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The M.A. in Management offers six concentrations so students can focus on specific areas of management interest. Each concentration consists of the required M.A. in Management core courses (24 hours - listed in the box below) and the following concentration requirements listed below:

Business Communication

The M.A. in Management with a focused study in Business Communication is for those who are striving to be policy leaders of their organizations, their communities, and society overall.  Hands-on learning opportunities will plug in students to the latest techniques in “best practices” to serve the customer, both internally and externally.  The program emphasis will be improving business performance through effective communication.

The 24-hour core curriculum plus 12 hours from:

BUCM 6301 Directing Organization Communication

BUCM 6302 Customer-Centric Communication

BUCM 6304  Leadership in Global Business Communication

And one Independent Study in the student's area of choice.

(Must be specifically related to business communication).

 
Conflict Resolution Management

The Conflict Resolution Management Concentration will provide students with the practical experience and theoretical foundation they need in order to become effective at mediating conflict. The format of classes includes lectures, group discussions, and many practice mediation sessions. Following completion of the courses, the student will be qualified to perform court appointed mediations in Texas.

The 24-hour core curriculum plus 12 hours from:
CRMN 6310 Conflict Resolution Management
CRMN 6330 Internship in Mediation (prerequisite: CRMN 6310)
MANA 6342 Employee Negotiations and Collective Bargaining (prerequisite: MANA 51.521)

and select one of the following:
CRMN 6320 Advanced Family Mediation (prerequisite: CRMN 6310)
OR
CRMN 6321 Advanced Business Mediation (prerequisite: CRMN 6310)

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General Management

The General Management Concentration is designed to give students the flexibility to build their own concentration by choosing elective courses based upon their interests. Students develop their program to fit their educational and career goals by completing 12 hours of the 6000 level electives listed below, in addition to the 24-hour core requirement.

M.A. in Management students must complete the 24-hour core curriculum plus the following courses:
CRMN 6310 Conflict Resolution Management
MANA 6311  International Management (Prerequisite MANA 51.521)

MANA 6333  Operations and Quality Management (Prerequisite MANA 51.521)
PROJ 6301 Project Overview, Strategic Process, and Project Initiation

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Health Care Management

The Health Care Management Concentration is designed to equip students with state-of-the-art technologies in the health care industry. Emphasis is given to strategic health care planning, marketing, healthcare policy, managed care, and long-term care. A capstone initiative provides students with "hands-on" experiences in an area of interest to the student such as administration, clinical practice, or education/consultation. Program Requirements:

The 24-hour core curriculum plus:
HCMG 6310 Strategic Health Care Planning, Marketing, and Policy (prerequisite: MANA 51.521 & MRKT 51.521)
HCMG 6320 Managed Health Care (prerequisite: MANA 51.521)
HCMG 6330 Long-Term Care Administration (HCMG 6391 & HCMG 6392)
HCMG 6380 Health Services Management Capstone Initiative (Prerequisite: minimum of 6 hours of HCMG coursework)

Human Resource Management

The field of human resources is expanding rapidly as senior executives look to HR departments to address complex and dynamic staffing issues. Special attention is given to litigation issues, salary strategies, and the development of an organization's personnel. Program Requirements:

The 24-hour core curriculum plus:
MANA 6301 Employment Law (prerequisite: MANA 51.521)

MANA 6305 Staffing Organizations (prerequisite: MANA 51.521)
MANA 6343 Compensation and Performance (prerequisite: MANA 51.521)
MANA 6347 Career Management and Life Transitions (prerequisite: MANA 51.521)

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Performance Management

The Performance Management concentration is a new program designed to achieve organizational strategic vision and objectives, link strategies with internal/external management processes, develop strategic leadership skills, and maximize and increase organizational effectiveness and profitability. Students will gain an understanding of strategy maps, balanced scorecards, process improvement, organization change, leadership coaching and counseling, and succession planning. Focus will be given to linking processes within the organization to strategy resulting in achieving profitability and competitive advantage.

Program Requirements:

The 24-hour core curriculum plus:

MANA 6330  Leadership Development (Prerequisite needed: MANA 51.521)

MANA 6331  Leadership Coaching and Counseling (Prerequisite needed: MANA 51.521)

MANA 6305  Staffing Organizations (Prerequisite needed: MANA 51.521)

MANA 6332  Strategies, Models and Processes (Prerequisites: MANA 6330, MANA 6331, MANA 6305)

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Graduate Degrees

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	Master of Business Administration
	M.A. in Management
	M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
	M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
	M.Ed. in Kinesiology
	M.Ed. in Reading and English as a Second Language
	M.Ed. in School Counseling
	M.Ed. in Special Education
	M.A. in Teaching
	M.A. in Counseling
	Master of Liberal Arts
	Master of Professional Development

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	M.A. in Christian Education
	M.A.Christian Education: Childhood Ministry
	M.A. in Christian Education: Student Ministry
	M.A. in Global Leadership
	M.A. in Theological Studies                                    *New!
	M.A. in Worship Leadership
	M.Ed. in Higher Education
	M.A. in Christian Ministry

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	M.A. in Christian Education / M.A. in Christian Ministry
	M.A. in Christian Education / M.A. in Counseling
	M.A. in Christian Education / M.A. in Teaching
	M.A. in Christian Education / M.A. in Theological Studies
	M.A. in Christian Education / Master of Business Administration
	M.A. in Christian Education: Childhood Ministry / M.A. in Christian Ministry
	M.A. in Christian Education: Childhood Ministry / M.A. in Theological Studies
	M.A. in Christian Education: Childhood Ministry / Master of Liberal Arts
	M.A. in Christian Education: Student Ministry / M.A. in Christian Ministry
	M.A. in Christian Education: Student Ministry / M.A. in Global Leadership
	M.A. in Christian Education: Student Ministry / M.A. in Management
	M.A. in Christian Education: Student Ministry / M.A. in Theological Studies
	M.A. in Christian Ministry / M.A. in Global Leadership
	M.A. in Christian Ministry / M.A. in Theological Studies
	M.A. in Global Leadership / M.A. in Theological Studies
	M.A. in Global Leadership / Master of Business Administration
	M.A. in Management / M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
	M.A. in Management / M.Ed. in Higher Education
	M.A. in Management / M.Ed. in Kinesiology
	M.A. in Teaching / M.Ed. in Higher Education
	M.A. in Theological Studies / M.A. in Worship Leadership
	Master of Business Administration / M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
	Master of Business Administration / M.Ed. in Higher Education
	M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction / M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
	M.Ed. in Educational Leadership / M.Ed. in School Counseling
	M.Ed. in Higher Education / M.Ed. in Kinesiology

New!  Fall 2010
	M.A. in Christian Education: Student Ministry / Master of Arts in Teaching