Graduate Summer Courses

Introduces the key concepts of data analytics and data science as applied to solving data-centered business problems in many industries. Emphasizes principles and methods covering the process from envisioning the problem to applying data science techniques to deploying the results to improve a business and help make decisions. Topics include an introduction to data-analytic thinking; application of data science solutions to business problems; achieving and sustaining competitive advantage with data science. Students will read and analyze data analytics case studies in various industries.

This course will run online and on campus on Wednesdays from 4–6:30 p.m.

This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of marketing in the context of a creative and innovative program design. Students will learn techniques for improving the flexibility and originality of their thinking and will explore approaches used by marketing practitioners to create and sustain organizational innovation.

This course will run online and on campus on Tuesdays from 4–6:30 p.m.

The marketing strategy course is designed to allow students to understand and develop marketing strategies for a real-world business or organization. Through case studies and in-class discussion, students will analyze the opportunities and challenges of selecting effective and efficient platforms and promotional tools. Special emphasis will be put on the synergies and effectiveness of the marketing mix.

This course will run online and on campus on Tuesdays from 7–9:30 p.m.

This course is designed to introduce to students various marketing aspects of entrepreneurship such as idea generation, problem validation, market research, marketing strategy development and financial forecasting. Students will develop a marketing plan for a venture idea of their choosing and apply online marketing strategies to help market that idea. The course focuses on understanding customer needs, target selection, positioning, and data analytics. Through case studies and project work, students learn to develop a feasible marketing plan, and leverage digital technology to market their new venture.

This course will run online and on campus on Mondays from 4–6:30 p.m.

This course focuses on the planning and oversight of an organization’s finances, utilizing modeling techniques for budgeting, planning, and forecasting. Emphasis is placed on analyzing and managing financial data to make decisions and mitigate risk. Other key topics include the types and purpose of financial statements; the importance of financial reporting in evaluating performance; valuation concepts, techniques, and models used in finance; and the use of financial analyses using the appropriate financial tools, techniques, and technologies.

This course will run on campus on Mondays from 7–9:30 p.m. and online on Mondays from 4–6:30 p.m.

This course provides an in-depth examination of global supply chain management’s strategic, operational, and financial aspects. Students will explore key topics such as supply chain design, logistics, procurement, inventory management, risk mitigation, and the impact of globalization on supply networks. The course emphasizes the integration of supply chain processes across international markets, the role of technology in optimizing efficiency, and the challenges posed by geopolitical and economic factors. Key topics include basic supply chain metrics, tradeoffs in making supply chain decisions, and tools for effective and efficient supply chain management, production planning and inventory control, order fulfillment, and supply chain coordination. Through case studies and real-world applications, students will develop the skills to manage complex supply chains, enhance global sourcing strategies, and improve overall supply chain success and resilience.

This course will run online on Thursdays from 7–9:30 p.m.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of public health administration, focusing on the intersection of business principles and public health management. Students will explore the structure and function of public health systems, policy development, healthcare financing, program planning, and population health management. The course emphasizes strategic leadership, financial stewardship, and operational efficiency in public health organizations. Key topics include healthcare policy and regulation, epidemiology, health equity, and crisis management. Students will apply administration principles in developing solutions to modern public health problems and will understand the role of government and other organizations in creating and implementing policies that impact the performance of the public health system.

This course will run online on Tuesdays from 4–6:30 p.m.

This course examines the unique challenges and strategic decisions involved in managing a business beyond the startup phase and through various stages of growth. Focusing on the complexities and challenges of managing growth, students will explore key areas such as operational efficiency, organizational structure, leadership, financial management, marketing strategies, and strategic decision-making in expanding businesses. Students will learn how to address the unique challenges that arise during the growth phase, including maintaining company culture, managing resources, overcoming operational hurdles, and navigating market competition. The course emphasizes an experiential approach to growth management and equips students to lead and manage organizations effectively through periods of expansion while maintaining agility, innovation, and profitability.

