Business of Creative Enterprises MA Curriculum Requirements

Emerson College’s online Business of Creative Enterprises (BCE) graduate program consists of a 32-credit curriculum that can be completed in 16 months. Housed in the School of Communication, the program begins and ends with a 2-credit, live immersion experience that takes place online over the course of a weekend.

All other core and elective coursework in the online BCE MA program (besides the Immersion) is asynchronous and ranges from 2 to 4 credits.

Sample Curriculum Map (September–December)*

For full course information, review our course catalog.

Fall Semester 1 (10 credits)

  • THE EXPERIENCE: Immersion #1: Re-imagine. Reorient. Reignite.
  • Failure 1, 2, 3: How to Rebuild the Idea
  • Foundations of Finance in Creative Enterprises

Spring Semester 1 (8 credits)

  • The Responsibility Ladder: People, Power, and Policy
  • Storytelling with Vision, Mission, and Value
  • Summer/May Semester (4 credits)
  • The Legal Basics: IP, Copyright, Contracts, and Employment Law

Fall Semester 2 (10 credits)

  • The Advocate, Architect & Ambassador: Leadership for a Successful Organization
  • Business Negotiation
  • THE FINALE: Immersion #2

*Subject to change