/MA is an intensive two-year program that requires 82 credit hours (52 credits in the MBA program and 30 credits in the MA SID program) taken over a minimum of five semesters, as well as an MBA Team Consulting Project (TCP). The course of study is dependent upon each student’s entrance status into the Heller School. The formula presented below is an example of a plan of study.
Students in dual degree programs fulfill the complete requirements for each degree, earning degrees for both programs.
SID Requirements
- HS 205a, Monitoring and Evaluation (4 credits: 2 required credits, 2 elective credits) or HS 247f, Evaluation for Managers (2 credits)
- HS 279a, Planning and Implementation (4 credits)
- Environment course(s) (4 credits)
- Gender and Sexuality course (2 credits)
- Economics course (2 credits)
- Ethics/Social Justice course (2 credits)
- SID Electives (12 credits)
MBA Requirements
- HS 215b, Corporate Finance (4 credits)
- HS 246a, Data, Models, and Decisions (4 credits)
- HS 247f, Evaluation for Managers (2 credits) or HS 205a, Monitoring and Evaluation (4 credits)
- HS 248b, Financial Management (4 credits)
- HS 249f, Social Justice, Management and Policy (2 credits)
- HS 250a, Financial Reporting and Analysis (4 credits)
- HS 251b, Managerial Accounting (4 credits)
- HS 252b, Strategic Management (4 credits)
- HS 253b, Leadership and Organizational Behavior (4 credits)
- HS 254a, Human Resource Management (4 credits)
- HS 258a, Operations Management (4 credits)
- HS 285a, Marketing (4 credits)
- HS 372b, Economic Theory and Social Policy (4 credits)
- HS 412f, Social Policy and Management Through the Lens of Equity (2 credits)
- HS 232a, Team Consulting Project Workshop (2 credits)
- Team Consulting Project (4 credits)