Degree Requirements
Students in the MS-Management program complete 12 courses (48 credit hours).
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
ACC 500 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING | 4 |
or ACC 502 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING |
MGT 500 | LEADING EFFECTIVE AND ETHICAL ORGANIZATIONS | 4 |
MGT 502 | OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 4 |
MGT 515 | SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT | 4 |
MGT 530 | LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS | 4 |
MGT 555 | HUMAN CAPITAL STRATEGY AND SCIENCE | 4 |
MGT 584 | CONSULTING SKILLS | 4 |
MGT 598 | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | 4 |
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MS in Management Career Tracks
The following four career tracks enable students to pursue a specialization or focus of interest by selecting appropriate classes for electives.
Career Tracks
Management Consulting
This career track aims to deepen knowledge and skills specific to the management consulting profession. O*NET describes several foundational knowledge bases (Administration and Management, Customer and Personal Service, and Education and Training) and skills (Providing Consultation and Advice to Others, Making Decisions and Solving Problems, and Analyzing Data or Information). The following classes would support students in building these skills and knowledge, and are therefore recommended to compose the career track.
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
MGT 506 | DECISION MAKING FOR MANAGERS | 4 |
MGT 525 | TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT | 4 |
MGT 535 | CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING | 4 |
MGT 589 | EXECUTIVE COACHING: LEADERSHIP IN A VOLATILE, UNCERTAIN, CHAOTIC AND AMBIGUOUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT | 4 |
Managing Personal and Professional Wellness
This Managing Personal and Professional Wellness career track aims to deepen knowledge and specific skills related to creating, reinvigorating, and preserving wellness in an occupational context, including self-regulation (e.g., stress management), the ethical leadership of others (e.g., coaching related to work-life balance), and the intentional development of programs, policies, and culture that supports well-being at work, all of which align with O*NET’s defined work activities of a manager: guiding, directing, and motivating subordinates; establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships; and the meta-skills of effective executive function to capably complete other important critical work activities.
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
MGT 589 | EXECUTIVE COACHING: LEADERSHIP IN A VOLATILE, UNCERTAIN, CHAOTIC AND AMBIGUOUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT | 4 |
MGT 798 | SPECIAL TOPICS (Preventing & Addressing Organizational Burnout OR Stress Sleep and Performance) | 4 |
MGT 798 | SPECIAL TOPICS (The Mindful Leader) | 4 |
Operations Management
This career track aims to deepen knowledge and skills related to strategies and practices in operations management, such as process improvement, service operations, supply chain management, analytics, and negotiation.
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
MGT 501 | STRATEGIC SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT | 4 |
MGT 545 | MANAGING SERVICE OPERATIONS | 4 |
MGT 563 | NEGOTIATION SKILLS | 4 |
MGT 585 | FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS | 4 |
Sports Business
This career track aims to deepen knowledge and skills that can be applied to the evolving sports business industry that is growing in size and complexity. These include leadership and coaching, sports sponsorship marketing, sports management and the opportunity to apply these skills working on projects with sports organizations.
Choose any four courses:
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
MGT 519 | SPORTS MANAGEMENT | 4 |
MGT 524 | LEADERSHIP COACHING IN SPORTS AND ORGANIZATIONS | 4 |
MKT 574 | SPORTS SPONSORSHIP MARKETING | 4 |
MGT 514 | BEHIND THE SCENES WITH CHICAGO SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS | 4 |
MGT 798 | SPECIAL TOPICS (Chicago Cubs Summer Consulting Project (cross-listed with MKT 798)) | 4 |
IB 750 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINAR I (The Business of International Sports in London ) | 4 |
Sustainable Management
This career track aims to deepen knowledge and skills related to strategies and practices in sustainable management, including developing and implementing sustainable management strategies and practices for managing human, financial, and natural resources in the organization and marketplace. O*NET explicitly asks those holding jobs in sustainability to be well-versed in “Making Decisions and Solving Problems” and “Developing Objectives and Strategies,” while utilizing deep knowledge of sustainability practices, methods, and outcomes for those activities. The following classes would support students in building these skills and knowledge, and are therefore recommended to compose the career track.
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
MGT 512 | DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES (FORMERLY GSB 595) | 4 |
MGT 535 | CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING | 4 |
MGT 595 | SOCIAL AND SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE | 4 |
FIN 559 | SUSTAINABLE VALUE CREATION | 4 |
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