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Degree Requirements

​Degree Requirements

​Students in the MS-Management program complete 12 courses (48 credit hours).

Course Title Quarter Hours
ACC 500FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING4
or ACC 502 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING
MGT 500LEADING EFFECTIVE AND ETHICAL ORGANIZATIONS4
MGT 502OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT4
MGT 515SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT4
MGT 530LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS4
MGT 555HUMAN CAPITAL STRATEGY AND SCIENCE4
MGT 584CONSULTING SKILLS4
MGT 598PROJECT MANAGEMENT4
Select 4 (4-credit hour) Kellstadt electives16

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 Title Quarter Hours
MGT 506DECISION MAKING FOR MANAGERS4
MGT 525TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT4
MGT 535CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING4
MGT 589EXECUTIVE COACHING: LEADERSHIP IN A VOLATILE, UNCERTAIN, CHAOTIC AND AMBIGUOUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT4

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 Title Quarter Hours
MGT 589EXECUTIVE COACHING: LEADERSHIP IN A VOLATILE, UNCERTAIN, CHAOTIC AND AMBIGUOUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT4
MGT 798SPECIAL TOPICS (Preventing & Addressing Organizational Burnout OR Stress Sleep and Performance)4
MGT 798SPECIAL 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 Title Quarter Hours
MGT 501STRATEGIC SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT4
MGT 545MANAGING SERVICE OPERATIONS4
MGT 563NEGOTIATION SKILLS4
MGT 585FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS4

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 Title Quarter Hours
MGT 519SPORTS MANAGEMENT4
MGT 524LEADERSHIP COACHING IN SPORTS AND ORGANIZATIONS4
MKT 574SPORTS SPONSORSHIP MARKETING4
MGT 514BEHIND THE SCENES WITH CHICAGO SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS4
MGT 798SPECIAL TOPICS (Chicago Cubs Summer Consulting Project (cross-listed with MKT 798))4
IB 750INTERNATIONAL 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 Title Quarter Hours
MGT 512DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES (FORMERLY GSB 595)4
MGT 535CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING4
MGT 595SOCIAL AND SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE 4
FIN 559SUSTAINABLE VALUE CREATION4

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