Curriculum

As a graduate management student, you’ll be required to complete the following coursework (40 total units) in addition to 20 units of elective coursework in support of your chosen area of professional focus:

* Foundations of Management Practice I (MGT 501A)
* Foundations of Management Practice II (MGT 501B)
* Systems Thinking (MGT 512)
* Organizational Behavior: A Managerial View (MGT 517)
* Personal and Professional Effectiveness (MGT 556)
* Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (MGT 548)
* Team Building and Process Dynamics (MGT 553)
* Quantitative Analysis (MGT 518)
* Managerial Inquiry (MGT 519)
* Capstone Experience (MGT 598A)

Upon completion of at least 24 units, all prerequisite courses, and with approval of the Program Chair—you’ll participate in The Capstone Experience.

Your student team will design, carry out, and report on a project of your choice that serves an organization, community or target population. The project must leave a legacy beyond the time of your team’s involvement.

As a graduate management student, you may take any of the following graduate management courses to fulfill your 20 units of elective credit and to support your chosen area of professional focus:

* Leadership, Motivation, and Power (MGT 552)
* Organizational Strategy and Policy (MGT 521)
* Planned Change and Organizational Development (MGT 541)
* Organizational Development: Assessment and Intervention (MGT 563)
* Consultation Skills (MGT 531)
* Research in Organizational Management (MGT 593)
* Human Resource Management and Employee Relations (MGT 550)
* Workforce Training and Development (MGT 547C)
* Career Development (MGT 549)
* Unplanned Change and Crisis Management (MGT 560)
* Managerial Leadership in Non-profit Organizations (MGT 574)
* Special Topics in Management (MGT590A-Z)
* Professional Practicum (MGT 596)

Your 20 units of elective courses may also include course work from other graduate programs offered through Antioch University Los Angeles (ie. Psychology, Community Psychology, Education) as well as through other universities, field-based activities and independent learning activities.

As a graduate management student you’ll complete The Video-Log Project through which you’ll make a minimum of two 15-30 minute Video-Log entries during your Master’s program. You are the producer, director, and lead actor in your Video-Log. You may choose any approach that helps you achieve the following objectives:

1. Obtain insight into how you make meaning in response to questions of personal and professional importance
2. Create an opportunity to engage in candid personal self-reflection
3. Present your own perspective so that others can appreciate your unique point of view

The Video-Log is not a test, and it is not evaluated. It is used as a tool for developing effective reflection and insight; a hallmark of effective management.

After the submission of your first Video-Log entry, members of the graduate management faculty view your video for the purpose of understanding your thoughts about your education and your hopes for your professional development. One or two faculty members then invite you to sit with them to explore any topics you wish to discuss. You will set the agenda and take the lead in this conversation, using the faculty as resources in support of your own interests and goals.