MSM-MBA

Lead. Support. Achieve.

Trevecca's Master of Science in Management (MSM) is designed to give you the preparation you need to pursue a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree. The program leads right into the coursework for the MBA.

  • 26 month program
  • An MBA for people with no business background.
  • Christian, faith-based instruction
  • Ethical leadership model
  • Designed for working adults
    • 5-8 week long courses
    • Meet 1 night a week

The MSM and MBA Programs are exceptional graduate business programs that focus on the key components of management and business administration, including accounting, finance, economics, MIS, HR, marketing, leadership, operations, law, and strategy. They prepare students to be exceptional leaders in their organizations. Invest in your future with an advanced degree in business. Start today.

Admissions

Acceptance into Trevecca’s graduate management programs is based upon a careful review of the admission criteria.

To be considered for admission, applicants must:

  1. Submit the application.
  2. Have earned a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution, with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.7 or better.
  3. Submit one official transcript from all colleges/universities attended (undergraduate and graduate work). These transcripts must be sent directly from the institution to our office.
  4. Send an updated resume and recommendation letter from your employer demonstrating significant employment experience and competence.
  5. Submit two additional letters of recommendation.
  6. Schedule an appointment to take the following assessment exams at the College of Lifelong Learning:
    • A critical thinking skills analysis. This is a 35 question multiple choice test. Sample questions can be viewed at this link.
    • Compose a 1-2 page, double-spaced, typed document analyzing a current business problem. The document should contain a well-organized argument addressing the problem. It should also be a sample of the applicant's best writing - mechanically, organizationally, analytically, and stylistically. An outline may be used. (Passing score is 3.5 out of 5).
    • A quantitative skills proficiency exam with a score of 76 percent or better. Click here for a study guide.

Tuition and Fees

Tuition

$599.00 per credit hour

Total MSM investment
$23,656.00

Total MBA investment
$30,812.00

Fees

Books and Materials
$200.00 per course*

*The book and materials fee for each course is an average cost for the books for the entire program. It also includes other various fees, such as a $150 per semester technology fee and a $100 graduation fee.

Other Fees
Upon notification of acceptance, the student must pay a non-refundable admission fee of $200 in order to reserve a place in the class. This fee will be applied toward the first semester tuition.

Courses

MSM Program Coursework

MSM 5013 - Organizational Behavior and Leadership (6 weeks - 3 semester hours)
Serves as the foundation for the program by providing a survey of key management theories and terminology. Both classical approaches and contemporary conceptualizations of management are studied. Special emphasis is placed on leadership, motivation, culture, team building, and organizational communication.

MSM 6013 - Personal and Professional Ethics (6 weeks - 3 semester hours)
Develops a conceptual model for ethical decision-making in an organizational context. It relies heavily on the case-study method where real-life business situations are examined for their ethical issues and dilemmas. A key goal is to improve student's clarity and consistency in ethical judgments in both personal and professional situations. Analyzing business situations through the worldview of Christian values will be emphasized. Students write codes of ethics for their organizations and themselves.

MSM 5023 - Global and Economic Environment (8 weeks - 4 semester hours)
Familiarizes students with the economic forces, institutions, and policies that govern the environment in which business operates. Changes in both the national and global economy are explored from managerial, market and financial perspectives. Topics include opportunity cost, demand and supply, industrial organization, antitrust, deregulation, fiscal and monetary policies, trade policies, and exchange rates.

MSM 6073 - Data-Based Decision-Making (6 weeks - 3 semester hours)
Provides participants with tools and techniques to perform data analysis and hypothesis testing in order to make data-based management decisions. Data collected from students' organizations is used throughout this course to answer practical, "real-world" research questions. Topics include basic statistics, control charts, one-sided mean tests, two-sided mean tests, variance comparison, correlation analysis, and introduction to experimental design.

MSM 6063 - Foundations of Managerial Finance (8 weeks - 3 semester hours)
An introduction to the basics of business finance. Topics include breakeven analysis, leverage, short-term financial management, time value of money, cost of capital, capital budgeting, capital structure, bonds, preferred stock, and common stock. These topics will be covered from an introductory viewpoint and will give students the required foundation necessary to successfully complete an advanced course in this area. Prerequisite: MSM 6053 Fundamentals of Financial Accounting or equivalent.

MSM 5073 - Management Information Systems (6 weeks - 3 semester hours)
Emphasizes computer systems technology and is designed to enable the learner to understand the field from a managerial perspective. Existing and emerging technologies will be reviewed to provide an awareness of technology capabilities from the managerial perspective. Topics to be covered include information systems planning, systems management, the systems development life cycle (SDLC), project management (P.M.), change management, networking and telecommunication concepts. Other topics to be discussed are transaction processing systems (TPS), decision support systems (DSS), executive information systems (EIS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and artificial intelligence/expert systems AI/ES. Cases will be used to supplement the learning experience and to apply course principles and concepts. Project management and systems analysis methods will be thoroughly explored and applied in a learner-selected project where the learner carries out the project planning and implementation strategies/techniques to see the project to fruition.

MSM 6053 - Fundamentals of Financial Accounting (8 weeks - 3 semester hours)
An introduction to financial accounting that teaches students how to use financial statements in the decision-making process. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: investments by owners, debt and equity instruments, income statements, distributions to owners, cash and accrual accounting, depreciation, inventory systems, cash flow, and ratio analysis. An annual report project is assigned as an integral part of this course.

