Strategic Management, M.S.

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The Master of Science in Strategic Management is designed to develop competent business professionals who are equipped with the core concepts, frameworks, and techniques of strategic management. Students completing this degree will be prepared to step into a management or leadership position within an organization.

Students completing the M.S. in Strategic Management will be able to:

Utilize advanced knowledge of management.
Develop advanced analytical and critical thinking skills to evaluate information, solve problems, and make sound ethical decisions in the different areas of management.
Formulate management strategies designed to allow the organization to achieve its objectives.
Examine the ethical and legal responsibilities of managers.

Students can earn the MS, Strategic Management in either a fully online format or an executive format combining online and on-site study. The Executive format program requires attendance at weekend residency classes. Further, the Executive MS, Strategic Management Program meets the needs of international graduate business students. This program provides both in-seat and online coursework. Graduate students joining the Executive MS, Strategic Management program will be employed or conduct projects in business-related positions and participate in Applied Learning Practicum, in which students apply what they are learning in their program to the real world via work or internship experiences.

Course Requirements: 31 Credit Hours

BACC 532 - Strategic Management Accounting Credit(s): 3 hours
BADM 624 - Competitive Strategy Credit(s): 3 hours
BADM 625 - Mergers and Acquisitions Credit(s): 3 hours
BADM 626 - Management Consulting Credit(s): 3 hours
BADM 631 - Managing in a Global Environment Credit(s): 3 hours
BADM 632 - Advanced Human Resource Management Credit(s): 3 hours
BADM 645 - Strategic Leadership Credit(s): 3 hours
BADM 652 - Strategic Organizational Design Credit(s): 3 hours
BADM 677 - Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, and Social Responsibility Credit(s): 3 hours
BADM 698 - Strategic Management (Capstone) Credit(s): 3 hours
BADM 699 - Capstone Credit(s): 1 hour *
OR
INTR 599 - Applied Learning Practicum Credit(s): 1 hour **

Notes:

*All online students who are seeking to earn a degree in Master of Science, Strategic Management; Master of Science, Finance must take this course in lieu of INTR 599 in addition to meeting all program degree requirements. Executive format students can take the course or INTR 599 as part of their program degree requirements.

**The Computer and Information Sciences Department, the School of Business, and the Leadership graduate (Masters and Doctorate) executive format programs have an applied learning component (internship/practicum) that is an integral (essential) part of the established curriculum. Due to the applied learning component required for the degree program, executive format students must enroll in INTR every term of enrollment.