Department of Management
Degrees Offered
The length of the program will vary depending upon the nature of the undergraduate degree and the major selected. The program consists of a common body of knowledge (9 hours), core (24 hours) and elective (9 hours) courses. Any or all common body of knowledge courses may be waived for equivalent coverage at the undergraduate or graduate level with a grade of C or better. Any course subs for the core cannot also be utilized to meet major (elective) requirements.
We offer courses and experiences focused on action-oriented opportunities to help graduate students understand the field of management. This approach gives students a strong foundational knowledge that could be applied immediately after graduation.
MBA in Human Resource Management - Available 100% Online
The Human Resource Management major is designed both for students who intend to seek or continue managerial careers in human resources, and for those who are seeking more general leadership positions, but need to understand approaches to attracting, retaining, compensating, motivating and managing employees in contemporary organizations. This program is built around the view that human resource specialists must also have good business acumen to manage an organization’s most valuable assets: Its employees.
Our program provides students a strong foundation in this field. The program teaches students about a wide variety of HR issues.
This concentration is designed to prepare candidates to assume positions as human resource practitioners in domestic and international business organizations, hospitals, nonprofits organizations, and local, state and federal government agencies.
MBA in Leadership - Available 100% Online
The Leadership major provides students with the background necessary to motivate and inspire employees to work towards a common goal, plan for the future and focus on organizational goals, evaluate and counsel individual and group performance, manage and resolve conflicts, and improve oral and written communication. A leadership career involves taking your organization into a better direction, or to surpass previous limits by building and working in a team to transform a group or business.
This concentration provides a foundation in a number of areas that are crucial to a managers’ success – planning, ethical decision-making, interpersonal skills, team-building, performance development and evaluation, conflict management, motivation and leading change.
A specialization in leadership prepares students to enter a variety of organizations, both for profit and not-for-profit or to potentially work as an organizational development consultant.
Additionally, the department offers a graduate certificate in Leadership.
Code | Title | Hours |
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BUAD 6400 | Results-Based Management MBA Core Course | 3 |
EFSB 6590 | New Venture Creation | 3 |
EFSB 6690 | Strategic Management of Innovation | 3 |
HURM 6700 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
HURM 6710 | 3 | |
HURM 6720 | Advanced Negotiation and Conflict Management | 3 |
HURM 6730 | Performance Management | 3 |
HURM 6750 | Current Topics In Human Resource Management | 3 |
HURM 6760 | 3 | |
HURM 8700 | 3 | |
HURM 8710 | 3 | |
HURM 8720 | 3 | |
HURM 8730 | 3 | |
HURM 8740 | 3 | |
HURM 8750 | Current Topics in Human Resource Management | 3 |
HURM 8760 | 3 | |
MGMT 5110 | Introduction To Management | 3 |
MGMT 6100 | Leading Through Ethical Decision-Making | 3 |
MGMT 6150 | Leading and Developing Yourself | 3 |
MGMT 6160 | 3 | |
MGMT 6190 | Leading change and Organizational Improvement | 3 |
MGMT 6930 | Independent Research Instructor approval | 1-3 |