Graduate Master of Science in Management MSM at University of St. Francis Illinois
The Master of Science in Management (MSM) was instituted by the University of St. Francis in the fall of 1995 and enhanced in 2005 to focus more on leadership.
By addressing the skills needed for success and offering practical applications of these skills and theories to everyday work life, the University of St. Francis has become nationally recognized for providing educational opportunities to working professionals. Employers presently place an increased emphasis on hiring and retaining employees with advanced degrees. In turn, employees with advanced degrees, on average, earn a higher salary. The Master of Science in Management (MSM) program provides business professionals who have non-business undergraduate degrees the opportunity to build on their management skills and knowledge.
Business leaders today need to enhance and emphasize their leadership skills more than ever. The MSM program increases the confidence of business professionals, empowering them to take their careers to a new level. The MSM emphasizes critical thinking, communication, managerial use of information, and supervisory skills, focusing on the human side of management. Students gain useful skills in planning, team building, written and verbal communication, the use of technology to solve business problems, and leading with integrity and a sense of ethics.
Accreditation
The College is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), the leading specialized accreditation association for business education supporting, celebrating, and rewarding teaching excellence. Accreditation is evidence of our commitment to teaching excellence, best practices, and continuous improvement of our programs. There are approximately 2,400 U.S. institutions of higher education that have business-related curricula. More than 400 are members of ACBSP of which 300 have successfully achieved accreditation.
Program Features
Quality— USF strives to provide a quality educational program that fits into the busy lives of adult learners. Students can complete their MSM program at their own pace while continuing to work. Classes are offered online with some courses meeting one evening a week or on six all-day Saturday sessions during the 14-week semester.
Practical— Courses run three semesters each year (fall, spring, summer) and a student may enter the program during any semester. This nine course program (36 credit hours) can be completed in only 15 months. Courses are projected for three years at a time, enabling the student to plan his/her schedule. Credit can also be earned for on-the-job projects.
Flexible— The entire MSM program is offered online. Online courses are a viable alternative for professionals with busy personal, work and/or travel schedules. The online courses, their content, requirements, and assignments, as well as the semester calendar, are the same as on-campus courses. Students regularly interact with faculty, who are specially trained to offer a challenging, exciting, and meaningful online course experience, a “classroom” experience that is readily applicable to the everyday business world. In addition to the online format, there are some elective courses offered one evening a week and on six all-day Saturday sessions.
Convenient— Students can complete an MSM at any time, any place through their laptop, home or office computers and an Internet service provider. From admission through graduation, USF also works with its graduate-level students ensuring that all parts of the educational process progress smoothly. USF removes any worry so MSM students can focus on earning their degree.
Real-world Experience— Faculty in the MSM program have both academic credentials and real-world experience. The full-time faculty are active in consulting, research, and professional associations. The adjunct faculty are professionals in the content of the courses they teach. They bring their experiences to the classroom to provide students with immediate, practical application.
Networking— Students in the MSM program are individuals who share the goal of professional growth and development, bringing to the classroom their perspectives and backgrounds. Students learn from each other as they network and share knowledge in a wide range of education and business topics. Class size averages between 15 and 20, providing the opportunity for an exciting interactive learning environment.
The objectives of the curriculum and student outcomes are:
To provide qualified persons with the skills needed to be professional managers
To develop knowledge and skills in particular managerial functions
To provide breadth of insight that comes from in-depth study of the management discipline
To give humanistic dimension to the education of managers
To cultivate the ability to think cogently and apply tools to managerial decision making
To develop the awareness that effective leadership requires empathetic understanding of the needs and motivations of individuals within an organization
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
The M.S.M. program provides students with the opportunity to be a member of Delta Mu Delta, a national honor society in business administration with a growing membership of 130,000. For membership eligibility, students must have completed at least half the requirements for the degree with a minimum cumulative 3.6/4.0 G.P.A and be in the top 20% of their class.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
To be considered for admission, a student must have at least two years of significant work experience and a bachelor degree with a minimum 2.75 GPA from a regionally accredited college or university.
Computer competency is required.