This course will run online on Mondays from 7–9:30 p.m.

This is a preparation course to help students prepare for the required Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure. In this preparation course, students will review strategies for the various MTEL tests. The course will cover test-taking strategies and approaches, practice tests, and offer targeted feedback.

This course will run online.

This course covers current policy and practice related to English Learners (ELs) in schools with a special focus on Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Settings. Topics will include diversity issues, content/academic vocabulary development and literacy skills (including listening, speaking, reading and writing) to provide teachers with the knowledge and strategies to support ELs in classrooms.

This course runs online on Thursdays from 4:30–8 p.m.

This course introduces students to the reality of schools as diverse spaces encompassing a range of student needs and examines efforts to ensure equity in education. Issues of race, class, culture, language, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and ability will be discussed & examined, especially how they intersect to reproduce inequality.  Students will reflect on individual beliefs in relation to social justice education and democratic education and examine unintended consequences of policy/practice that create or perpetuate inequitable environments and opportunities in schools. Strategies for promoting educational equity and inclusivity will be discussed.

This course runs online on Wednesdays from 4:30–8 p.m.

This three-credit course addresses issues in the assessment of children and youth with disabilities, and reviews norm-referenced and criterion-referenced assessments, developmental scales, and formal and informal observation techniques. Students will acquire an understanding of the issues related to selecting and administering a variety of assessment tools, and to interpreting, communicating and utilizing data from assessments to support the education of students with disabilities.

This course runs on campus on Mondays from 4:30–8 p.m.

This course will examine intersectionality and the complex racial, gendered, and class-based dimensions that perpetuate inequitable environments and opportunities in schools. We will explore critical race theory (CRT) and its theoretical relevance as a framework to examine and challenge disparate educational opportunities for students of color. The course will offer an examination of the policies, procedures, and structures that perpetuate disproportionality and overrepresentation.  This course will analyze assumptions about race, gender, and class, as well as how these dynamics play out in U.S. public schooling and history through political, sociological, theoretical, and pedagogical lenses.

This course runs online on Thursdays from 4:30–8 p.m.

This course examines the role of school in adolescents’ identity development, middle school/middle level education and philosophy, including the historical context to current best practice. Emphasis is on the adolescent brain, the developmental, emotional, and intellectual traits of the diverse adolescent learner, and resulting implications for teaching and learning. Adolescent learners are examined in and out of school contexts, with an emphasis on diversity, culture, and inclusivity and historically minoritized groups.

This course runs on campus on Mondays from 4:30–8 p.m.

This course will review social understanding, stress, anxiety and trauma in autistic people. The course will explore the role of anxiety, stress, and trauma on relationships, self-regulation, health/ well-being and academic achievement. This course will stress intersectionality and explore gender/culture/race influences on understanding autism. Course participants will develop social supports and curricula focused on neurodiverse social behavior that help to mitigate the effects of stress/anxiety/trauma and develop resilience.

This course runs online on Mondays from 4:30–8 p.m.

A survey and case study course emphasizing the importance of data privacy and security. We need to share data in organizations, but the more we share it, the more it becomes necessary to protect it. By the end of the course, students will understand the legal, social, and ethical ramifications of data security and privacy as well as the concepts behind data guardianship and custodianship and data permissions. Special attention will be given to industry-specific data privacy laws (HIPAA, FERPA, PCI DSS, etc.).

This course runs online on Tuesdays 7–9:30 p.m.

A special topics course which will explore current major trends in the data analytics landscape. Topics may include natural language processing, fraud prevention, social media analysis, the role of analytics in financial management, artificial intelligence, or unstructured data analysis.

This course runs online and on campus on Tuesdays from 4–6:30 p.m.

This course focuses on several important areas impacting the dynamic nature of internet marketing by addressing the role of mobile marketing, social marketing and local marketing in today’s environment, the integration of e-commerce into the marketing activities, and the major problems and opportunities that e-commerce activities pose for the marketing manager.

