Online Master of Science in Management: Interdisciplinary Studies in Management

Total Credits Required: 36

• Required Foundation Course: 6
• Required Core Courses: 24
• Required Capstone Course: 6

This program requires a total of 36 credits.

Initial Requirement

• Orientation to Graduate Studies at UMGC(0 Credits, UCSP 615)

This course must be taken within the first 6 credits of study (if required). The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.

Core Courses

• Management and Leadership in Sustainable Organizations(3 Credits, MGMT 610)
• Cultivating Organizational Behavior and Culture for Sustainability(3 Credits, MGMT 615)
• Financial Decision Making for Managers(3 Credits, MGMT 640)
• Statistical Analysis for Managers(3 Credits, MGMT 650)

Concentration Courses

• Issues and Practices in Human Resource Management(3 Credits, HRMD 610)
• Employee and Labor Relations(3 Credits, HRMD 620)
• Marketing Management(3 Credits, MRKT 600)
• Foundations of Project Management(3 Credits, PMAN 634)

Elective Courses

Take three graduate 3-credit courses in any of the following disciplines: biotechnology, criminal justice management, emergency management, finance management, homeland security management, information assurance, information technology, instructional technology, intelligence management, or nonprofit management.

Workplace Learning in Management(3 Credits, MGMT 686) can fulfill one of these course requirements.

Capstone Course

• Strategic Management Capstone(3 Credits, MGMT 670)

* This information is for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year. For prior year requirements for this program or to review UMGC's complete program requirements for a specific academic year, visit our program catalog archive

• Management and Leadership in Sustainable Organizations(3 Credits, MGMT 610) and Cultivating Organizational Behavior and Culture for Sustainability(3 Credits, MGMT 615) must be taken as the first 6 credits.
• Financial Decision Making for Managers(3 Credits, MGMT 640) should not be attempted simultaneously with Statistical Analysis for Managers(3 Credits, MGMT 650).
• You must complete 24 credits of program coursework, including all core courses, before enrolling in Strategic Management Capstone(3 Credits, MGMT 670).

1. Orientation to Graduate Studies at UMGC(0 Credits, UCSP 615)
2. Management and Leadership in Sustainable Organizations(3 Credits, MGMT 610)
3. Cultivating Organizational Behavior and Culture for Sustainability(3 Credits, MGMT 615)
4. Marketing Management(3 Credits, MRKT 600)
5. Financial Decision Making for Managers(3 Credits, MGMT 640)
6. Issues and Practices in Human Resource Management(3 Credits, HRMD 610)
7. Statistical Analysis for Managers(3 Credits, MGMT 650)
8. Employee and Labor Relations(3 Credits, HRMD 620)
9. 3-credit graduate elective course
10. 3-credit graduate elective course
11. 3-credit graduate elective course
12. Foundations of Project Management(3 Credits, PMAN 634)
13. Strategic Management Capstone(3 Credits, MGMT 670)

Accelerated Pathway

If you completed your undergraduate degree at UMGC with a major in cybersecurity technology, an accelerated  pathway between UMGC undergraduate and graduate programs in cybersecurity allows you to earn 6 credits toward the following programs:

• Master's degrees in Master of Science in Cloud Computing Systems, Cyber Operations, Cybersecurity Management and Policy, Cybersecurity Technology, or Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation
• Graduate certificates in Cloud Computing and Networking, Cyber Operations, Cybersecurity Management and Policy, Cybersecurity Technology, or Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation.

To be eligible for the pathway, you must enroll in a related graduate program within two years of completing Current Trends and Projects in Computer Networks and Cybersecurity (3 Credits, CMIT 495).

If eligible, you may be awarded credit for the introductory course in the specified graduate program—either Communicating, Problem-Solving, and Leading in Cybersecurity (6 Credits, CBR 600) or Decisive Thinking, Communicating, and Leading in Technology Fields (6 Credits, DCL 600T). You may only earn credit for one course through this accelerated pathway.