MSM Program Structure

Technological Innovation

Credits
Foundation Courses 0-6
MSM Program Credits
MSM Core 12
Concentration Required 12
Restricted Elective 6
Total Requirements 30-36

MSM Foundation Courses

  • 6200:601 Financial Accounting
  • 6600:620 Strategic Marketing Management

MSM Core

  • 6500:675 Global Supply Chain Management
  • 6500:652 Managing People in Organizations
  • 6500:601 Business Analytics and Information Strategy
  • 6500:678 Project Management

Required Courses

  • 6500:665 Management of Technology
  • 6500:608 Entrepreneurship
  • 6500:651 Management of Organizational Transformation
  • 6400:602 Managerial Finance

Restricted Elective (choose 6 credits)

  • 6500:645 Software Development and Quality Assurance
  • 9200:700 Intro to Intellectual Property Law
  • 6500:689 BioInnovation and Design
  • 6700:695 Gateway Internship
  • 6200:554 Information Systems Security
  • 6400:623 Legal Aspects of Business transactions

Accelerated Information Systems

Credits
MSM Core 9
Concentration Required 12
Practicum 3
Electives 6
Total Requirements 30

Management Core

  • 6500:640 Information Systems and IT Governance
  • 6500:663 Data Analysis for Managers
  • 6500:675 Supply Chain Management

Information Systems

  • 6500:643 Systems Analysis and Design
  • 6500:645 Software Development and Quality Assurance
  • 6500:646 Enterprise Systems Implementation
  • 6500:678 Project Management

Practicum

  • 6500:690 Selected topics in Management (This course may be taken as an elective to add a Global or Study Abroad experience)
  • 6700:695 Internship. Please see Internship Guidelines.

Electives

  • 6200:554 Information System Security (may be transferred if student has taken this at the 5xx level in the undergraduate program and did not count toward the baccalaureate degree)
  • 6500: 520 Management of Data Networks (may be transferred if student has taken this at the 5xx level in the undergraduate program and did not count toward the baccalaureate degree)
  • 6500:644 Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence
  • 6500:652Organization Behavior (recommended for students with an undergraduate degree in a non-Business field)
  • or Any 6500:6xx class

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