Business Administration, Project Management Concentration, M.B.A.

(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.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate 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;
• Create and demonstrate verbal and written communication skills which express ideas clearly, logically, and persuasively;
• Distinguish and formulate solutions to ethical, cultural humility, and inclusion issues;
• Evaluate information and data in order to formulate analytically sound decisions and understand the likely consequences of those decisions;
• Demonstrate leadership ability, collaboration, team-building skills through class projects and involvement in student, community, and/or professional organizations.

Project Management Concentration

The MBA’s Concentration in Project Management is designed to build on your expertise and hone your skills in competency areas needed to become an effective decision maker and leader of projects.  Many graduates of this leading program further their credentials by pursuing their PMI certification after completion of the program.

Outcomes of the Concentration in Project Management:

• Differentiate the dynamics of facilitating strategic project management including costs, schedules, workflow, risk, and supply chain;
• Apply advanced analysis and problem solving skills as they relate to the coordination, strategy, planning and implementation of projects in an organization;
• Evaluate logistics management from the perspective of leadership, competitive strategy, costs, performance, and benchmarking;
• Apply leadership and operational strategies initiating performance management techniques to measure progression using technical tools including GANTT and PERT.