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.

The Experience: Immersion 1 & 2

At the beginning and end of your program, you will participate in a mandatory weekend-long Immersion course. These 2-credit courses will take place the first weekend of your first and the last weekend of your graduating semester and are fully online and synchronous.

Courses

CourseCreditsModality
THE EXPERIENCE: Immersion #1: Re-imagine. Reorient. Reignite.2Online
The Advocate, Architect & Ambassador: Leadership for a Successful Organization4Online
Storytelling with Vision, Mission, and Value4Online
The Legal Basics: IP, Copyright, Contracts & Employment Law4Online

Foundations of Finance in Creative Enterprises
4Online
Creative Collaboration Leading with Equity and Empathy4Online
Failure 1, 2, 3: How to Rebuild the Idea4Online
The Responsibility Ladder: People, Power & Policy4Online
THE FINALE: Immersion #22Online

Sample Curriculum Map*

Program Start: September

Fall Semester 1 (10 credits)

  • THE EXPERIENCE: Immersion #1: Re-imagine. Reorient. Reignite.
  • Failure 1, 2, 3: How to Rebuild the Idea
  • The Legal Basics: IP, Copyright, Contracts & Employment Law

Spring Semester 2 (8 credits)

  • The Responsibility Ladder: People, Power & Policy
  • Storytelling with Vision, Mission, and Value

Summer/May Semester (4 credits)

  • The Advocate, Architect & Ambassador: Leadership for a Successful Organization
  • Foundations of Finance in Creative Enterprises

Fall Semester 2 (10 credits)

  • Creative Enterprise & Climate Change: Science meets Creativity
  • Creative Collaboration: Leading with Equity and Empathy
  • THE FINALE: Immersion #2

Program End: December

*Subject to change