Master of Science in Management

The Master of Science in Management at Notre Dame de Namur University has a strong history of providing professionals with an outstanding management education that advances their careers. The program offers broad-based tools and perspectives of systems management to working professionals as they creatively and effectively produce results in their tasks.

Managers in today's high-technology organizations, research labs, and developing industries face rapidly increasing complexities as their goals, staffing, and use of technology continually changes. Systems thinking, emphasized throughout the MSM program, provides the philosophical and practical foundations for effective management in this environment.

Typical MSM students at NDNU are rising professionals in organizations with team, project, and program management responsibilities. They come from a variety of industry and research organizations (banking, biotechnology, information technology, and government) and represent the breadth of professional experience from engineering and management, to financial analysis and research.

Knowledge

The MSM program combines project management, people management, and knowledge management theories and practices that will address our students' needs for the challenges of meeting organizational and programmatic goals. The curriculum includes the critical areas of systems thinking, individual and team management, social capital, forecasting, optimization, decision support, organizational learning and knowledge management, systems finance, and project analysis and management. Our courses emphasize leadership, collaborative work, virtual team processes, and professional communication.

Skills

NDNU prepares MSM students by developing the skills, knowledge, values, and philosophy necessary to lead as global managers of people, projects, and sustainable systems. As working professionals, our students are able to integrate coursework with professional work, allowing each to demonstrate enhanced competencies beginning with the first course. Each student shapes the program and the final capstone experience to meet his/her professional goals; choosing from courses and topics in information technology, project and program management.

Distinctions

• A working professional may complete the MSM program within two years and may begin the program in the Fall I and II, Spring I and II, or Summer I and II terms. Each course is completed in a seven-week term.
• Courses in the MSM program are conveniently offered using a half-in-class/half-online teaching environment, with the courses offered on weekday evenings or on Saturday mornings on NDNU's Belmont campus.
• NDNU's location serves as an educational conduit of current and future business practice and enables us to attract high-caliber students and faculty.
• The MSM program at NDNU considers the examination of the nature and traits of ethical business practices to be essential in preparing future leaders and managers.
• The program prepares leaders and managers to think strategically about contemporary organizations within the context of both global and local communities.
• MSM students are immediately able to apply what they learn to real world challenges, producing high-quality analyses as evidence of professional management capabilities.
• Our students develop their coursework and capstone experiences to best meet their individual management interests and needs, and are able to combine other NDNU graduate courses into their programs.

 

See the NDNU General Catalog for degree requirements and course descriptions.

Admission Process

NDNU admits students throughout the year for fall, spring, and summer semesters.  Please review the NDNU General Catalog for complete admission requirements.

NDNU'S School of Business and Management

Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, NDNU is a multifaceted University offering bachelor degrees in Business and Communications, in addition to the Master of Business Administration, Master of Public Administration, and Master of Science in Management degrees.

For questions on the program, please contact:

Henry Roth , Director of Graduate Business Studies

(650) 508-3721, hroth@ndnu.edu or

Patty Fox , Graduate Advising Analyst

(650) 508-3609, pfox@ndnu.edu

For questions on Admission processes, contact:

Graduate Admissions
Ralston Hall
Tel: (650) 508-3600
Fax: (650) 508-3426
E-mail: grad.admit@ndnu.edu
M – Th 8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
F 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.