From Classroom to Career in One Year: Master's in Management Curriculum
Bentley’s one-year, STEM-designated Master’s in Management translates your undergraduate background into professional readiness through hands-on experience. By solving real-world corporate challenges before you graduate within a dedicated cohort, you'll gain a professional built-in network and the business instincts needed to stand out as an early-career hire.
You will master business fundamentals and career development before specializing in either People Management and Leadership or Managing with Data and Technology. You won’t just graduate with a degree; you’ll graduate with the practical skills to walk into any interview—and any office—knowing you are ready to contribute from day one.
course schedule
By starting your program in the summer, you gain a strategic head start—building core skills and momentum ahead of the fall recruiting cycle, when more employers are actively hiring. You'll move through the program as a cohort, ready to engage that cycle early and positioned to pursue opportunities while others are just getting started.
Core Courses
This core sequence transforms your undergraduate background into a professional toolkit. You will master the cross-functional language of business, gain technical fluency in data, and build a strategic roadmap for your career.
01
Business Fundamentals
You’ll learn the language of business, building the foundational knowledge needed to understand how organizations operate and where your role fits in driving results.
3 credits
02
Data & Technology Literacy
You will master the use of spreadsheets, data visualization, and AI-supported aids to transform raw data into the actionable insights required for evidence-based leadership.
3 credits
03
Ethical Leadership
Develop the skills to integrate ethical considerations into strategy and operations, building a foundation for leadership that is responsible, innovative, and culturally aware.
3 credits
04
Career Development
You will define your professional narrative and master evidence-based job search strategies, giving you the confidence to articulate your value and navigate a lifelong career trajectory.
3 credits
Choose your direction
Bentley's two majors were shaped by direct input from employers. When asked what separates candidates who advance quickly from those who struggle, the answers were consistent: people skills and data fluency. Both majors are built around exactly that.
People Management and Leadership
The ability to lead, motivate and work with people is the skill employers say matters most in early-career hiring, and it's the hardest one to teach on the job. This major gives you the organizational psychology, emotional intelligence and team dynamics background that makes you the person others want to work with, and the professional that managers want to promote.
Potential early career pathways for this major include: HR analyst, learning and development specialist, project coordinator, associate consultant and more.
COURSES
- Organizational Psychology
- Group and Team Dynamics
- Interpersonal Relations/Emotional Intelligence
- Data-Based Interventions
Managing with Data and Technology
Employers say data fluency is no longer optional in business. Across every industry, they want early-career candidates who can work with data, understand emerging technologies including AI and make informed decisions. This major builds those skills through real business applications so you can contribute from your very first role.
Potential early career pathways for this major include: business analyst, process improvement analyst, associate consultant, digital transformation analyst and more.
COURSES
- Generative AI for Strategic Business Solutions
- Business Process Management
- Supply Chain Analytics and Technology
- Technology and Strategic Leadership
