Management, Human Resource Management Concentration, M.S.

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The MS Management Curriculum

1. Core Courses

The six required core courses shown below provide an 18 credit foundation upon which students can pursue cutting-edge specializations within the degree program. These core courses expose students to the disciplines required of a professional manager. Students who have taken these courses elsewhere or previously at NYU-Poly, or who have had equivalent experience, may apply to substitute elective courses for such core courses; however, all students are required to complete the MSM degree’s 36 credits.

MG 6013 Organizational Behavior 3 Credits
MG 6073 Marketing 3 Credits
MG 6083 Economics 3 Credits
MG 6093 Accounting and Finance 3 Credits
MG 6503 Management of Information Technology and Information Systems 3 Credits
MG 8673 Technology Strategy 3 Credits

Note:

Core courses should be taken as early in the program as possible.

2. Areas of Concentration

Students must formally choose and declare a 15 credit area of concentration, which can be from among those listed below or, with the MSM Program Director’s pre-approval, a set of courses that meet individual needs through a custom MSM concentration. A minimum of four courses must be selected in any one concentration area. Courses in all the available concentrations are shown below.

3. Capstone Project Course

This required, integrating three-credit course,

MG 9703 Project in Strategy and Innovation

, is recommended for a student’s final semester. In special cases, MG 997X MS Thesis in Technology Management may be substituted for students wishing to produce a major dissertation in a specialty with the permission of the MSM Program Director and the TM Chair. Such a student must follow the Master’s Thesis course requirements.

Concentration Course Requirements

Each MSM concentration sequence comprises a minimum of five courses totaling 15 credits. Substitutions may be made with the MSM Program Director’s pre-approval in any concentration area.

Human Resource Management

The Concentration in Human Resource Management prepares professionals for today’s technology-intensive environment. The program provides the knowledge and techniques to deal with human-resource issues and to achieve high-quality innovation and productivity in often-turbulent organizational settings. The changing nature of work and shifting professional expectations are explored.

Required:

MG 6123 Human Resource Management 3 Credits

Choose One:

MG 6173 Performance Management and Reward Systems 3 Credits
MG 6223 Staffing Organizations 3 Credits

Select Three:

Select three 3-credit courses of interest (for nine credits) with an “MG” or “FRE*” prefix. However, it is recommended that students select courses from Technology Management’s MA in Organizational Behavior Program.