Program Description

The MBA with a concentration in nonprofit management is available to Springfield College students through our online program.  The program requires a minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate credit.  All students will enroll in the nine core courses, and in addition, students will select an elective course from those listed below. The MBA at Springfield College is designed so that students may reasonably complete the degree requirements in one year. Alternatively, students may elect to complete courses at his/her own pace on a part-time basis.

The program will prepare students with the knowledge, skill, and tools to:

• Comprehend the theories and practices of business, accounting, management, marketing, and economics as taught on the graduate level.
• Apply these theories and practices to decision-making, problem-solving, and managing strategically in business and nonprofit organizations
• Analyze problems and challenges facing businesses and nonprofits in the 21st century.
• Construct feasible and practical models and strategies to meet those problems and challenges.
• Evaluate the success of those strategies.
• Employ leadership and teambuilding skills to effectively attain those strategies.

Graduates will do so with awareness of the core values of Humanics, exploration of social responsibility of oneself and of business, and an understanding of the entrepreneurial spirit needed to address the ever-changing world of business and not-for-profit organizations.

I. Degree Requirements (30-33 credits)