Master of Professional Studies in Informatics with Concentration in Cloud Computing Application and Management (STEM)

at Northeastern University - Boston Campus USA

The Master of Professional Studies in Digital Media-Connect is designed for students seeking a career change into digital media. The STEM-designated program offers you core courses in visual communications, programming foundations, and web creation to provide the underpinning for expertise as you gain the essential knowledge required for the main Master of Professional Studies in Digital Media curriculum. With concentrations in 3D animation, game design, digital video, social media, digital media management, and interactive design, you’ll be able to focus your studies on what interests you most. For your final capstone project, you’ll work with a faculty advisor or a small, focused team to channel your passion into a project that provides tangible evidence of your new skills and abilities.

Data is king in today’s digital economy. Business leadership in this disruptive age requires the ability to choose the right data, analyze it skillfully, and leverage it for strategic decisions on ever-shrinking timelines. Our innovative, STEM-designated Master’s in Business Analytics program—taught with D’Amore-McKim’s signature focus on the tech economy—will prepare you to respond to challenges and deliver successful solutions quickly and confidently.

With the Master of Science in Corporate and Organizational Communication, you'll build in-demand skills as you learn to craft strategic approaches to complex communication challenges. Our instructors—communications leaders in the business and nonprofit sectors—will offer you an inside look not only at how best to design and deliver compelling messaging but also at how to measure the impact of your strategies. You’ll also create an ePortfolio that synthesizes learning across the curriculum and promotes your professional brand. Through co-ops and consulting assignments that culminate in a capstone project, you’ll learn the art of effective communication with employees, customers, investors, and other audiences as you hone your skills with a new set of tools to persuade, inform, and inspire.

With the Master of Science in Corporate and Organizational Communication, you'll build in-demand skills as you learn to craft strategic approaches to complex communication challenges. Our instructors—communications leaders in the business and nonprofit sectors—will offer you an inside look not only at how best to design and deliver compelling messaging but also at how to measure the impact of your strategies. You’ll also create an ePortfolio that synthesizes learning across the curriculum and promotes your professional brand. Through co-ops and consulting assignments that culminate in a capstone project, you’ll learn the art of effective communication with employees, customers, investors, and other audiences as you hone your skills with a new set of tools to persuade, inform, and inspire.

The Master of Professional Studies in Analytics trains you to discover, interpret, and effectively communicate data to help organizations make informed decisions. Focused on skills you can readily apply on the job, our program will build your knowledge of statistics and mathematics, analytics systems technology, business intelligence, business process management, analytics agility, data leadership and governance, and policy and ethics. You'll have the opportunity to work with a sponsoring organization to expand your professional network and get hands-on experience in everything from data extraction to the translation and implementation of data analysis. In the process, you’ll explore the implications of analytics on a local, national, and global scale, learn to defend ideas with data, and build a portfolio to showcase your skills.

The Master of Science in Global Studies and International Relations is an interdisciplinary degree that will prepare you to meet the challenges of globalization. Classes focus on the work you would do in the field such as analyzing the investment portfolios of developing nations, managing crises, and crafting speeches for embassy officials. You'll narrow your study to one of five concentrations and choose one of six major world regions as your focus, working with our distinguished faculty of policymakers, diplomats, and global educators as you prepare to step onto the world stage. Participate in the Diplomacy Lab and explore real-world challenges while contributing to the policy-making process in conjunction with the U.S. State Department.  If you choose our optional International Field Study Experience, you'll serve abroad as a consultant for a global organization as it works to solve a real-world business challenge.

With the Master of Science in Corporate and Organizational Communication, you'll build in-demand skills as you learn to craft strategic approaches to complex communication challenges. Our instructors—communications leaders in the business and nonprofit sectors—will offer you an inside look not only at how best to design and deliver compelling messaging but also at how to measure the impact of your strategies. You’ll also create an ePortfolio that synthesizes learning across the curriculum and promotes your professional brand. Through co-ops and consulting assignments that culminate in a capstone project, you’ll learn the art of effective communication with employees, customers, investors, and other audiences as you hone your skills with a new set of tools to persuade, inform, and inspire.

The Master of Science in Human Resources Management program is designed to prepare students to make the connection between an organization’s strategy and its people. Available in two learning formats – on-ground in Boston and 100% online, the program focuses on emerging human resource competencies and skills needed to navigate the evolving human resources field, including the transformational impact of technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data.

The curriculum features six leading-edge concentrations that align with trends that are reshaping the human resources field: Digital HR, Artificial Intelligence for Human Resources, Global Talent Management, Project Management, Leadership, and Organizational Communication. Coupled with an emphasis on Northeastern’s signature experiential learning model where students have the opportunity to integrate material learned in the classroom with real-world experience, this program helps prepare students to be strategic business partners in their organizations.

In an uncertain world, homeland security professionals must be equipped to meet diverse challenges. Whether you’re ready to launch a new career or looking to advance within your current profession, the Master of Arts in Homeland Security will prepare you for the next big step. With a whole-of-government approach emphasizing the role private sector partnerships play in national security, our program gives you the tools for success. You’ll gain skills you can apply immediately, including leadership, emergency planning and management, expertise in verbal and written communication, and the critical-thinking abilities to make timely, well-reasoned judgments. Additionally, you will have access to Northeastern’ s internationally renowned experiential opportunities including Coop, and experientially based capstone courses. With concentrations, you’ll have the freedom to choose your focus as you absorb the core elements of advanced study in this fast-growing field.

The Master of Professional Studies in Digital Media-Connect is designed for students seeking a career change into digital media. The STEM-designated program offers you core courses in visual communications, programming foundations, and web creation to provide the underpinning for expertise as you gain the essential knowledge required for the main Master of Professional Studies in Digital Media curriculum. With concentrations in 3D animation, game design, digital video, social media, digital media management, and interactive design, you’ll be able to focus your studies on what interests you most. For your final capstone project, you’ll work with a faculty advisor or a small, focused team to channel your passion into a project that provides tangible evidence of your new skills and abilities.