(40 credits)
Program Description
New England College’s Master of Business Administration program provides working professionals and recent graduates with the proven leadership skills needed for today’s rapidly changing global environment. This 40‐credit MBA can be completed in less than two years. The course delivery and structure are specifically designed for working professionals to make the most efficient use of time and to optimize the learning experience.
Our MBA carries forward NEC’s legacy of creating well-rounded management professionals. With an emphasis on practical knowledge and skills, students will learn from faculty experts who are active business leaders. Our student-focused curriculum positions graduates to achieve positive career outcomes with a background in strategic thought and analysis, analytical decision-making, leadership theory and practice, and organizational dynamics in management. Students can choose a concentration in a specific field, or can select elective courses from a wide range of options.
The degree is designed to further students’ knowledge of key leadership elements including problem solving, effective communication, motivation of employees, and negotiation. Through the MBA program, students further their career by developing advanced strategic leadership techniques, leadership tools and skills, and a deep understanding of organizational dynamics in management.
Program Outcomes
- Demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge of accounting, finance, marketing, management information systems, organizational behavior, economics, operations management and qualitative analysis to create effective solutions to organizational and operational challenges independently and as a team
- Evaluate the implications of changing environmental factors on organizational choices within a global environment and formulate solutions.
- Demonstrate the ability to utilize technology in multiple ways to formulate and achieve project and/or organizational goals.
- Create and demonstrate the verbal and written communication skills which express ideas clearly, logically, and persuasively.
- Distinguish and formulate solutions to ethical, cultural humility, and inclusion issues.
- Demonstrate the ability to collect and evaluate information and data in order to formulate analytically sound decisions and understand the likely consequences of those decisions.
- Evaluate the actions and develop solutions to complex challenges of an organization operating in a global business environment.
- Demonstrate leadership ability, collaboration, team-building skills through class projects and involvement in student, community, and/or professional organizations.
Cybersecurity Concentration
The purpose of the concentration in Cybersecurity is to provide IT and business professionals with access to advanced education and training in the growing field of information security. Whether manager, programmer, database analyst, or network engineer, leaders within IT professions benefit from a proficiency in ensuring the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of data. With trillions dollars budgeted for cyber defense, this degree increases the marketability of professionals within, supporting, overseeing an IT department.
Outcomes of the concentration in Cybersecurity:
- Identify technologies and trends related to cyber security that have strategic value for an organization and manage the implementation of those technologies.
- Understand, design, and implement security solutions related to database systems.
- Recognize the basic tenets of computer network security,
- Define secure corporate solutions utilizing cloud technologies.
- Implement responsive software solutions on multiple computer platforms.
- Manage information security solutions for a variety of business and industry applications.
Low Residency Program
The program follows a 3 term per academic year structure, with mandatory 3-day residencies during each term. Students must attend all residencies to continue enrollment in the program.
In the period before and after the residencies, students will complete their course work online. Instructors will maintain regular ‘virtual’ office hours and will be available to assist students as required throughout the term.
