Master of Science in Management

Henry Roth, Program Director, (650) 508-3721, hroth@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. In this program, students concentrate on research issues in management of technology within organizations and in the development and use of information in decision making and control. To become an organizational agent of change, students work on their problem solving skills necessary to translate business needs into system specifications and propose solutions that address the bottom-line value returned to a business.

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

Program Requirements
The MSM program requires 36 semester units of graduate course credit (Core – 27 units; Concentration - 9 units; Foundation – no credit).

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

• Statistics

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
BUS4500	Leadership Concepts	3
BUS4982	Project Systems Analysis (Capstone)	3
		27

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
In addition to Core courses, all MSM students are required to take an additional nine (9) graduate units must be completed satisfactorily. Students may elect to obtain a concentration that distinguishes they have pursued a specialty area or specific field of study. In order to qualify for a concentration in Project and Program Management, Managing with Information Technology, or Operations Management, students take at least three courses (9 units) from one of the concentration areas listed. Students desiring a broader study can elect to pursue a general concentration and select any 9 units of electives approved by the graduate program advisor.

Project and Program Management (9 units required)		Units
BUS4240	Project Management	3
BUS4248	Global Management of Virtual Teams	3
BUS4324	Distribution and Supply Chain Management	3
Managing with Information Technology (9 units required)		Units
BUS4224	Managing Information Systems	3
BUS4232	Business Telecommunications: Data, Voice, Multimedia	3
BUS4248	Global Management of Virtual Teams	3
Operations Management (9 units required)		Units
BUS4208	Global Operations Management	3
BUS4248	Global Management of Virtual Teams	3
BUS4324	Distribution and Supply Chain Management	3
General Concentration (9 units required)		Units
Any 9 units of electives approved by the graduate program advisor		9

Graduate Course Description