Master of Science in Administrative Studies, Innovation & Technology Concentration

Innovation and the use of digital technologies are essential to transforming a business model and providing new revenue and value-producing opportunities. The Master of Science in Administrative Studies (MSAS) concentration in Innovation & Technology at Boston University’s Metropolitan College (MET) explores unique aspects of innovation and technology to address the challenges of rapidly changing markets and industries, high research and development costs, international competition, highly mobile professional employees, remote teams, and an ever-increasing telecommuting workforce.

Graduate certificates offered by the Administrative Sciences department can provide an alternative pathway to a master’s degree, providing the opportunity to complete one, two, or three certificates on your path to a master’s degree. The following graduate certificate programs share courses with the master’s degree; completed credits for these courses count toward master’s requirements:

• Graduate Certificate in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Graduate Certificate in Global Marketing Management
• Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management
• Graduate Certificate in International Business Management

Those currently enrolled in a graduate certificate who are interested in transitioning into the master’s degree program should contact their academic advisor to declare their interest in this pathway. A new master’s degree application is not required.

Students who complete the Administrative Studies master’s degree concentration in Innovation & Technology will be able to demonstrate:

• An understanding of critical and innovative thinking, a global business perspective, enhanced communication skills, as well as the technical tools and techniques necessary for business decision-making.
• The development of design thinking and open innovation skills to create innovative business models and administer such resources.
• The practice of purposeful innovation and the use of appropriate technologies to develop business models to further a business or idea.
• The ability to understand and apply the directly relevant concepts and typologies describing: a) varieties of innovation, and the particular “commercialization” process; b) types of contexts and their implications, i.e., the effect of institutional settings and organizational value networks (financial and cultural norms) on the innovation process; c) methods of strategic, entrepreneurial, and marketing analysis; d) the changing basis of competitive advantage over time and dimensions for describing this factor; e) modern approaches to adding value to products and services such as inter-organizational alliances and attention to user interfaces, user experience, and consumer branding; and f) the organizational roles such as business and channel developers that relate to these processes.
• The ability to apply research-based concepts concerning innovation to analyze and manage/facilitate the commercial development and improvement of products, services, and processes that add value for stakeholders. Students will be able to accomplish this in a range of settings such as established companies and smaller or new ventures.

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