Strategy Concentration



The concentration in Strategy is designed for students looking for careers with leading strategy consulting firms and for students who are interested in strategic planning or general management positions requiring similar skills in established firms. Building on the broad foundation of the core curriculum, the concentration requires 6 additional electives that provide a deeper understanding of strategy and competitive environments. In addition, strategic consultants and strategic planners rely on a broad range of analytic skills and increasingly on 1 or more areas of specialized knowledge. The course requirements are built around these themes.

Coursework Requirements:

Advanced strategy courses (choose at least 2 of the following courses):
MGRECON 431 — Competitive Analysis
MGRECON 402 — Game Theory for Strategic Advantage
STRATEGY 332 — International Strategy
STRATEGY 333 — Entrepreneurial Strategy
STRATEGY 334 — Strategic Alliances
STRATEGY 336 — Business Strategy by Firms Based in Emerging Markets Strategy
STRATEGY 337 — Strategy Implementation
STRATEGY 339 — Intellectual Capital and Competitive Strategy

Advanced analytic skills (choose at least 2 of the following courses):
ACCOUNTG 341 — Managerial Accounting
ACCOUNTG 441 — Financial Statement Analysis
FINANCE 351 — Corporate Finance
DECISION 312 — Decision Models
DECISION 410 — Strategic Modeling and Business Dynamics
DECISION 411 — Forecasting

Additional strategy-oriented courses (choose at least 2 courses from the following list or additional courses from the advanced strategy courses list above):
ACCOUNTG 442 — Valuation & Fundamental Analysis
ACCOUNTG 491 — Management Control and Financial Reporting
ENRGYENV 380 — Modeling and Analysis for Environmental Sustainability (formerly DECISION 491 — Decision Tools for Environmental Sustainability)
FINANCE 356 — Entrepreneurial Finance
FINANCE 451 — Advanced Corporate Finance
FINANCE 455 — Corporate Restructuring
FINANCE 458 — Raising Capital: Financial Instruments, Institutions and Strategy
HLTHMGMT 326 — Economics and Strategy of Health Sector Management
HLTHMGMT 327 — Medical Device Commercialization
HLTHMGMT 366 — Biotechnology: Management of Drug Discovery
HLTHMGMT 367 — Health Care Provider Strategy
HLTHMGMT 368 — Health Care Marketing
HLTHMGMT 408 — Health Care Systems and Policy
HLTHMGMT 409 — Economics and Management of the Pharmaceutical Industry
MANAGEMT 328 — Managing Innovation in a Global Organization
MANAGEMT 345 — The Legal Environment of Business
MANAGEMT 424 — Managing Human Assets and Organizational Change
MARKETNG 361 — Market Intelligence
MARKETNG 460 — Product Management
MARKETNG 463 — Marketing of Innovations
MARKETNG 468 — Marketing Strategy
MARKETNG 469 — Strategy and Tactics of Pricing
MGRECON 301 — Global Economic Environment of the Firm
MGRECON 305 — Environmental Economics
OPERATNS 470 — Information Systems for Production Management
OPERATNS 471 — Operations Strategy
OPERATNS 472 — Service Operations Management
OPERATNS 475 — Global Operations
OPERATNS 476 — Supply Chain Management
STRATEGY 490 — Strategic Planning Practicum