This course runs online and on campus on Mondays from 4–6:30 p.m.

Students will identify current and emerging career opportunities in the field of event management. They will learn relevant strategic, organizational communication theory as it relates to event planning and will gain significant practice in planning, designing and critiquing events through hands-on experience. Students will analyze ways in which organizations communicate their image and message through events and promotions, while considering key issues facing the event industry in today’s global society.

This course runs online and on campus on Tuesdays 7–9:30 p.m.

This course introduces students to legal, ethical, and policy issues in public health and healthcare. Students will explore basic principles underlying the legal system, governmental regulation, the development of policies and legal rules, and how to interact ethically and effectively with the legal system as a public health practitioner. Topics include healthcare reform, regulatory compliance, risk management, patient rights, bioethics, and the role of government in healthcare decision-making. Students will examine the legal context of the relationship between the individual and the community and understand public health regulation in the context of a market-driven system. The course emphasizes the application of business and legal principles to navigate complex ethical dilemmas, ensure regulatory compliance, and develop strategies for effective healthcare leadership.

This course runs online and on campus on Wednesdays from 4–6:30 p.m.

The course provides a comprehensive overview of the major legal considerations involving international business transactions and operations. Students will explore key topics such as international trade law, contract law, dispute resolution, intellectual property rights, and regulatory compliance. The course also covers the role of international organizations such as the WTO, UN, and regional trade agreements in shaping global business regulations. Emphasis will be placed on legal risk management, ethical considerations, and the impact of geopolitical factors on multinational enterprises. Students will engage in in-depth case analyses and develop a discussion paper on the legal and/or ethical implications of a specific international convention, business practice, or topic involving multinational corporations operating in the contemporary international legal environment.

This course runs online and on campus Tuesdays from 4–6:30 p.m.

This is a preparation course to help students prepare for the required Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure. In this preparation course, students will review strategies for the various MTEL tests. The course will cover test-taking strategies and approaches, practice tests, and offer targeted feedback.

This course will run online.

This course examines and unpacks contemporary issues in the field of education and provides prospective teachers with a beginning foundation for understanding the teaching profession and the US education system, including policy and governance. The historical, legal, ethical, and pedagogical foundations for social justice education and democratic education will be explored, as well as the education reform context and emerging policies. The course will include an examination of professional ethics and standards.

This course runs on campus on Mondays from 4:30–8 p.m.

This course explores supportive, preventative, and proactive approaches to addressing the social and academic behaviors of students with disabilities and other diverse populations. Strategies for developing a positive classroom climate to support social and emotional development, including trauma and anxiety, will be central to the learning of the course. A variety of approaches, including the connection between communication & behavior, identifying contributing factors to challenging behavior, FBA, and behavior support plans will be explored.

This course runs online on Tuesdays from 4:30–8 p.m.

This course will examine the complexities of gender, identity, expression, and sexual orientation in schools, as well as how their interrelated dynamics and complexities unfold in the history of U.S. schools to present day. The course will explore the concepts of identity development and school structures that disenfranchise non-binary and LGBTQA+ students and examine constructions of gender identity, sexuality, and equality and binary/nonbinary conceptions. The course will examine inclusivity and exclusion through an examination of gender models, perpetuation of stereotypes, and implicit biases. The course analyzes key conceptual and methodological frameworks of gender, class, sexuality, power, and intersectionality.

This course runs online on Wednesdays from 4:30–8 p.m.

This course provides class participants with an introduction to autism and neurodiversity, a grounding in the neurodiversity paradigm, and exposure to autistic self-advocates and perspectives. The course will include an examination of the sociopolitical context and the resulting ideals, conceptions, assumptionst and biases in education, media, and community. Course participants will unpack educational discourse, diagnosis, labels, and the ethics of different educational approaches and ideals. The course will explore tenets of collaboration and the complexity of different organizational approaches.

This course runs online on Thursdays from 4:30–8 p.m.