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The purpose of the Master of Science in Management program
is to provide a specialized professional program for the
student who wants to acquire proficiency in management skills,
including decision making, which will enable the graduate to
carry out responsibilities in both general and specialized managerial
roles. Concentrations in Human Resource Management,
Information Systems, Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness,
International Management, and Healthcare Management
further develop managerial problem solving skills in specific
areas of applied management. As a result of successfully completing
the MSM program, graduates should improve their ability
to apply problem-solving skills to operational and strategic
planning processes and to use written and verbal communication
skills effectively to communicate the results of their problem solving
analyses and recommendations.
Business Foundation Requirements for the MSM
- The foundation course requirements to enter the MSM degree program ensure that students have acquired a common body of knowledge in business administration.
a. Candidates for admission to the MSM degree program
must have earned an undergraduate degree in
business administration from a school holding
ACBSP or AACSB specialized accreditation for its
business degree program within eight years of enrolling
in the MSM program.
OR
b. Before attempting 6000-level course work, the student
will have successfully completed, within eight
years of enrolling in the MSM program, all courses
or their equivalent in the following subject areas
from a school holding ACBSP or AACSB specialized
accreditation for its degree program:
- Principles of Management
- Principles of Marketing
- Managerial Finance
- Accounting (principles of financial and managerial accounting or their equivalent)
- Legal Environment
- Microeconomics
- Statistics
- Global Business Issues
- Information Systems (or documented completion of an MS Office workshop/certification,
minimally in Word and Excel
- If the foundation course requirement is not satisfied by either paragraphs 1.a or 1.b above, to include the restrictions related to currency (i.e., within eight years of initial enrollment in the MSM program) and specialized accreditation, then unless specifically waived by the MSM Program Director based upon relevancy of professional business experience subsequent to the award of a four year business degree, the following MSM foundation courses must be successfully completed with a 'B' grade or better through Troy prior to enrolling in 6000- level courses for which they are identified as prerequisite courses:
BUS 5502 3 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance
BUS 5503 3 Fundamentals of Economic Analysis and Business Law
BUS 5504 3 Fundamentals of Management and Marketing
BUS 5505 3 Fundamentals of Information Systems and Quantitative Methods
- If the content of the MSM foundation coursework has been completed and, (1) the content is more than eight years old, or (2) the content of the foundation courses was completed at a school without ACBSP or AACSB specialized accreditation for its business degree programs, the student may attempt to qualify for a waiver of these two requirements by achieving a satisfactory score on the Educational Testing Service Major Field Tests in Business (Undergraduate). A satisfactory score is defined as no less than one half standard error of the mean below the national average reported at the time the exam is attempted. For this catalog year, a score of 146 (rounded up) is acceptable.
Admission Requirements
Unconditional Admission
1. Students applying for admission must provide official transcripts from all universities attended.
2. Applicants who have completed a master's or higher degree from a regionally accredited university may be
admitted unconditionally. (No graduate admission test scores are required.) Official transcripts from all universities
attended must be submitted, to include an official transcript showing completion of a master's or
higher degree.
3. A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university is required. (Students with a baccalaureate degree from an unaccredited or otherwise accredited institution should see Unaccredited or Otherwise
Accredited Student Admissions.)
4. Applicants must have achieved at least 2.5 GPA on all
undergraduate work or at least 3.0 GPA on the last 30
semester hours.
5. Official graduate admission exam results (GMAT,
GRE [verbal and quantitative] must be on file
(except for applicants with a previous master's or
higher degree; see #2 above).
6. A letter of recommendation is required with all applications
for the MSM program. The letter should address
the individual's potential for success in the
MSM program, professional, managerial or administrative
experience, as well as his/her written and oral
communication skills.
Conditional Admission
Students not satisfying the minimum graduate admission test score and
GPA requirements for unconditional admission may be conditionally
admitted to the program. After the student completes the first three
graduate (6000 level) courses
with
a ''B'' or better average, the student will be granted unconditional
admission. Students not satisfying
conditional
admission requirements will be dropped from the program for one
calendar year, after which time the student must petition for
readmission. A letter of recommendation is required with all
applications for the MSM program. The individual's potential for
success in the MSM program as well as his/her written and oral
communication skills
should
be addressed.
Curriculum
All courses offer three semester hours credit except MGT 6625 and 6626.
Transfer Credit
A maximum of two courses (6 semester hours) taken at
another regionally accredited institution, each with a ''B'' grade
or better, can be applied toward the degree. Note that the capstone course MGT 6685 Management Strategy must be taken with Troy University and will not be accepted as transfer credit from another institution. These courses must
be comparable in catalog description to Troy courses and must
be approved by the appropriate dean/department
chair. Note that in the Applied Management concentration, no
transfer credit is permitted.
