MPS in Management Curriculum

Required courses

The Cornell MPS curriculum is designed to provide foundational business knowledge and training in the rich academic environment of Johnson School at Cornell University.

Students must complete 24 credits of required classes and 6 credits of graduate electives during their graduate studies, adding to a total of 30 credits. Those who have completed undergraduate coursework equivalent to the required courses may substitute appropriate graduate management electives as approved by the program director. All required courses are 1.5 credit hour, half-semester experiences, except MGMT 6000 (Career Practicum), which is 1.5 credit hours across the entire Fall Semester.

Fall (August-October module)

• Managerial Economics, MGMT 5245
• Data Modeling, MGMT 5110
• Management Communication, MGMT 5680
• Career Management Practicum, MGMT 6000
• Systems and Analytics, MGMT 5225

Fall (October-December module)

• Negotiations, MGMT 6820
• Marketing Strategy, MGMT 6220
• Macroeconomic Theory, MGMT 5240
• Career Management Practicum, MGMT 6000

Spring (January-March module)

• Managerial Reporting, MGMT 5020
• Leadership, MGMT 5700
• Financial Modeling, MGMT 5110
• Strategy, MGMT 5090

Spring (March-May module)

• Operations Management, MGMT 5080
• Advanced Corporate Finance, MGMT 5260
• Entrepreneurship, MGMT 5640
• Investments, MGMT 5830
• Strategies for Sustainability, MGMT 6030

Other graduate management electives:

(6 or more credits as needed to total 30 credits, in addition to the required courses.)

Students will have the ability to select from a large number of graduate level management electives including:

• Finance
• Strategy
• Accounting
• Business Analytics/Artificial Intelligence
• General Management and Business Law offered by the Johnson School, Dyson School and the Nolan School of Hotel Administration