MS in Management - Mission-Driven Organizations

Marlboro College Graduate School brings its proven success in educating the region’s nonprofit leaders together with its history of providing sustainability management education to create a Master of Science degree in Managing Mission-Driven Organizations (MDO). This 36-credit degree blends nonprofit topics with relevant courses drawn from our MBA in Managing for Sustainability.

This degree, like all Marlboro graduate programs, takes a project-based approach to assessment. Students are strongly encouraged to bring their work projects into the classroom. This helps students manage the rigor of the program through better time management while, at the same time, giving them the full benefit of first-hand learning. The monthly face-to-face intensives are supplemented by collaboration in our state-of-the-art online learning environment.

Blending coursework from the MBA and the MDO curricula creates a more well-rounded graduate who has the skills to engage the increasingly shared worlds of nonprofits, mission-driven organizations and triple-bottom-line enterprises.

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To learn more about the MS in Management - Mission-Driven Organizations (MDO) program, email Joe Heslin or call at (888) 258-5665 x209.

When Do Classes Meet?

Face-to-face coursework takes place at the graduate school facility in Brattleboro, Vermont. With the exception of the Certificate in Nonprofit Management, all required face-to-face courses meet for one weekend “intensive” a month, three to four times per trimester.

Students attending school full-time can complete the coursework for the degree in just over one year, then finish their Capstone project in one additional trimester.

Sample Study Plan

Trimester I	Trimester II	Trimester III	Trimester IV	Trimester V
Nonprofit Management Practicum (3 cr)	Fundraising and Philanthropy (3 cr)	Caring for the Human Organization (3 cr)	People and Teams (3 cr)	Capstone (6 cr)
Elective 1 (3 credits)	Evaluating Outcomes (3 cr)	Needs and Wants (3 cr)	Finance (3 cr) requires a preparatory online self-study for those without sufficient background	Elective 2 (3 cr)
Elective (1 cr)	Elective (1 cr)	Elective (1 cr)

 

Marlboro College Graduate School is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASC), which accredits schools and colleges in the six New England states.