Wesley J. Howe
School of Technology
Management

FLEX MBA Master of Business Administration

Overview
Core Requirements
Major Requirements
Electives or Career Options

The 48-credit MBA employs innovative pedagogical techniques and small class sizes enabling you to rapidly assimilate the knowledge you need to move your career forward. You will work with faculty members who were industry leaders at Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, and daily practitioners of the skills they now teach.

Students are able to customize their degree by selecting one of five majors.

Finance
Information Systems
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Project Management

The MBA is a 48-credit degree program comprising16 courses. The program also offers the option for students to pursue a dual MS-MBA degree.

The MBA is a 48-credit degree program comprising 16 courses.

The MBA program has two components:

Core Requirements (12 courses – including the Capstone course)
Majors (4 courses)

MBA CORE REQUIREMENTS

MGT 600 Financial and Managerial Accounting
MGT 606 Economics for Managers
MGT 612 Leading People & Projects
MGT 623 Financial Management
MGT 630 Global Business & Markets
MGT 635 Managerial Judgment & Decision Making
MGT 641 Marketing Management
MGT 657 Operations & Supply Chain Management
MGT 663 Discovering & Exploiting Entrepreneurial Opportunities
MGT 671 Technology & Innovation Management
MGT 699 Strategic Management

CAPSTONE

MGT 798 Integration & Application of Technology Management

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

The Flex MBA program comprises FIVE majors:

Finance

The MBA finance major provides the basic theory and practice of corporate financial management and examines the structure of financial markets and major financial instruments. Finance students find positions in management consulting, banking and corporate finance departments. Our close proximity to Wall Street makes this major a natural choice for many students.

MGT 638 Corporate Finance
MGT 626 Venture Capital
MGT 627 Investment Management
MGT 628 Derivatives

Information Systems

In today’s globally connected world, information systems are integral to company operations. This major blends strategic and tactical perspectives providing you with skills that enable you to advance to the highest ranks within a corporate Information Technology department. The major is also valuable to business leaders in functional departments such as marketing, finance and operations, who need to leverage IT effectively.

MIS 620 Analysis & Development of Information Systems
MIS 630 Database Systems & Decision Support
MIS 710 Process Innovation & Management
MIS 730 Integrating Information Systems Technologies

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Organizations must adapt quickly to the forces of change impacting their business, placing a premium on their ability to innovate and leverage new business opportunities. This major provides you with the knowledge and skills to transform ideas into products and services, assess technology-driven market opportunities, and start entrepreneurial ventures. In addition to joining or starting entrepreneurial ventures, students in this concentration can find employment opportunities in consulting and high-growth companies in a broad range of industries.

MGT 626 Venture Capital
MGT 672 Realizing Value from Intellectual Property
MGT 673 Global Innovation Management
MGT 810 Human-Centered design

Marketing

Advances in technology are dramatically changing the way in which products and services are marketed. This major gives you an understanding of those changes and what is driving them, and provides you with the skills and technological savvy to pursue a successful marketing career.

MGT XXX Consumer and Business Behavior
MGT XXX Marketing and New Media
MGT XXX Market Intelligence & Analytics
MGT XXX Marketing Strategy

Project Management

Excellence in project execution is the hallmark of successful companies. This major provides you with the skills to lead complex projects and programs within organizations. It leverages new concepts in strategic project management and leadership that were developed by the Howe School faculty and have achieved international acclaim.

MGT 609 Project Management Fundamentals
MGT 610 Strategic Perspectives on Project Management
MGT 614 Advanced Project Management
MGT 619 Leading Across Project

Click here for an Excel spreadsheet comprising majors in the MBA program and their associated courses.

WITHIN THE HOWE SCHOOL

With permission of a faculty adviser, qualified MBA students may choose any 3 courses from another Howe School degree program or from the set of specially designed Howe School “career options” in the following subject areas:

Advanced Technologies
Healthcare Management
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Technology Leadership

FROM OTHER SCHOOL AT STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

With permission of a faculty adviser, qualified students may alternatively choose to take up to 3 courses in another school at Stevens. Example career options include:

School of Systems and Enterprises

Engineering Management
Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Technology Leadership

School of Science and Engineering

Computer Science
Manufacturing
Biotechnology

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