Thanks for your question and interest in Boston University. It may seem obvious, but dual or joint degrees allow you the opportunity to earn two degrees in less time than it would take to do both degrees separately. In most cases, the two degree programs are allowing you to count some of their coursework toward the other degree you're planning to pursue. This results in you saving time and money.
With the MS-MBA (MS in Information Systems and MBA) at BU, this has been highly integrated allowing you to complete BOTH degrees in the same time that it would normally take you to do our traditional Two-year MBA. To your point about the differences besides academics, with an MS degree you're delving deeper into that specific coursework than you typically would with normal MBA electives. This is true of most MS degrees. Since they have a more narrow focus, they're able to go deeper in terms of the content. In addition, we find that our MS-MBA students use the dual degree as a differentiator when applying for internships and placements after graduation versus those candidates who solely have an MBA.
For scholarships, the Boston University School of Management offers a merit-based scholarship program with awards valued up to $90,000 for the duration of the program. For the class that began in August 2011, 75 percent of the enrolling students received scholarship assistance with the average award being $18,000 per year. Scholarships are open to all applicants, including international students. You simply need to submit an application to be considered and you will be notified of any award at the time of admission.
Feel free to post on here if you have other questions.
Best,
Chris
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westsidah408 wrote:
Hi Chris,
I was wondering if you could point out some key differences (besides academics) between the 2-year MBA and the MS/MBA in Information Systems. I am considering between getting just the MBA (if there can be such a thing as "just" an MBA) and a dual-degree, and feel this would be a great starting point.
In addition, what are the scholarship possibilities for international students? Could you shed some light on what would be the typical profile of an international student getting a decent scholarship/fellowship/grant at BU?
Thank you.