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Maximize your experience and marketability with foundational core courses, career-targeted concentrations and life-changing action learning opportunities. 

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Core Curriculum (27 Credits)

  • MGQ 608* Statistical Analysis for Managers (3 credits)
  • MGA 603 Financial Accounting for Managers (2 credits)
  • MGB 610 Organizational Behavior (2 credits)
  • MGG 635 Management Communications (2 credits)
  • MGF 611* Financial Analysis for Managers (2 credits)
  • MGO 658 Entrepreneurship Foundations (2 credits)
  • MGM 615* Marketing for Managers (2 credits)
  • MGG 601 Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability (2 credits)
  • MGE 604* Business Economics (2 credits)
  • MGO 620* Operations Management (2 credits)
  • MGO 640 Business Strategy (2 credits)
  • MGS 605* Information Technology for Managers (2 credits)
  • MGA 605 Accounting for Management Decision Making (2 credits)

* STEM Core Courses 

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Internship

Internship requirements can be waived with one year of full-time work experience. If waiver is approved, you must take 3 additional credits of electives. 

  • MGX 648 Internship/Practicum (3 credits)

Electives Based on Plan Pathway

Electives (30 Credits)

Availability varies based on semester. Choose management courses to fulfill the elective requirement for 30 credit hours. For course options, refer to the catalog.

Summary: 27 core credits + 3 internship credits + 30 elective credits = 60 credits required for degree

STEM Electives:

A minimum of 21 credits of STEM electives are required from the list below. 

  • MGA 663 Financial Accounting Analytics (3 credits)
  • MGB 626 People Analytics and AI (3 credits)
  • MGS 602 Information Technology and Cloud Infrastructure Management (3 credits)
  • MGS 610 Digital Forensics (3 credits)
  • MGS 613 Database Management Systems (3 credits)
  • MGS 614 Systems Analysis and Design (3 credits)
  • MGS 616 Predictive Analysis (3 credits)
  • MGS 617 Spreadsheet Programming for Business (3 credits)
  • MGS 627 Business Process Automation and Programming for Managers (3 credits)
  • MGS 629 Systems Security (3 credits)
  • MGS 636 Applied AI for Managers (3 credits)
  • MGS 637 Cloud Computing Security Concepts (3 credits)
  • MGS 638 CyberSecurity Analytics (3 credits)
  • MGS 639 Cybersecurity and Privacy (3 credits)
  • MGS 642 IS Auditing for IT Managers (3 credits)
  • MGS 650 Information Assurance (3 credits)
  • MGS 653 Social Network Analytics (3 credits)
  • MGS 655 Distribution Computing and Big Data (3 credits)
  • MGS 657 Cloud Data Warehousing and Data Engineering (3 credits)
  • MGS 659 Web Analytics and Optimization Techniques for eCommerce (3 credits)
  • MGS 670 Health Care Analytics (3 credits)
  • MGF 633 Investment Management (3 credits)
  • MGF 634 Quantitative Methods in Finance (3 credits)
  • MGF 635 Financial Derivatives (3 credits)
  • MGF 636 Complex Financial Instruments (3 credits)
  • MGF 637 Financial Modeling (3 credits)
  • MGF 638 Fixed Income Securities (3 credits)
  • MGF 639 Security Training (3 credits)
  • MGF 644 Supervised Research: Fixed Income (3 credits)
  • MGF 645 Supervised Research: Equities (3 credits)
  • MGF 661 Management of Financial Institutions (3 credits)
  • MGF 675 Multinational Banking and Finance (3 credits)
  • MGF 685 International Financial Management (3 credits)
  • MGF 687 Financial Technology (3 credits)
  • MGF 696 Portfolio Theory and Strategy (3 credits)
  • MGH 633 Health Care Economics (3 credits)
  • MGG 633 Model Managerial Process (3 credits)
  • MGM 653 Digital Marketing Analytics (3 credits)
  • MGM 667 Marketing Research (3 credits)
  • MGM 675 Marketing Analytics (3 credits)
  • MGO 619Business Forecasting (3 credits)
  • MGO 633 Global Operations Management (3 credits)
  • MGO 636 Supply Chain Analytics (3 credits)
  • MGO 637 Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (3 credits)
  • MGO 638 Logistics Management (3 credits)
  • MGO 639 Sustainable Operations (3 credits)
  • MGQ 603 Prescriptive Analytics and Optimization (3 credits)
  • MGQ 610 Sports Analytics (3 credits)

Additional Electives (9 Credits)

Choose any additional management courses to fulfill the remaining elective requirement of 9 credit hours. For course options, refer to catalog.

Summary: 27 core credits + 3 internship credits + 30 elective credits (21 STEM electives + 9 electives) = 60 credits required for degree