M.S. in Management

Curriculum

The M.S. in Management, Strategic Leadership pathway program includes 30 credits. MSM, Strategic Leadership students take:

  • BUS501 Mathematical Models for Management
  • MBA507 Critical Business Skills
  • BUS579 International Business Management or participate in a Global
    Immersion
  • BUS502 Leadership
  • BUS506 Operations and Project Management
  • BUS509 Law and Ethics

Students who have not taken managerial economics, financial accounting, and statistics will be given the opportunity to engage in coursework in advance of matriculation.


Specializations

You may specialize in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Marketing, Sports Management. Elective substitutions may be made with the permission of the director of the College of Business and approval of the Graduate School.

Course requirements unique to each specialization:

Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

12 credits in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, including MBA500 Statistical Methods for Management instead of BUS501 Mathematical Models for Management.


FinTech

12 credits in Financial Technologies.


Marketing

12 credits in advanced Marketing courses.


Sports Management

12 credits in Sports Management courses.


Program Learning Outcomes

Goal 1: Students will graduate with industry-ready managerial skills.

  1. Apply core concepts of business and managerial disciplines to analyze, initiate and implement managerial actions.
  2. Demonstrate the ability to develop pertinent and logically structured arguments.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to apply analytic techniques relevant to specific business problems and diverse business contexts.
  4. Evaluate the ethical implications of managerial decisions in diverse business contexts.
  5. Respond to feedback in a way that demonstrates emotional intelligence.

Goal 2: Students will understand how to integrate interdisciplinary business tools and techniques.

  1. Analyze and solve a business problem involving two or more functional areas.
  2. Assess firm capabilities and deficiencies from internal and external perspectives.
  3. Analyze the global implications of multi-national decisions
  4. Demonstrate a critical awareness of complex, incomplete or contradictory information.
  5. Work effectively with others to complete interdisciplinary projects or other work.
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