Catalog

Master of Science in Management

Jordan Holtzman
Program Director
(510) 375-1348
jholtzman@ndnu.edu
 
The Master of Science in Management (MSM) curriculum provides students with a broad understanding of the role and use of managerial technology in the various functional areas of modern organizations.  Students focus on the management and evaluation of technology within organizations and in the development and use of information in decision-making and control. To become effective organizational agents of change, students gain problem-solving skills necessary to translate business needs into system specifications and propose solutions that add bottom-line value to the organization.

The MSM offers an articulated agreement with NDNU’s undergraduate Business Administration program. Qualified undergraduate students are able to apply in advance of their last semester to enroll in up to six units of selected MSM graduate courses that fulfill undergraduate major requirements and also count towards the master's degree.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students will develop abilities to analyze the creation of value through the integrated production and distribution of goods, services, and information.
  • Students will learn the stages of group development, communicate the role systems serve in an organization, and use systematic problem solving to efficiently and effectively achieve the goals of the organization.
  • Students will learn essential issues of sustainability, systems theory, and organizational behavior to make decisions that achieve organizational efficiency and promote social responsibility.
  • Students will learn to communicate to organizational stakeholders clearly, concisely and professionally through written, oral, and visual means.
  • Students will be able to utilize digital media to research management issues, communicate management decisions, collaborate across the organization and manage work flow.

Admission Information

Fully admitted students will need to meet the following requirements:

1. A four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
2. A cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or better.
3. Two academic and/or professional recommendations.
4. Work experience is preferred.
5. A personal interview with the Program Director may be required.
6. The satisfactory completion of undergraduate coursework in introductory statistics.
International students should also refer to the general graduate admission requirements.

Program Requirements

The MSM program requires 36 semester units of graduate course credit:

  • Core — 24 units;
  • Concentration — 12 units;
  • Foundation — no credit.

Foundational Knowledge

Students in the MSM program are required to have a foundational knowledge that will facilitate learning advanced concepts. The Statistics Foundation course may have been taken in an undergraduate degree program, or subsequent to the completion of the bachelor‘s degree and must be completed with a grade of C or better. If the course has not been completed prior to admission, students can still be admitted conditionally but must complete the undergraduate equivalent of this requirement early in their program of study.

The following is the only foundation course required for MSM:

  • Introductory Statistics

MSM Core Courses

These courses are designed to prepare students in the functional areas for managing technology and programs. Students must complete all of the Core Courses.

See Course Descriptions for more information.

Core Courses     Units
   
BUS4000                     Organizational and Management Theory            3
BUS4200                     Enterprise Information Management Systems    3
BUS4216                     Enterprise Performance Management       3
BUS4300                     Systems Management          3
BUS4308                     Business Systems Modeling       3
BUS4316                     Sustainability:  Local and Global Management     3
BUS4332                     Decision Support: Forecasting and Optimization       3
BUS4982                     Project Systems Analysis (Capstone)      3
   
Total Core Units       24
   

Areas of Concentration

In addition to Core courses, all MSM students are required to take an additional twelve (12) graduate units to complete their degree program. This allows students the opportunity to choose electives among several specialty areas or specific fields of study in order to distinguish themselves academically. As a result, MSM students will have maximum flexibility in choosing courses to enhance professional development.

General Electives

Any 12 units of electives approved by the graduate program advisor.