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Strategic Management of Innovation

Strategic Management of Innovation prepares students to work across multiple disciplines within a company. More details about career paths can be found in the Strategic Innovation Career Academy section.

The Strategic Management of Innovation (SMI) track carries a specific plan of study with its own series of carefully selected strategy courses. All students who've selected the SMI track take the following courses:

In addition to these, you'll choose three elective courses from within the Strategic Innovation Academy courses or other areas. You can find a full list of School of Management courses and their descriptions on our Electives page.

Plan of Study

Year 1
Impact Week Orientation
Fall		Winter	Spring
8 weeks	8 weeks		8 weeks	8 weeks
Management in Organizations	Marketing Management	International Economic Environment of the Firm	Strategic Business Consulting
Data & Decisions	Operations Management
Corporate Financial Reporting	Managerial Finance		Global Supply Chain Mgmt	Corp. Investment & Financing Decisions OR Strategic Cost Analysis
Corporate Communications		Seminar in Project Management	Strategic Management of Change	Strategic Management of Innovation
Leadership, Ethics & Professionalism			Leadership, Ethics & Professionalism

Year 2
Summer Internship
Fall		Winter	Spring
8 weeks	8 weeks		8 weeks	8 weeks
Global Business Strategy	Business Integration	International Immersion (optional)	Dynamics of Negotiations	Corp. Investment & Financing Decisions OR Strategic Cost Analysis
Product and Pricing	Lean Academy		Elective*	Elective*
Applied Technology Commercialization			Elective*	OPEN
Leadership, Ethics & Professionalism			Leadership, Ethics & Professionalism

Career Academy Course Elective Course