Effectively manage people and projects with a Master of Science in Management online degree. This graduate degree in management seeks to equip current and aspiring managers with the people and project skills to be flexible, responsive, and resilient in the face of unprecedented business challenges. At Southern New Hampshire University, you'll have the opportunity to develop advanced management skills in a variety of areas and contexts. By earning your master's in management, you can become a professional who supports an organization's mission, values, and goals while getting the most out of its teams, resources, and processes.

In the master in management online courses, you'll learn how to:

- Use methods for supporting and developing talent

- Integrate communication skills and build business relationships

- Apply critical thinking, data analysis, and ethical reasoning

- Integrate project management tools

- Articulate the importance of metrics, data, and financial analysis

- Encourage brand stewardship in your management approach

To specialize your knowledge even further, you can choose from 3 concentrations: construction management, emergency management, and healthcare. Focus on management, support, and development of people in the real world with the online MS in Management curriculum. Emphasis is placed on the philosophy, science, and practice of effective management. The degree curriculum is a balanced mixture of conflict negotiation, project and people management, and strategic leadership. A blend of management across multiple areas can give learners a holistic, managerial experience adaptable to any industry.

The program consists of 8 core courses that focus on such crucial leadership topics as:
- Communication

- Culture

- Decision making

- Human behavior

- Project management

- Research

You then have the option to choose 4 elective courses in the general management track, or specialize your degree with courses that ladder up to one of 3 concentrations:

- Construction management: Analyze projects within various industries to plan, implement and manage critical aspects of the construction process.

- Emergency management: Evaluate crisis, emergency, and disaster management strategies to plan, prepare and respond to critical threats and events.

- Healthcare: Navigate the intersection of healthcare finance and reimbursement, policy, and information management in modeling strategic decision-making that promotes continuous healthcare quality improvement within organizations.

For students who have little or no business background, we can help set you up for success with a Business Foundations course prior to starting the program. This class gives you the tools you need to better understand basic business terms, finance, and market concepts. Overall, the curriculum focuses on developing your leadership skills to help you assess a variety of situations, make critical decisions, and strategically address the ever-increasing demand to "do more with less." The end result: reflective practitioners who are competent, lifelong learners in their approach to management in a wide variety of fields and industries.

Expanding access to quality higher education means removing the barriers that may stand between you and your degree. That's why you can apply at any time and get a decision within days of submitting all required materials:

- Completed Application

- Undergraduate transcripts, which we can retrieve for you by submitting a Transcript Request Form Acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis throughout the year for our 5 graduate terms.

$150 Graduation Fee, Course Materials ($ varies by course)