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Brandeis University   Heller School for Social Policy and Management Heller School for Social Policy and Management Master of Business Administration Non-Profit Management Mailstop 035 Waltham, MA 02454-9110 US   Phone: 1-781-736-3820 Fax: 1-781-736-2774   Visit Program Website At a Glance Program Requirements Tuition & Financial Aid Institution Overview Important Dates Upcoming Events Degrees: Program Format: Master's MBA - Non-Profit Management On Campus   Managing organizations with a social mission requires many skills -- mobilizing people from diverse backgrounds, delivering quality services while using resources efficiently, achieving organizational financial health and accountability, understanding the political, economic and policy forces that shape the world, evaluating and continuously improving an organization's performance, and developing a vision into a reality. Through required and elective courses, students master the working knowledge needed to meet the practical challenges they will face when managing for a social mission. Finance and Accounting Series: Acquire financial skills through a rigorous sequence of courses in accounting and finance. Organizational and Operations Management: Analyze case studies and build management foundations from strategic planning to marketing, from human resource management to leadership, organizational behavior, and more. Social Justice: Develop a vision for social change and learn to analyze research and policies that form the basis for that change. Expand your knowledge with a frameworks course on social policy and one on social justice; learn to analyze, evaluate and advocate for sound knowledge-based social policies. Manage for a Double Bottom Line: Learn program evaluation methods to assess social outcomes that may be difficult to quantify. Organizations need to be accountable to the financial bottom line as well as the organization's social mission. Apply methods of participatory management to engage stakeholders -- staff, community, even clients -- to meet desired social outcomes and provide quality human services. Policy Series: Acquire a broad understanding of social policy from one of several social policy concentrations. Practical Experience: Learn about real-life practices and problems through class projects with external organizations, case studies, and the Team Consulting Project, addressing a current challenge confronting a mission-based org     Accreditation Information: NE Association of Schools and Colleges; Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business  # Of Credits Required:   Time To Degree:     Previous Degrees Bachelor's degree  Pre-Requisite Courses International Student Requirements Proof of English language proficiency.  Requirements Qualifying Exam: GMAT Minimum Exam Score: GPA or Equivalent: English Proficiency: Yes Research Competency: Yes Clinical Internship: Yes   Work Experience Early to mid-career professionals  Volunteer Experience Publications Experience Foreign Language Requirement none  Other Requirements Team Consulting Project: semester-long project working in a team with other students to address a current challenge confronting a mission-based organization.    Cost Per Credit Hour: $   Tuition:   Financial Aid Offered:       # of Students Enrolled Full Time: 1445  # of Students Enrolled Part Time: 560  Average GPA:   Average Test Scores:   Charge Per Credit: $1030  Annual Full Time Avg Institution Tuition: $32951  Financial Aid Offered: Yes  Average Work Experience: 3  Specializations: Social Policy; Public Policy; International Health Policy; Sustainable Development; Non-Profit Management; Aging; Health Care & Behavioral Health Policy; Children, Youth, Families; Poverty Alleviation  # of Terms Per Year: Semester  Placement Percentage:   Historically Black: No   Religious Affiliation: Not applicable         Visit Program Website