Earn your master’s degree in management online at UW-Platteville
As industries continually evolve in the global marketplace, companies search for ways to enhance value by asking questions. How can we manufacture? How can we deliver it faster? How can we help employees be a little more productive? These questions, and many others, are central to the Master of Science in Management at the UW-Platteville School of Business.
This management degree will prepare you to systematically evaluate an organization’s operating environment and find ways to increase efficiency, productivity, and more. You’ll learn why some organizations fail and why others not only succeed but dominate their competitive markets.
The courses are taught by faculty with industry experience and academic credentials, affording you a nuanced picture of what factors lead to organizational success and failure. The program also provides the opportunity to deploy strategic thinking within a specific domain of the organization through four emphasis areas. You can complete the program in 16 months for $22,522*. If you are looking to quickly enhance your professional profile, complete the graduate certificate in Strategic Management.
*Subject to change without notice.
CUSTOMIZE YOUR DEGREE
Choose one of four emphasis areas to customize your degree.
- Advanced management
- Strategic human resources
- Strategic marketing
- Strategic sourcing
Flexibility
- 24/7 access online
- Multiple start dates
- Courses are offered in an asynchronous 8-week format.
- Small class sizes that offer learning that is applicable in your current or new role.
Careers in Management
Earning a degree management from UW-Platteville can prepare you for an exciting and rewarding career in an executive or consulting capacity. Management professionals are needed in every industry, as they use their knowledge and skills to recommend and implement strategies to improve organizations. These business leaders are responsible for guiding their departments, business lines, or even entire organizations toward meeting and exceeding goals.
Some of the most popular and fastest-growing positions for business professionals with a master's degree in management include:
- Chief operating officer
- Director of strategy
- Sr. Management consultant
- Management analyst
- Chief people officer
- Employee experience architect
- Director of product development
- Sales manager
Graduate Certificate in Strategic Management
If you are not ready to pursue the management master’s degree online, the certificate program can provide the tools you need to create your environment rather than simply respond to it. The online strategic management certificate allows you to learn the methods for constructing an organizational vision and equips you with the analytical and management tools to make that vision a reality. The credit you earn from your certificate can be applied toward the completion of the online management master’s degree.
“In the world we live in today, the status quo is constantly being challenged and changed. I like the strategic portion of it to where there's still learning the status quo, but you also learn to employ management styles, systems, and procedures in a strategic fashion that is going to enhance an organization."
Christopher Gordon, program graduate
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Courses
Requirements may be subject to change without notice
Start Dates and Timelines
To ensure you are admitted for the semester you intend to start on your degree, you'll want to submit your application and supporting materials by:
Spring: January 15
Summer: May 15
Fall: August 15
Academic Calendar
Find important University of Wisconsin-Platteville dates such as the beginning and end of each semester, breaks in the semester, final exams, and deadlines for dropping or adding classes using our academic calendar. Spring and fall semesters are each 16 weeks in which students can take two 8-week courses; the summer semester is 12 weeks with one 8-week course opportunity available.
Transfer Information
UW-Platteville allows for students to transfer up to 12 credits of previously taken graduate coursework. Credits need to have been earned from a nationally or regionally accredited institution recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and approved by UW-Platteville program faculty. You’ll want to be sure to let your admission counselor know if you have earned credits previously.
Credit for Prior Learning
Has previous life experience already helped you build knowledge and skills applicable to your studies? If so, we want to recognize that—and help you save time and money in the process. Speak with an admission counselor to see if your previous experience qualifies.
