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Master of Management Studies, MMS

Curriculum

11 Courses

31 Credits

Program Length

Full-time in as few as 9 months

Part-time in as few as 21 months

Required Introductory Course (1 credit)

Must be taken in first semester of program.

SBS-700You As a Leader: Self-Awareness, Feedback, and Decision-Making

1

Prerequisite Course (3 credits)

Must be taken prior to capstone. May be substituted with approved MMS electives if equivalent graduate level course taken previously and meets substitution policy.

MGT-610Organizational Behavior

3

Core Courses (18 credits)

ISOM-861Project Management

3
MGOB-725Managerial Skills

3
MGOB-835Managing Difficult People at Work

3
MGOB-841Bldg Inclusive Organizations

3
MGOB-855Conflict & Negotiation

3
MGT-860Leading Teams

3

Capstone Course (3 credits)

Should be taken as late in the program as possible.

MGT-780Client Consulting Capstone

3

Elective Courses (6 credits)

Select two (2) electives from the following list:

ISOM-801Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel

3
ISOM-845Business Intelligence and Data Analytics

3
MBA-740Immerse- Travel Seminar

3
MGOB-810Emotional Intelligence

3
MGOB-867Develop High-Impact Learning In Organizations

3
MGES-802Corporate Entrepreneurship

3
MGES-842Global Innovation & New Product Development in Virtual Team

3
MGES-843Business Opportunities Using Design Thinking and Biomimicry

3
MGT-920Management Internship

3
P.AD-716Public Service Human Resource Management

3
P.AD-718Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World

3
P.AD-815Nonprofit Management

3
P.AD-828Public Service Communication

3
P.AD-842Workplace and Labor Law

3

Learning Goals and Objectives

Learning Goals Learning Objectives
Understand, practice, and develop effective management skills (Knowledge Integration) 1. Demonstrate comprehension of organizational, interpersonal, and intra-personal processes and dynamics relevant in workplaces and teams.
2. Recognize and employ influence strategies.
3. Apply conflict management strategies.
4. Engage in effective negotiation practices and strategies.
5. Identify and improve upon team dynamics.
6. Identify and develop leadership behaviors and skills.
7. Develop and use project management strategies and tools
8. Create personal management goals and development plans from self-assessment data.
Demonstrate ability to apply analytical reasoning skills to organizational situations and problems (Analytical Reasoning) 1. Analyze organizational situations using various theoretical and conceptual lenses.
2. Identify key assumptions and stakeholder views.
3. Examine evidence and its sources.
4. Generate salient alternatives and identify potential outcomes and consequences.
5. Integrate and apply knowledge of organizational, team, and interpersonal processes to propose management solutions to real organizational challenges.
Apply ethical principles and reasoning to leadership, team, and organizational situations (Ethical Reasoning) 1. Identify conflicts of interest and pressures that could lead to unethical conduct.
2. Identify the interests and motivations of stakeholders.
3. Identify their own individual values.
4. Give voice to their own values in the face of opposition.
5. Appreciate how ethical norms vary across countries and cultures.
6. Negotiate ethically.
7. Understand that what is legal may not always be ethical and that what is ethical may sometimes not be legal.

Course Substitution Policy

To substitute an approved elective for an MMS required course, a student must successfully complete equivalent academic coursework at the undergraduate/graduate level in the 7 years prior to MMS matriculation; grade of “B” or better; and provide official transcripts (with English translations, if applicable). MGT 610 can be substituted with an approved MMS elective only if prior equivalent graduate coursework had been completed and also meets the above criteria.

All course substitutions are evaluated upon a student's acceptance into the MMS program. All MMS students must complete a minimum of 31 graduate credits in the Sawyer Business School.

Transfer Policy

Review of any coursework taken previously from an AACSB-accredited graduate program will be completed on a case-by-case basis. The credits cannot apply to a previously completed degree and must be substituted with an approved elective. Only courses for which an earned grade of "B" or better and taken within seven (7) years prior to entering the MMS program will be considered.

Transfer Credits from the Moakley Center for Public Management's Certificate Programs

Students who have completed a certificate program through the Suffolk University Moakley Center for Public Management may have an opportunity to reduce credit requirements to an SBS graduate degree program (MBA, MMS, MSA, MST, MHA, MSBA, or MSM). All course waivers and/or transfers vary by program and are reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the respective SBS Graduate Programs Office.

In order for a course to be considered, it must have an SBS graduate program course equivalent, the student must have earned a grade of B or better, and the student must have successfully completed the certificate prior to enrolling in the SBS graduate degree program.

Applicants must also meet the admission standards for the SBS Graduate degree program to which they are applying.