Graduate Electives & MBA Concentrations

Customize your School of Management graduate degree

Graduate students in Binghamton University's School of Management can customize their degree to meet their career goals by choosing from a variety of elective courses in areas such as accounting, business analytics, entrepreneurship, finance, leadership and consulting, management information systems, and marketing. 

MBA students

School of Management MBA candidates can customize their curriculum with electives to meet the specific needs of their desired post-grad positions, or by declaring a concentration and completing the required coursework.

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MS Accounting and PharmD-MBA students

While MS Accounting and PharmD-MBA students are not able to declare a concentration, they can select electives that align with their academic interests and career goals.

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MBA Concentrations

Students in the MBA program may choose to take elective courses in any one of the business disciplines to enrich their course of study. Only students who have earned an undergraduate degree in accounting from a U.S. college are eligible to register for ACCT courses at the graduate level.

While not required, many students in the MBA program choose to complete a concentration. There are six concentrations currently offered. Full course curricula can be found below. 

Business Analytics
Students in the business analytics concentration will learn how to use modern technologies and data analysis techniques to engage in strategic decision-making and make projections of future outcomes.

Entrepreneurship 
The entrepreneurship concentration provides students with practical skills for creating, managing, and sustaining new ventures — such as developing products, crafting business plans, securing resources, and marketing innovations. Graduates are prepared for careers across a range of industries, with emphasis on equipping them for roles as business owners, consultants, or business development managers.

Finance
The finance concentration provides students the opportunity to learn about core money management principles for businesses, firms, governments, and individuals. Emphasis is placed on the utilization of analytical tools to engage in effective operational and investment strategies. 

Leadership and Consulting
The leadership and consulting concentration is for students interested in understanding the dynamics of people in organizations and how to communicate effectively as a leader in order to create systemic change. Students will learn the fundamentals of creating a culture of adaptability and responsiveness to the organization's changing needs. 

Management Information Systems
The management information systems concentration focuses on how people can use technology to manage business information. Emphasis is on the design and implementation of business information systems aimed at increasing efficiency and effectiveness. 

Marketing 
Students in the marketing concentration learn the fundamentals of studying consumer behavior in order to make data-driven, integrated marketing decisions. Coursework emphasizes brand markets, competitors, and product portfolios in today's highly competitive global market.

Graduate elective courses

MBA, MS Accounting, and PharmD-MBA students can select from graduate electives across School of Management disciplines, subject to individual program requirements, prerequisites, and course availability. 

Note: Only students who have earned an undergraduate degree in accounting from a U.S. college are eligible to register for ACCT courses at the graduate level.

Course offerings

  • Accounting
    • ACCT 540 Financial Accounting Theory (T)
    • ACCT 541 Auditing and Managerial Accounting Theory (T)
    • ACCT 550 Accounting Information Systems (T)
    • ACCT 555 Advanced Accounting Theory
    • ACCT 573 Individual Tax
    • ACCT 581B Forensic Accounting: Audit Analytics (T)
    • ACCT 581F Accounting Analytics (T)
  • Business Analytics

    Required coursework:

    • SCM 572 Advanced Modeling and Simulation (T)
    • MIS 525 Essentials of Programming (T)

    Choice of one:

    • SCM 575 Data Mining and Business Intelligence (T)
    • MIS 580J Introduction to Machine Learning (T)
    • MKTG 580R Data Mining Techniques in Marketing (T)

    Choice of two:

    • ACCT 581F Accounting Analytics (T)
    • MGMT 581L Advanced Business Statistics for Business Analytics (T)
    • MIS 533 Database Management Systems (T)
    • MIS 580C Interactive Data Visualization for Analytics (T)
    • MIS 580H Web Mining and Social Network Analysis (T)
    • MIS 580L Data Science Project (T)
    • MIS 581F IT for Business Analytics (T)
    • MKTG 575 Data Driven Marketing (T)
    • MKTG 580H Analytical Marketing Strategy (T)
    • MKTG 580L Optimizing Customer Strategy (T)
    • SCM 565  Supply Chain Management
  • Entrepreneurship

    Required for concentration:

    • ENT 560 Entrepreneurship
    • ENT 580A Entrepreneurial Finance (T)

    Choice of two:

    • ENT 580B Business Plan Development
    • MKTG 540 Marketing Research (T)
    • MKTG 580C Product Management
    • MKTG 580M Social Media Marketing
    • MIS 586 E-Business and UX Design (T)
    • LEAD 551  Leadership Skills & Development
    • LEAD 553 Strategic Leadership (T)
  • Finance
    • FIN 520 Financial Management
    • FIN 540 Security and Portfolio Analysis
    • FIN 550 Derivatives (T)
    • FIN 555 Fixed Income Securities (T)
    • FIN 580A Climate Finance
    • FIN 580E Financial Statement Analysis
    • FIN 580J Financial Technology (T)
    • FIN 581A Active Portfolio Management (T)
  • Leadership and Consulting
    • ENT 580A Entrepreneurial Finance
    • ENT 580B Business Plan Development
    • LEAD 551 Foundation Skills and Development
    • LEAD 552 Team Leadership (T)
    • LEAD 553 Strategic Leadership (T)
    • MGMT 583N Negotiations
  • Management Information Systems
    • MIS 523 Information Systems Analysis and Specification (T)
    • MIS 525 Essentials of Programming (T)
    • MIS 533 Database Management Systems (T)
    • MIS 550 IT Security and Forensics (T)
    • MIS 573 Information Systems Project Course (T)
    • MIS 580A Strat Info Systems Comm Sem (T)
    • MIS 580B Generative AI for Business (T)
    • MIS 580C Interactive Data Visualization for Analytics (T)
    • MIS 580D Practical Data Wrangling (T)
    • MIS 580G Introduction to Cybersecurity (T)
    • MIS 580H Web Mining and Social Network Analysis (T)
    • MIS 580J No-Code Machine Learning in Practice (T)
    • MIS 580K Blockchain Tech and Applications (T)
    • MIS 580L Data Science Project (T)
    • MIS 580N Emerging Issues in Cybersecurity (T)
    • MIS 580P Natural Language Processing & Business Applications (T)
    • MIS 581B Forensic Accounting: Audit Analysis (T)
    • MIS 581F IT for Business Analytics (T)
    • MIS 586 E-Business and UX Design (T)
    • ACCT 550 Accounting Information Systems (T)
  • Marketing
    • MKTG 535 Consumer Behavior
    • MKTG 540 Marketing Research (T)
    • MKTG 575 Data Driven Marketing (T)
    • MKTG 580A Social Media Behavior
    • MKTG 580C Product Management
    • MKTG 580H Analytical Marketing Strategy (T)
    • MKTG 580L Optimizing Customer Strategy (T)
    • MKTG 580M Social Media Marketing
    • MKTG 580Q Machine Learning and AI Marketing Strategy (T)
    • MKTG 580R Data Mining Techniques (T)
    • SCM 560 Decision Modeling and Risk Analysis (T)
    • SCM 572 Advanced Decision Modeling and Simulation (T)

Note: Technical electives are labeled with a "T".