Curriculum

Modeled after UC Davis Graduate School of Management’s (GSM) highly regarded, nationally ranked MBA program, the online Master of Management curriculum equips you with a strong foundation in the functional areas of business, such as accounting, economics, finance, marketing and strategy.

The 36-unit, STEM-designated curriculum features nine courses, taken in a particular order. Each online session is hosted via our flexible online platform and meticulously designed to promote discussion and collaboration.

100% Online

Part-Time, 15 Months to Complete

Why Choose UC Davis?

The online MM@UCDavis curriculum is built upon three guiding principles to ensure that you’re prepared to move into an impactful role that aligns with your interests and skills. 

Innovation

Renowned for its commitment to innovation, the university’s online Master of Management was the first of its kind and continues to evolve with updates to course offerings and the implementation of new business analytics strategies.

Impact

The Graduate School of Management impacts the community through its research, teaching and service activities. UC Davis faculty and staff both inside and outside the university have received recognition for their academic and advisory work.

Engagement

The curriculum places an emphasis on engagement, offering opportunities to interact with faculty, peers and caring professionals who collaborate rather than compete.

Highlights of the Online Master of Management Curriculum

The merging of business with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields is powering innovation in the 21st century.

Our STEM-designated online Master of Management reflects UC Davis’ nationally recognized leadership in the STEM fields. Our rigorous curriculum emphasizes quantitative analysis and data-driven decision-making, which will prepare you for leadership roles in STEM fields.  

You will learn how to apply data analysis to innovate and inform important business decisions—skills that are in high demand among employers, especially those in Northern California and Silicon Valley–and beyond. You will also have unique access to other opportunities offered at UC Davis—a top-10 public research university, pioneering in STEM fields.1

Make Connections as You Learn

You will build strong connections with senior industry professionals, Graduate School of Management faculty and motivated students who will know you by name and work with you to meet your educational and professional goals. During the online program, you can expect: 

  • Guidance from research faculty and instructors who are diverse thought leaders 
  • Lively interactions with peers in face-to-face online classes
  • Dynamic learning opportunities designed to synthesize your knowledge

In the final quarter of the program, you will need to pass a comprehensive examination that tests your mastery of the course material as well as your ability to synthesize learning across key subject areas.

The 36-unit program can be completed in 15 months. 

Students must complete 36 units to meet graduation requirements.

Core Courses

Throughout the 15-month online program, you’ll gain skills that can prepare you for a range of careers. You’ll also learn how to effectively adapt to the challenges of a dynamic and increasingly competitive global business environment.

Course sequence below subject to change.

  • Introduces the concepts and objectives underlying the preparation of financial statements. Topics include understanding the accounting cycle, measurement and valuation problems associated with financial statement components and consideration of the usefulness of financial statements in the analysis of a corporation’s operations.

  • Examines basic psychological and social psychological processes shaping human behavior, and applies knowledge of these processes to the problem of working with and managing others in organizations. Topics include: Motivation, job design, commitment, socialization, culture, individual and group decision-making and team building.

  • Explores the strategic management of organizations, including an analysis of industries, firm resources and capabilities and corporate strategy. Examines strategy formulation, implementation and strategic decision-making, as well as analyzes firm and industry life cycles and change. An analysis of organizational design and structure, including differentiation and integration, is also conducted.

  • Examines the interaction of consumers, firms and government, and the effect this interaction has on the use of resources and firm profitability. Fundamental economic concepts such as marginal analysis, opportunity cost, pricing and externalities are introduced and applied.

  • Introduces statistics and data analysis for managerial decision-making and explores descriptive statistics, principles of data collection, sampling, quality control and statistical inference. Examines the application of data-analytic methods to problems in marketing, finance, accounting, production, operations and public policy.

  • Examines market opportunities, elements of market research, the development of marketing strategies, market planning and implementations and control systems. Explores consumer and industrial markets, market segmentation, pricing strategies, distribution channels, promotion and sales.

  • Covers the fundamental principles of corporate financial management and capital markets. Major topics include general valuation methods for risky cash flow streams, capital budgeting, asset pricing models, risk management, equity financing, debt financing and dividend policy.

  • Explores operations in manufacturing and service sectors from both inside and outside a company. Quantitative methods and their organizational implications are also examined.

  • Provides a framework for thinking about technology competition and strategy. More contemporarily, this course is about a business revolution that we are in the middle of due to a platform revolution.

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