Academics
The Babson Graduate School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science (MS) in Accounting. Other programs include a business mentor program within the first year of full-time programs, foreign exchange with 5 countries, an international management internship program, a management consulting field experience program, 3-week and 1-week electives abroad in 8 countries, joint research, work-study, an MS Finance program with Lucent Technologies, and an MBA with Intel. The strongest areas of study are entrepreneurship, international business, finance, marketing, strategy, and e-business. The most popular courses are in finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, global business, and global strategy. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Several speaker series bring CEOs to campus. Founders Day honors entrepreneurs, and there is an Executive-in-Residence program.
Sixty total credits are required to complete the Evening MBA, including 27 elective credits. Required courses for the Evening MBA include:
- Financial Accounting Theory
- Marketing Systems
- Microeconomic Foundation of Business
- Organizational Behavior
- Statistics
- Macroeconomics and the Monetary System
- Managerial Aspects of Accounting
- Managerial Finance
- Managing Operations
- Quantitative Foundations of Decision Support Systems
- Law I
- Strategic Management
- 8 electives
Required courses for the 2-Year MBA include:
- In Modules:
- Creative Management in Dynamic Organizations
- Assessing Business Opportunities
- Designing and Managing the Delivery System
- Managing Business in a Changing Global Environment
- 1 course from menu in:
- entrepreneurship
- global business environment
- strategy
- global strategy
- 9 electives
Required courses for the 1-Year MBA include:
- In Modules:
- The Competitive Marketplace
- Law for Managers
- Accounting Decision Making
- Data Analysis and Modeling
- Financial Decision Making
- Organizational Analysis and Action
- Marketing Management
- Microeconomic Reasoning and Applications
- Writing and Speaking for Managers
- Macroeconomic Reasoning and Applications
- Management of Information Technology
- Operations and Total Quality Management
- Field Experience
- 1 course from menu in: entrepreneurship
- global business environment
- strategy
- global strategy
- 9 electives
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements for the Evening MBA only, with a waiver exam and/or a B or better from an accredited college or university.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 12 months; maximum, 8 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 42 months; maximum, 8 years.
There are 135 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 93% hold a doctorate; there are 58 part-time faculty. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category IIB institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 18; average business class size is 30.