Naveen Jindal School of Management
Master of Science in Management Science
36 semester credit hours minimum
Faculty
FACG> jsom-management-sciences-ms,jsom-management-science-phd
Professors:
Ashiq Ali
@axa042200
Alain Bensoussan
@axb046100
Gary Bolton
@gxb122130
Metín Çakanyildirim
@metin
Huseyin Cavusoglu
@huseyin
Jianqing Chen
@jxc111031
William M. Cready
@wmc041000
Gregory G. Dess
@ggd021000
Umit G. Gurun
@ugg041000
Dorothée Honhon
@dbh130130
Bin Hu
@bxh180009
Kyle Hyndman
@tdp062000
Varghese S. Jacob
@vjacob
Sanjay Jain
@sxj164830
Ganesh Janakiraman
@gxj091000
Elena Katok
@emk120030
Dmitri Kuksov
@dgk120030
Nanda Kumar
@nkumar
Seung-Hyun Lee
@sxl029100
Ningzhong Li
@nxl124130
Zhiang (John) Lin
@zlin
Sumit K. Majumdar
@skm021100
Stanimir Markov
@sxm079200
Amit Mehra
@axm078200
Syam Menon
@sxm021300
Vijay S. Mookerjee
@vijaym
B. P. S. Murthi
@murthi
Vikram Nanda
@vkn150030
Özalp Özer
@oxo091000
Mike W. Peng
@mxp059000
Hasan Pirkul
@hpirkul
Cuili Qian
@cxq170330
Suresh Radhakrishnan
@sradhakr
Srinivasan Raghunathan
@sraghu
Ram C. Rao
@rrao
Brian Ratchford
@btr051000
Michael J. Rebello
@mjr071000
Gil Sadka
@gxs143630
Sumit Sarkar
@sumit
Suresh P. Sethi
@sethi
Kathryn E. Stecke
@kes021000
Riki Takeuchi
@rxt173730
Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang
@wkt071000
Jun Xia
@jxx132030
Ying Xie
@yxx124930
Harold Zhang
@hxz054000
Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng
@zxz062000
Associate Professors:
Mehmet Ayvaci
@mua120030
Nina Baranchuk
@nxb043000
Zhonglan Dai
@zxd051000
Rebecca Files
@rlf092000
Michael Hasler
@mxh190031
Bin Hu
@bxh180009
Ying Huang
@yxh124430
Surya N. Janakiraman
@suryaj
Robert L. Kieschnick Jr.
@rkiesch
Atanu Lahiri
@axl144730
Jun Li
@jxl128031
Ningzhong Li
@nxl124130
Maria Loumioti
@mxl175830
Lívia Markóczy
@lxm055000
Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan
@nataraj
Naim Bugra Ozel
@nbo150030
H. Dennis Park
@hxp174230
Anyan Qi
@axq140430
Young U. Ryu
@ryoung
Serdar Simsek
@axs158032
Harpreet Singh
@hxs104000
Upender Subramanian
@uxs092000
Mengxin Wang
@mxw230006
Shouqiang Wang
@sxw163830
Yining Wang
@yxw220006
Kelsey D. Wei
@kdw061000
Han (Victor) Xia
@hxx110930
Steven Xiao
@sxx150930
Yexiao Xu
@yexiaoxu
Alejandro Zentner
@axz051000
Jieying Zhang
@jxz146230
Zhe (James) Zhang
@zxz145430
Feng Zhao
@fxz082000
Yibin Zhou
@yxz066000
Assistant Professors:
Mingliu Chen
@mxc230032
Khai Chiong
@kxc173030
Rafael Copat
@rxc190027
Soraya Fatehi
@sxf200005
Andrew Frazelle
@aef180002
Junfan Huang
@jxh230025
Ying Huang
@yxh124430
Joonhwi Joo
@jxj180020
Sora Jun
@sxj177030
Jason Kautz
@jdk200000
Tongil Kim
@txk200012
Sheen Levine
@ssl140530
Meng Li
@mxl120531
Christopher Mace
@cxm200014
Samir Mamadehussene
@sxm200118
Jean-Marie Meier
@jmm172030
Zixuan Meng
@zxm200005
Radha Mookerjee
@rvm019000
Jedson Pinto
@jpp200002
Christopher Reilly
@cxr220013
Ignacio Rios Uribe
@iar200000
Alejandro Rivera Mesias
@axr150331
Alessio Saretto
@axs125732
Frederico Siano
@fxs220013
Simon Siegenthaler
@sxs177933
Shujing Sun
@sxs200168
Xiaoxiao Tang
@xxt180003
Shervin Tehrani
@sst180003
Ashwin Venkataraman
@axv190029
Christian Von Drathen
@cxv141430
Guihua Wang
@gxw130630
Hongchang Wang
@hxw140930
Pingle Wang
@pxw200007
Junfeng Wu
@jxw175430
Steven Xiao
@sxx150930
Hongda Zhong
@hxz230006
Professors of Practice:
Tiffany A. Bortz
@tabortz
Ranavir Bose
@rxb132730
Alexander Edsel
@ade012000
Rajiv Shah
@rxs079000
Clinical Professors:
John Barden
@jpb063000
Britt Berrett
@brb051000
Abhijit Biswas
@axb019100
Shawn Carraher
@smc130730
Larry Chasteen
@chasteen
Paul Convery
@pxc141930
Howard Dover
@hfd021000
Randall S. Guttery
@rxg112530
William Hefley
@weh150130
Robert Hicks
@rfh041000
Marilyn Kaplan
@mkaplan
Van Latham
@vml170230
Sonia Leach
@sel120030
Peter Lewin
@plewin
Jeffrey Manzi
@jxm158130
John McCracken
@jfm
Divakar Rajamani
@dxr020100
Daniel Rajaratnam
@dxr143430
Kannan Ramanathan
@kxr087000
Mark Thouin
@mxt083000
McClain Watson
@jmw077000
Jeff Weekley
@jaw160330
Habte Woldu
@wolduh
Fang Wu
@fxw052000
Clinical Associate Professors:
Shawn Alborz
@sxa063000
Dawn Owens
@dmo130130
Carolyn Reichert
@carolyn
Avanti P. Sethi
@asethi
Ramesh Subramoniam
@rxs179630
Clinical Assistant Professors:
Athena Alimirzaei
@axa134231
Christina (Krysta) Betanzos
@clb120030
Moran Blueshtein
@mxb135230
Jerome Gafford
@jmg171130
Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks
@jnh061000
Revansiddha Khanapure
@rbk160130
Liping Ma
@lxm133730
Ravi Narayan
@rln130030
Parneet Pahwa
@pxp030100
Jason Parker
@jap090020
Drew Peabody
@sdp093020
Nassim Sohaee
@nxs045000
Senior Lecturer:
Juliann Chapman
@jgc160130
Associate Professors Emeriti:
J. Richard Harrison
@harrison
Jane Salk
@jes025000
David J. Springate
@spring8
Professors of Instruction:
Semiramis Amirpour
@sxa130731
Mary Beth Goodrich
@goodrich
Chris Linsteadt
@ccl019000
Matt Polze
@mmp062000
Luell (Lou) Thompson
@lot013000
Associate Professors of Instruction:
Vivek Arora
@vxa081000
Judd Bradbury
@jdb101000
Monica E. Brussolo
@meb049000
Amal El-Ashmawi
@ahe013000
Ayfer Gurun
@axg119030
Maria Hasenhuttl
@h1562
Thomas (Tom) Henderson
@txh093000
Jennifer Johnson
@jxj091000
Kathryn Lookadoo
@kxl164330
Sarah Moore
@sem054000
Hubert Zydorek
@hxz120930
Mohammad aseri Taheri
@mxn121930
Assistant Professor of Instruction:
Joseph Mauriello
@jam151430
Admission Requirements
In addition to the University's
general admission requirements
, applicants are required to submit the following materials as part of their application file for holistic admission consideration:
One letter of recommendation.
A statement of purpose/essay.
A resume.
While not required, applicants can also submit the following items to be considered:
Deadline:
Please take note of
application deadlines
. All applications completed by the deadline will be reviewed for admission. Applications submitted or completed after the deadline may be reviewed for admission only if spaces remain within the upcoming cohort and will be reviewed in order by the date the application file became complete.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Management Science (MS MSc) is a minimum 36 semester credit hours STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) degree program that provides students with flexibility to customize and choose their own course of study by selecting a variety of masters courses and tracks offered by JSOM to satisfy the elective requirements.
To apply for this degree program, an undergraduate degree is required (all majors are considered). Students must maintain a 3.0 grade-point average (GPA) in both core courses and in all graduate courses taken in the degree program, excluding program prerequisites to qualify for the MS in Management Science degree. Students also can obtain a double MS MSc and MBA degree by successfully completing a minimum of 63 semester credit hours (if all prerequisites are met).
Prerequisites
Students pursuing the Master of Science in Management Science (MS MSc) degree program are required to complete one semester credit hour of
MAS 6102
Professional Development course (except specialized Executive Education programs). In addition, knowledge of calculus is required and students who have not completed an undergraduate calculus course may satisfy the prerequisite by completing
OPRE 6303
Quantitative Foundations of Business. Degree credit is not earned for program prerequisites, however, the grade achieved in prerequisites will count toward the student's grade-point average (GPA). All program prerequisites must be satisfied within the first semester of graduate study as a degree-seeking student.
Course Requirements
Core Courses: 12 semester credit hours
OPRE 6301
Statistics and Data Analysis
or
OPRE 6359
Advanced Statistics for Data Science
OPRE 6332
Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
MIS 6324
Business Analytics with SAS
or
MIS 6356
Business Analytics with R
or
OPRE 6398
Prescriptive Analytics
MIS 6320
Database Foundations
or
BUAN 6320
Database Foundations for Business nAnalytics
NOTE: Students pursuing the Business Analytics area of focus must choose
BUAN 6320
instead of
MIS 6320
Elective Courses: 24 semester credit hours
As a highly flexible program, students may customize and choose their own course of study by selecting a variety of master's-level courses from any unrestricted course/prefix or catalog year offered within JSOM to satisfy the elective requirements. Students are encouraged to consider an area of focus (optional) to obtain an in-depth knowledge in a specific business area depending on their interests. One of the two following electives must be taken to satisfy graduation requirements.