MSM 6100 - Human Resource Development and Management (6 weeks - 3 semester hours)
Analyzes the strategic role of the human resource function in relation to the company's overall objectives. The focus is how the company builds and maintains a work environment conducive to business performance excellence while enabling employees to develop and utilize their full potential. Key topics include employment law, the labor market, human resource planning and costing, HRIS, workforce diversity and EEOC, union/management and compensation systems, health/safety/security, employee rights and discipline, training and development.

MSM 6023 - Production and Operations Management (8 weeks - 4 semester hours)
Teaches students how to organize and manage labor, equipment, material, information systems, and resources required to deliver products that satisfy customer needs. The course provides business students with the understanding of manufacturing planning and control systems, continuous process improvement techniques, lean manufacturing methods, strategic quality management systems, and other manufacturing practices.

MSM 5093 - Marketing Management (6 weeks - 3 semester hours)
Focuses on the importance of modern organizations being market driven and globally competitive. It examines the role of the marketing function and fundamentals, such as market segmentation, targeting, product life cycle, new product planning, distribution strategies, pricing, promotion, forecasting, market analysis, and competitor analysis. Students conduct marketing audits of actual organizations.

MSM 6033 - Organizational Strategy and Change (8 weeks - 4 semester hours)
An integrative course that focuses on the formulation of overall organizational policy within a dynamic, global environment. The perspective taken is that of top management, and the key questions are: "What industry are we in?" and "How do we successfully compete in this industry given its characteristics and our strengths?" This course also examines the means by which the aforementioned strategies can be implemented and successful ways to execute the inevitable changes that will accompany them. Special emphasis is placed on motivation and compensation, training, leadership and culture. In addition to examining various theoretical conceptualizations of change, several diagnostic tools will be utilized.

MSM 6300 - Special Project in Management (1- 3 credit hours)
Independent study.

MBA Program Coursework

Required for those pursuing the MBA degree.
Students desiring the MBA degree must complete all MSM coursework with a 3.0 GPA or higher prior to being considered for the MBA degree. Students who have completed the MSM course requirements will be required to take three additional MBA-level courses to complete the MBA Program. The three additional courses are (1) Advanced Managerial Accounting, (2) Advanced Managerial Finance, and (3) The Legal Environment of Business. These courses will be offered in the same format as the MSM Program.

MBA 6203 - Advanced Managerial Accounting (8 weeks - 4 semester hours)
A review of managerial accounting concepts and techniques used by managers in planning, performance evaluation, and decision-making. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: classification of costs, determining costs of products, the study of cost behavior and its application in making business decisions, introduction to capital budgeting, operating budgets, standard costing, and the use of management accounting in evaluating business performance. Prerequisite: MSM 6053 Fundamentals of Financial Accounting or equivalent.

MBA 6213 - Advanced Managerial Finance (8 weeks - 4 semester hours)
Integrates many of the financial concepts that managers need to understand. These concepts include capital budgeting, break-even analysis, working capital management, financial instrument valuation, cost of capital, and the risk and return trade-off. Emphasis will be on the application of concepts and techniques in the analysis of cases. Prerequisite: MSM 6053 Fundamentals of Financial Accounting or equivalent.

MBA 6223 - The Legal Environment of Business (6 weeks - 3 semester hours)
Provides fundamental knowledge of legal concepts and principles important to business decision-making. Topics include the legal system, torts and product liability, contracts, agency, forms of business organization, employment law, and government regulation.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the MSM program should be able to:

  • Articulate practical examples of how the Christian worldview is integrated into the leadership and managerial practices of organizations.
  • Develop lifelong habits that lead to personal and professional effectiveness.
  • Develop principle-centered leadership perspectives and skills.
  • Understand the historical evolution of management/leadership thought based on key environmental and societal changes.
  • Attain a deeper understanding of macroeconomic and microeconomic environmental issues with an enriched perspective on global competitiveness and international business.
  • Further understand strategic and operational responsibilities including identification and communication of the organization's purpose, vision, and culture.
  • Possess effective strategic analysis and planning tools.
  • Solve problems and make effective decisions based on effective research, deductive reasoning, and inferential critical thinking skills.
  • Understand key strategic and operational marketing and sales practices.
  • Acquire greater understanding of key accounting and financial information used in strategic and operational decision-making.
  • Acquire greater understanding of data management--the gathering, analysis, dissemination, and utilization of information across the system, which is fundamental to goal setting, decision making and effective communication in organizations.
  • Analyze alternative models for organizational change and development.
  • Acquire a greater appreciation for the ways a corporation's culture and value system influence the overall functioning of the organization.
  • Expand their understanding of key management responsibilities including the management of an organization's information, human, capital, technology, and operational resources.

Graduates of the MBA program should be able to:

  • Students should be better equipped to effectively assume broad managerial responsibilities in a variety of organizational settings.
  • Students should possess an advanced understanding of the specialized skills required to manage and grow a business enterprise, including:
    • an enhanced understanding of how to apply leadership skills in challenging organizational settings
    • an expanded understanding of how to manage a business enterprise in an ever changing global environment
    • the ability to solve complicated and realistic business problems, and
    • the application of quantitative methods and data analysis to business decision-making
  • Students should show an increased ability to utilize quantitative techniques and explain theoretically how to apply the analysis to managerial decisions.
  • Students should possess an advanced set of skills as applied to the legal, financial, and accounting functions.

Faculty

The MSM program exists to provide a quality graduate-level business education for professional adult students. This program seeks to equip and empower students to lead in organizations and to achieve organizational excellence. The MSM Program functions from a Christian world-view and is committed to continuous improvement.

The MBA program exists to provide a quality graduate-level business education for professional adult students. This program seeks to equip and empower students with quantitative and legal skills for organizational leadership and excellence and it functions from a Christian world-view.