Management (MS)

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Offered by the Kogod School of Business , the MS in Management program is a flexible degree program that provides basic management knowledge and skills plus an ability to explore the field of management either more broadly across functional management disciplines or in more depth within a single discipline. This program is intended to be designed in advance for fixed groups of students, typically employees of institutional clients. Individualized programs consistent with the requirements below may be tailored to the interests and circumstances of particular groups of students. However, the courses composing each program must be approved by the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) and the Faculty of the Kogod School of Business.

Admission to the Program

Applicants must meet the minimum university requirements for graduate study. Applicants whose first language is not English must have a satisfactory score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Degree Requirements

30 credit hours of approved graduate work including 12 credit hours of core courses, 15 credit hours of elective courses, and 3 credit hours for a capstone experience course
- Students who have earned Kogod’s Graduate Certificate in Business Fundamentals within the five years preceding enrollment in the MS in Management program will be deemed to have fulfilled the core courses requirement. Students who have earned other Kogod graduate certificates within the five years preceding enrollment in the MS in Management program may apply credits so earned toward fulfillment of the MS in Management elective courses requirement.

Course Requirements

Business Fundamentals Core (12 credit hours)

Note: By completing the core requirements, students may also earn Kogod’s Graduate Certificate in Business Fundamentals .

Required

3 credit hours from the following:

Capstone Experience (3 credit hours)

Approved 3-credit hour capstone experience

Electives (15 credit hours)

The Kogod School of Business and the MS in Management client agree upon the set of elective courses for a given instance of the program at the time the program is designed. Subject to the approval by the Kogod EPC and Faculty as indicated above, and to successful completion of prerequisite requirements for individual courses, elective courses may be selected from the range of graduate business courses offered by the Kogod School of Business.