The MSIM Program

The Master of Science in International Management (MSIM) program creates opportunities for students to successfully enter the global business arena. In today’s business world managers cannot remain complacent by keeping a local focus, but must cultivate a global orientation. The MSIM offers the tools for students to compete and excel in an increasingly competitive international business community.

The students in the MSIM program take a set of core courses and then choose from a variety of elective courses to customize their experiences. These electives are from different fields in the College of Management (finance, management and marketing) and, potentially, from other colleges as well (economics, political science, international relations and public policy). The richness and the diversity of the program enable students to tailor their elective coursework to their own interests, needs, and aptitudes. The comprehensive foundation in team management and strategy provides students with the skills in demand by their prospective employers upon graduation. Given the overarching management perspective of the program, students from both business and non-business backgrounds will find it a valuable degree for career advancement.
The balance between quantitative and qualitative courses is to provide the students with a substantial understanding of international business and how to manage it.

The first cohort of students in the Master of Science in International Management Program will join the College’s graduate program in spring 2008. To obtain more information about the MSIM, please join us for an information session. To review the application requirements for, or apply to, the MSIM program for spring or fall 2008, please click here.

The courses in the MSIM program include:

Accounting & Finance:

• AF 601 Economics for Managers
• AF 603 Massachusetts in the Global Economy
• AF 610 Accounting for Managers
• AF 615 International Accounting
• AF 620 Financial Management
• AF 622 Global Portfolio Investment Management
• AF 626 International Financial Management
• AF 634 International Economy and Business

Management & Marketing:

• MGT 650 Organizational Analysis and Skills (must be taken in the first semester)
• MGT 660 Business and Its Environment
• MGT 665 International and Comparative Management
• MGT 675 Managing in the Global Economy
• MGT 677 International Perspectives on Business and Government
• MGT 685 Global Industry and Competitive Analysis
• MGT 687 Global Warming
• MGT 688 Globalization and Workforce Outsourcing
• MGT 690 Multinational Corporations
• MGT 691 Emerging Markets in the Global Economy
• MKT 670 Marketing Management
• MKT 674 International Marketing
• MKT 679 Export Development and Foreign Sourcing

(AF=Accounting and Finance; MGT=Management; MKT=Marketing)

For a full description of the courses in the MSIM, please click here.

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