Admission to Candidacy
To be admitted to candidacy, students must have a 3.0 GPA
on all work attempted. Unconditionally admitted graduate students
must apply for admission to candidacy within the first eighteen semester graduate hours of graduate coursework and complete any additional requirements outlined for the specific degree program. If not completed within the first eighteen hours, a hold will be placed on the student's registration until Degree Plan/Admission to Candidacy process is completed.
Degree Requirements
Students graduating with the MSM degree will have successfully
completed the following curriculum:General Program Course Requirements
a. 30 semester hours for the applied management concentration
offered to contractual cohort groups, with successful
completion of a comprehensive written examination.
OR
b. 36 semester hours for all other concentrations, with no
comprehensive written examination. Students must
achieve an overall grade point average of 3.0 (A=4.0) to
fulfill requirements for the degree.
If a "D" or "F" is made in a core course or a restricted elective
course, the course must be retaken. If the student makes a
"D" or "F" in an elective course, the course may be retaken or
another elective taken in its place.
The MSM degree offers five, 36-semester hour options:
Human Resource Management, Leadership and Organizational
Effectiveness, Information Systems, International Management,
and Healthcare Management. The MSM degree also offers 30-
semester-hour options for contractual, cohort groups of students
in Applied Management and in Public Management. All options
require six core courses, four concentration courses and two
elective courses (except for the Applied Management and Public
Management concentrations) as follows:
Required MSM Core Courses
Students must take the following six courses:
BUS 6610 3 Business Research
*MGT 6600 3 Advanced Concepts and Topics in Management
*MGT 6600 may be waived if the student has an undergraduate major in business, in which case, an elective
course will be substituted. This course should be taken within the first 12 semester hours of the degree program.
*MGT 6627 3 Specialized Study in Management
*MGT 6627: Focus on concentration selected by the student; serves as the Research Component for the degree. The core course requirements should be completed. Typically taken as the last, or concurrently with the last, concentration course. A grade of 'B' or better is required.)
MGT 6671 3 Organizational Behavior
*MGT 6685 3 Management Strategy
*MGT 6685: Must have completed 18 semester hours before taking this course. This course is the capstone course for the MSM program.
MGT 6696 3 Financial Analysis
Choose four additional courses from one of the following concentration areas:
Area A: Human Resource Management
Area B: Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness
Area C: International Management
Area D: Healthcare Management
Area E: Information Systems
Electives (Choose two courses)
The elective may be selected from any appropriate graduate business administration/management, MSM, TROY-approved PME course, HRM, specialized study completed with a TROY faculty member, or selected pre-approved MPA courses (i.e., PA 6603, 6630, 6631, 6645, 6647, 6648, 6649, 6650, 6687, or 6688).
*HRM 6689 will NOT be offered as an eCampus course.
Concentration Areas (Choose four courses in one area)
AREA A: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
HRM 6601 3 Legal Environment of Employment Decisions
HRM 6603 3 Human Resource Management (Required)
HRM 6604 3 Labor Law
HRM 6619 3 Seminar in Human Resource Administration
HRM 6622 3 Human Resource Staffing
HRM 6623 3 Training and Human Resource Development
HRM 6632 3 Compensation Management
HRM 6645 3 International Human Resource Management
AREA B: LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
IS 6679 3 Management Information Systems
MGT 6674 3 Business Ethics
MGT 6681 3 Organization Development and Change (Required)
MGT 6682 3 Leadership and Motivation
AREA C: INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT
ECO 6657 3 International Trade and Economics
HRM 6645 3 International Human Resource Management
MGT 6670 3 Seminar In International Management (Required)
IR 5552 3 International Law
IR 6631 3 Intercultural Relations
IR 6656 3 International Power and Influence
AREA D: HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
HSA 6680 3 Health Services Administration and Policy
HSA 6681 3 Legal and Social Issues in Health Administration
HSA 6682 3 Health Care Planning and Management (Required)
HSA 6683 3 Health Care Economics
HSA 6684 3 Managed Healthcare
AREA E: INFORMATION SYSTEMS OPTION
IS 6672 3 Information Systems and Business Strategy
IS 6674 3 Information Systems Management
IS 6676 3 E-Commerce for Global Business
IS 6679 3 Management Information Systems
Other Business Electives:
Elective courses may be selected from any appropriate graduate
business administration or management curriculum, to include
the Troy MSM, Troy MSHRM, Troy approved PME course,
specialized study completed with a Troy faculty member, or
selected pre-approved MPA courses (i.e., PA 6603, 6630, 6631,
6645, 6647, 6648, 6649, 6650) and an MSIR
course, IR 6641. All authorizations for a Troy MSM student to
be a transient student at another institution must be approved
before the course is attempted.
Cross-listings for this program only:
BUS 6610 PA 6601
IS 6679 PA 6679
ECO 6657 IR 6620
MGT 6674 PA 6674
MGT 6671 PA 6646
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