Although the core business courses ingrain exposure to the administrative sciences, the program is distinct from the MBA as the concentrations are STEM-focused. More importantly, the MSM program offers an intensive exposure to business applications focusing on interdisciplinary STEM-related areas.
Especially noteworthy is that the MSM program seeks to integrate fundamental business principles with technical knowledge and critical-thinking skills that leverage the university's strengths in engineering, computing, architecture and social sciences to develop interdisciplinary skill-sets. Thus, the value-added propositions of the MSM degree are to help graduates become more specialized in STEM-focused cross-disciplinary fields.
The interdisciplinary STEM-based curriculum integrates business fundamentals within the technology-driven world of business to attain the following:
- Critical Thinking and Analytical Knowledge Related to the Technology Applications in Business
- Students will:
- Exhibit the ability to analyze and use quantitative methodologies to evaluate financial policies
- Demonstrate the ability to assess, evaluate and compare similar technologies
- Ability to Provide Solutions to Management Problems Related to the Area of Specialization
- Students will be able to provide integrated solutions to problems in selected concentration areas
- Oral Articulation and Written Communications Across Disciplines
- Oral Communication: Students will be able to effectively deliver technology-driven digital multimedia presentations
- Written Communication: Students will have the ability to prepare cogent reports
- Critical Thinking: Students will harness the ability to think analytically about business concepts and their application to real-world scenarios with an understanding of ethical, economic and social implications of business decisions globally
