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Master of Science in Leadership & Management: Curriculum

FOUNDATION COURSE: (3 units)

Prerequisite knowledge of management is required. Assessment of need is based on a review of undergraduate coursework and professional work experience. The foundation course (MGMT 500) provides prerequisite knowledge and tools needed for those with insufficient background. If needed, MGMT 500 should be among the first courses completed. Students who earned an undergraduate degree in a management field within the past seven years could be exempt from taking MGMT 500.

MGMT 500: Management Theory and Practice (3)

REQUIRED CORE COURSES: (18 units)

MGMT 520: Leadership: Theory and Practice (3)
MGMT 521: Ethics and Decision Making (3)
MGMT 522: Human Resource Management (3)
MGMT 523: Organizational Theory and Development (3)
MGMT 569: Conflict Management and Organizational Change (3)
MGMT 586: Organizational Research (3)

ELECTIVES/CONCENTRATIONS: (12 units)

Concentrations:

Students can select a set of elective courses or a concentration that addresses each student's individual career needs. Courses can be selected from any of the scheduled 500-level MGMT courses (other than foundation courses). Concentrations require a minimum of four courses (12 units) that may include a credit for one required core course in the same discipline.

Human Resource Management:

MGMT 522: Human Resource Management (3)
and a minimum of three of the following:
MGMT 525: Management of Diversity (3)
MGMT 526: Training and Development (3)
MGMT 554: Negotiations and Collective Bargaining (3)
MGMT 529: Seminar in Human Resource Management (3)

Nonprofit Management:

MGMT 520: Leadership: Theory and Practice (3)
and a minimum of three of the following:
MGMT 530: Managing Nonprofits (3)
MGMT 531: Marketing Nonprofits (3)
MGMT 532: Effective Fundraising (3)
MGMT 533: Accounting Compliance for Nonprofits (3)

Organizational Development:

MGMT 523: Organizational Theory and Development (3)
and a minimum of three of the following:
MGMT 525: Management of Diversity (3)
MGMT 556: Building Partnerships; Creating Coalitions (3)
MGMT 569: Conflict Management and Organizational Change (3)
MGMT 582: Managing Groups and Teams (3)

CULMINATING ACTIVITY: (3 units)

MGMT 594: Thesis OR
MGMT 596: Graduate Seminar (3)

Students who wish to write a Thesis must take MGMT 588: Organizational Research II as one of their electives.