Management Consulting Focus Area
Strong technical and functional skills are essential, but organizations need leaders who can innovate quickly in a demanding environment. Stand out from the competition.
As a management consultant, you are a change agent, whether you're providing insights for external clients or delivering results within your own organization. To be successful, you must identify challenges, persuasively communicate ideas to solve them and lead teams effectively.
Be Career Ready
- Learn to manage a consulting engagement and the process of organizational change and development
- Think creatively while juggling assignments on collaborative, team-based projects
- Understand the psychological and emotional motivations of others to become a true change agent
- Gain practical problem-solving and strategic-planning skills
- Think beyond the obvious and apply theories to make sense of complex issues
- Enhance your credibility and improve your oral and written communication skills to deliver simple, clear recommendations
Students interested in management consulting are encouraged to pair it with another focus area to build expertise in the specific business domain in which they plan to consult.
Curriculum (12 credits)
Availability varies by semester.
- MGA 632 Financial Statement Analysis (3 credits)
- MGB 666 LeaderCORE Development I* (2 credits)
- MGB 667 LeaderCORE Development II* (2 credits)
- MGF 637 Financial Modeling (3 credits)
- MGF 658 M&A Strategy/Financing (3 credits)
- MGG 633 Model Managerial Process (3 credits)
- MGG 640 Negotiation Theory and Practice (3 credits)
- MGG 650 Consulting Practices (3 credits)*
- MGH 641 Business of Healthcare (3 credits)
- MGM 667 Market Research (3 credits)
- MGM 675 Marketing Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making (3 credits)
- MGO 634 Project Management (3 credits)
- MGO 636 Supply Chain Analytics (3 credits)
- MGO 660 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
- MGS 607 Technlogy and Innovation Management (3 credits)
- MGS 613 Database Management Systems (3 credits)
- MGS 614 Systems Analysis and Design (3 credits)
- MGS 616 Predictive Analytics (3 credits)
*A highly recommended course; however, any combination of courses from the list for a given focus area will satisfy the requirement.
Review course descriptions in the Graduate Catalog.
Prove yourself — and make an impact
The UB MBA Consulting Group is a pro bono, student-run firm that selects three to four projects to complete each semester for small- to medium-sized businesses or nonprofits.
