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MBA and MSSM: Plan of Study

Fall Start      
Year One Course Title Credits
Fall X571 Topics in Directed Business Interactions (Kelley Connect Week) 1.5
  C530 Economics 3
  C520 Quantitative Analysis 3
Winter C521 Accounting 3
  C570 Strategic Marketing Management 3
Spring C580 Operations Management 3
  C540 Financial Management 3
Summer C560 Business Planning and Project Management 3
Kelley Clinic #1 1.5
Kelley Clinic #2 1.5
Year Two Course Title Credits
Fall X572 Topics in Business Analysis (Kelley Connect Week) 1.5
  C522 Information Technology 3
  C524 Strategic Entrepreneurship-Or-C565 Thinking Strategically: Game Theory and Business Strategy in the Spring 3
Winter XXXX Business Law Requirement* 3
  C562 Developing Strategic Capabilities 3
Spring U730 The Global Business Environment 3
  U701 Strategic Competitive Analysis 3
Summer C561 The United States in a Global Economy 3
  C563 Integrative Capstone 3
    MBA Degree Conferred  (August Graduate) 51
Year Three Course Title Credits
Fall U710 Strategic Management & Leadership 3
  U702 Organization Designs for Strategy –OR– 3
Winter U723 Strategic Management of Technology & Innovation 3
  U714 International Competitive Strategy 3
    MSSM Degree Conferred (May Graduate)  
    TOTAL for BOTH MBA & MSSM 63

Spring Start      
Year One Course Title Credits
Spring X571 Topics in Directed Business Interactions (Kelley Connect Week) 1.5
  C530 Economics 3
  C521 Accounting 3
Summer C520 Quantitative Analysis 3
  C580 Operations Management 3
Fall C540 Financial Management 3
  C560 Business Planning and Project Management 3
Winter C570 Strategic Marketing Management 3
  XXXX Business Law Requirement* 3
Kelley Clinic #1 1.5
Year Two Course Title Credits
Spring X572 Topics in Business Analysis (Kelley Connect Week) 1.5
  U730 The Global Business Environment 3
  C565 Thinking Strategically: Game Theory and Business Strategy-OR- C524 Strategic Entreurprenurship in the Fall or Winter 3
Summer C562 Developing Strategic Capabilities 3
  C563 Integrative Capstone 3
Fall U710 Strategic Management & Leadership 3
  U702 Organization Designs for Strategy –OR– 3
Winter U723 Strategic Management of Technology & Innovation 3
  U730 The Global Business Environment 3
Kelley Clinic #2 1.5
    MBA Degree Conferred  (August Graduate) 51
Year Three Course Title Credits
Spring U714 International Competitive Strategy 3
  U701 Strategic Competitive Analysis 3
Summer XXXX Pre-Approved KD MBA or MSSM course 3
    MSSM Degree Conferred (August Graduate)  
    TOTAL for BOTH MBA & MSSM 63

*Must take one 3.0 credit course below to satisfy the Business Law requirement. The other Law courses can be used as electives.

1. C550 Law and Ethics in Business - Winter, Spring,

2. X522 Managing Intellectual Property in a Global Business - Winter & Spring 3.0

3. X574 The Law of Non-profit Organizations - Winter 3.0