Graduate School Ambitions

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Tue, 22 Jul 2014 00:47:24 +0000

UCF’s MS in management requires a minimum of 2 years of work experience and is geared towards working professionals.

It enables working professionals who aspire to leadership roles in human resource or general management to earn an accredited Master’s degree in an accelerated timeframe…PMSM-Human Resources Track welcomes applications from well-rounded individuals with minimum 2 years’ work experience who bring unique insight to the classroom learning environment and team experience.

USF’s is a little less clear.

Generally speaking, MS programs in management are a little bit more academically-focused and less professionally-focused. Many MS programs in management prepare people who want to do research/scholarship in management to do PhDs in business.

If you want to do an MS in management to evade the work experience requirements of the MBA programs, think about why you want to do that - and think about the reasons why an MBA program might require or recommend work experience. Much of the coursework and benefit of the MBA and most master’s programs in business builds upon knowledge you gain from working in the field. And few employers want to hire a manager who has no work experience. How can you manage people if you have never worked?