Notre Dame de Namur University
Systems Management (MSSM) Degree Program
Foundational Knowledge
Students in the MSSM program are required to have a foundational knowledge that will facilitate learning advanced concepts. The Statistics foundation course may have been taken in an undergraduate degree program or subsequent to the completion of the bachelor’s degree and must be completed with a grade of C or better. If the course has not been completed prior to admission, students can still be admitted conditionally but must complete the undergraduate equivalent of this requirement early in their program of study.
The following is the only foundation course required for MSSM:
- Introductory Statistics
Learning Outcomes
- Students will develop abilities to analyze the creation of value through the integrated production and distribution of goods, services, and information.
- Students will learn the stages of group development, communicate the role systems serve in an organization, and use systematic problem-solving to efficiently and effectively achieve the goals of the organization.
- Students will learn essential issues of sustainability, systems theory, and organizational behavior to make decisions that achieve organizational efficiency and promote social responsibility.
- Students will be able to utilize digital media to research management issues, communicate management decisions, collaborate across the organization, and manage workflow.
- Students will be able to present management leadership concepts and techniques with reference to general management and management specialties clearly, concisely, and professionally through written, oral, and visual means.
- Students will develop information literacy and technological competencies by utilizing electronic media to research management issues, communicate management decisions, and optimally manage workflow.
- Students apply the NDNU Hallmarks (community engagement and social justice) to course curriculum.
Requirements
The MSSM program requires 36 semester units of graduate course credit:
- Core — 24 units
- Concentration — 12 units
- Foundation — no credit
MSSM Core Courses
These courses are designed to prepare students to manage business using a modern-day systems-based approach. Students must complete all of the Core Courses.| BUS 4000 | Organizational/Management Theory |
3
|
| BUS 4200 | Enterprise Info Management Systems |
3
|
| BUS 4216 | Enterprise Performance Management |
3
|
| BUS 4300 | Systems Management |
3
|
| BUS 4308 | Business System Modeling |
3
|
| BUS 4316 | Sustainability: Local/Global Mgmt |
3
|
| BUS 4332 | Dec Support:Forecast/Optimization |
3
|
| BUS 4982 | Project Systems Analysis |
3
|
| Total Units: | 24 |
General Electives
In addition to Core courses, all MSSM students are required to take an additional 12 graduate units from the following list of courses:*
| BUS 4208 | Global Operations Management |
3
|
| BUS 4240 | Project Management |
3
|
| BUS 4248 | Global Management of Virtual Teams |
3
|
| BUS 4256 | Technology and Innovation |
3
|
| BUS 4324 | Distribution and Supply Chain Mgmt |
3
|
| Total Units: | 12 |
*Students may elect other courses with approval of the graduate Program Director.
TOTAL UNITS: 36
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