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Financial Aid Deadlines & Application Process

Scholarships for First-Year & Transfer Students

Early action deadline: November 1; Regular Decision Deadline: June 15

Financing Your Education

Become a Beacon and pursue your passion in UMass Boston’s diverse, supportive environment. Many students across our 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs receive financial aid—providing access to an education that’s exceptional and affordable. Click below to learn more about financial aid opportunities and deadlines.

Financial Aid Deadlines & Application Process 

Scholarships for First-Year & Transfer Students

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Business Foundation Courses (9 Credits)

• MSIS 110 - Introduction to Computers and Information Systems 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 212 - Managerial Decision Making 3 Credit(s)

• MSIS 111L - Managerial Statistics 3 Credit(s)
  or
• ECON 205 - Statistical Methods 3 Credit(s)
  or
• MATH 125 - Introductory Statistics 3 Credit(s)
  or
• PSYCH 370 - Statistics 3 Credit(s)
  or
• SOCIOL 350 - Social Statistics 3 Credit(s)

Management Core Courses (24 Credits)

• AF 210 - Financial Accounting 3 Credit(s)
• AF 211 - Managerial Accounting 3 Credit(s)
• AF 301 - Introduction to Financial Management 3 Credit(s)
• MGT 303 - Managing Organizations 3 Credit(s)
• MGT 330 - Business Environments and Public Policy 3 Credit(s)
• MGT 331 - Managerial Ethics and Social Issues 3 Credit(s)
• MKT 301 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 301 - Operations Management 3 Credit(s)

Management Concentrations

Management majors must declare at least one concentration from the list below. Students may declare two concentrations, however only two courses can be shared between concentrations.

• Accounting Concentration
• Entrepreneurship Concentration
• Finance Concentration
• Information Systems and Business Analytics Concentration
• International Management Concentration
• Leadership and Organizational Change Concentration
• Marketing Concentration
• Sport Business Concentration
• Supply Chain and Service Management Concentration

Capstone (3 Credits)

• MGT 490 - Strategic Management 3 Credit(s)

Management majors are required to complete a concentration, which is often related to their professional interests and career plans. Concentration options are:

Accounting
The concentration in accounting provides students with a broad understanding of both accounting theory and techniques in preparation for a full range of career opportunities in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors of this rapidly expanding field. The curriculum reflects the knowledge and skills necessary for professional success in the dynamic and critical areas of public and private accounting.

Entrepreneurship
The entrepreneurship concentration allows students to develop skills in entrepreneurial innovation and action, effective communication, capitalizing on opportunities, and new business creation and growth. Interdisciplinary electives let students focus on e-commerce, international venturing, operational innovation, or starting their own company with mentoring from successful entrepreneurs.

Finance
The finance concentration offers courses in corporate finance, investment and portfolio management, financial institutions and markets, and financial policy. The curriculum has been carefully designed to reflect the essential knowledge and skills necessary for success in the lucrative and challenging field of finance.

Information Systems and Business Analytics
Information and data analytics technologies are transforming all aspects of business. Students who concentrate in Information Systems and Business Analytics (ISBA) can acquire the knowledge and skills needed to take a leading role in these innovative fields. The curriculum of the ISBA concentration covers the topics in business analytics and its information systems foundation.

International Management
The international management concentration seeks to broaden students’ horizons and prepare them for the increasingly global business world. This concentration will help students understand both the economic, and political forces shaping the world economy and the implications for management practices. Students will gain an appreciation of the diverse economies and cultures of different countries.

Leadership and Organizational Change
The Leadership and Organizational Change (LOC) concentration allows students to explore and develop critical managerial skills in decision making, conflict management, communication, and venture-creation skills. The concentration provides students not only with technical skills but also with the ability to manage people and resources effectively. Students can focus their concentration in one of the following areas if they wish: Human Resource Management or
Managerial Effectiveness.

Marketing
The purpose of marketing is to find and keep customers. Employers in today’s economic environment actively seek competent, committed individuals for a variety of upwardly mobile careers in the field of marketing. The marketing concentration provides students with an in-depth understanding of the most current thinking and practices in strategic marketing techniques along with the analytical, communication, and computer skills their employers expect.

Sport Business
The Sport Business concentration is an option for Management majors and prepares students for careers in the sport entertainment world. This program, located in Boston, with the proximity to professional and semi-professional sports teams and corporate headquarters within the industry is uniquely positioned to provide multiple robust learning and networking opportunities for our students.

Supply Chain and Service Management
On this track, students learn how to make businesses do more, do it better, and to do it as efficiently as possible. The hands-on skills and analytical techniques of SCSM turn a vision into a profitable enterprise. In running the operations of large and complex organizations, SCSM graduates negotiate with suppliers, design customer experiences and the systems that deliver them, and keep the business working. Every business needs Supply Chain and Service Management.

Degree Requirements

If this is the student’s only or primary major, the degree requirements below must be completed for graduation. See graduation requirements for more information.

University Requirements

College of Management Requirements for Bachelor of Science

Major Requirements

Complete at least 51 credits from 17 to 19 courses including three business foundation courses, eight management core courses, five to seven concentration courses, and one capstone.

Concentration: Students must declare a concentration in accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, international management, information systems and business analytics, leadership and organizational change, marketing, sport business, or supply chain and service management. Students may have more than one concentration.
MAP Program: Students must complete the Management Achievement Program (MAP) as part of the major.

Pass/fail: No courses taken pass/fail may be applied toward the major.
Residency: At least six courses for the management core must be completed at UMass Boston.

College of Management Undergraduate Programs
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