MAS 6009
Management Internship
(required elective)
MAS 6V90
Individual Study in Management Science
MAS 6V98
Management Internship
(required elective)
Capstone Course
(required elective)
Areas of Focus
Accounting:
In today's global and technology-driven environment, managers need skills to effectively analyze accounting information and make value-enhancing decisions. Students may select accounting courses to focus in financial analysis, consulting, corporate governance and tax management. This area of focus can be further refined to the areas of assurance services, taxation, and internal audit.
Business Analytics:
An area of focus in business analytics covers statistics and econometrics, predictive modeling, decision and optimization (prescriptive) modeling, and data management. Students are prepared for a position within marketing analytics, decision and operations analytics, financial analytics, healthcare analytics, and IT analytics.
Energy Management:
The energy management area of focus will provide students with skills critical to managerial decision making within energy companies, focusing on supply chain, operations, finance, and risk management.
Finance:
Students can prepare for careers in corporate finance, investment management, or the management of financial institutions. Courses in this area emphasize creative solutions to business financing problems, the development of value maximizing investment and financing strategies, and the analysis and management of fixed income and equity investments. Students may choose to concentrate in either corporate financial planning or the analysis of financial securities and investment portfolios.
Healthcare Management:
The primary goal of this area of focus is to prepare students for leadership positions in healthcare organizations. The healthcare area of focus is cross-functional and industry focused. Courses include cases, projects and assignments that are centered on applying management skills to healthcare issues and organizations. Classes are taught by faculty and healthcare executives who bring special expertise and experience to the program.
Information Technology Management:
Information technology is integral to all business operations and permeates all aspects of modern business and our courses will enable students to fully utilize information technology to solve business problems and gain strategic advantage. Advanced courses provide skills necessary for the "supply" side of information technology for IT consulting, software management and e-business.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
The area of focus in innovation and entrepreneurship prepares students for successful business careers in entrepreneurial new ventures, entrepreneurial finance (venture capital/private equity), or innovation-related roles in mature organizations (product planning, product marketing, product development, more). The area of focus allows students to pursue electives in either the new venture focus area or the innovation within the corporation focus area.
Internal Audit:
Today's job market for individuals in internal audit and risk management is exceptional. An area of focus in this area covers internal audit from a broad perspective and addresses review of business processes, technology, governance, ethics, risk assessment and auditing standards, which allows individual to work in any industry or discipline.
International Management:
In today's global economy, there is a need to develop skills in various international business environments. Students can take a multidisciplinary approach to study international management, with courses in finance, marketing, strategic management, and legal and cross-cultural management. These integrate concepts and theories with international policies and business practices and prepare students to succeed in developing successful international ventures.
Leadership in Organizations:
The leadership area of focus prepares students for management positions through the study of the psychological, sociological and organizational behavior disciplines. The program provides a foundation of leadership theory, building and problem solving in interpersonal work relationships, group dynamics, organizational decision-making and change and ethics.
Marketing:
Students learn to understand customers' needs and purchase behaviors, how to satisfy those needs, and how to make a profit in competitive industries and markets. Topics include developing an effective marketing strategy, developing new products and managing different brands, and product categories. Students can also acquire expertise in pricing, advertising and promotions, market research, and retailing strategies.
Project Management:
Students in this area of focus may choose project management courses from any existing traditional master's program in JSOM. Project management courses will help a student develop a skill set for planning, organizing, and managing projects in various business settings.
Real Estate:
The real estate concentration will provide students with both a practical and educational basis to become skilled decision-makers within the industry. This concentration includes courses in real estate finance and capital markets, covering real estate loans, syndication, securitization, regulation, investment and analysis, combining lectures and case studies to explore the sources of real estate value, project feasibility, strategies for financing, and portfolio management while covering market analysis, government approvals, financing and risk assessment.
Strategic Management:
This area of focus focuses on corporate level strategic management, including implementation of strategic designs, top management team leadership, the strategic implications of the social, governmental, technological, and international environments, organization structuring, and strategic alliances. Students will learn how to integrate accounting, finance, economics and organization theory to create sustainable competitive advantage.
Supply Chain Management:
Students specializing in supply chain management gain an analytical understanding of how to leverage profits by continuously improving business processes. Effective integration of customers, suppliers, factories and stores through the coordination of various functional areas (marketing, finance, procurement) is an important theme. The area emphasizes using incentives, contracts and information technologies to foster efficiency and success.
Systems Engineering and Management:
The area of focus is designed to meet the need for formalized education in design, engineering and management of complex systems involving a large number of interconnected components. It will develop a broad range of engineering and managerial skills that trains students to be managers of large projects that require expertise in both technical and managerial disciplines.
Certificate Options
Students in the Management Science degree have the option to pursue a graduate certificate as part of their course of study. Please use the following links to view requirements for the graduate certificates below:
Business Intelligence and Data Mining
Applied Machine Learning
New Venture Entrepreneurship
Corporate Innovation