Strategic Management and Innovation

Strategic Management and 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 and 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 seven elective courses (21 s.h.) from the following categories: (1) Two Strategic Innovation Academy pre-approved electives (see list below) and (2) Five other MBA electives.

Recommended electives for Strategic Management and Innovation students include:

You can find a full list of School of Management courses and their descriptions on our Electives page.

You can also download a PDF of the Strategic Management and Innovation plan of study.

Plan of Study

Year 1
Impact Week Orientation
Fall (16 s.h.)		Winter	Spring (17 s.h.)
8 weeks	8 weeks		8 weeks	8 weeks
Marketing Management	Management in Organizations	Winter Break	Strategic Business Consulting
Business Analytics	Operations Management		Strategic Management of Change	Strategic Management and Policy
Corporate Financial Reporting	Managerial Finance
	Corporate Communications		Evaluating Innovation Opportunities	Corporate Investment & Financing Decisions
Leadership, Ethics & Professionalism			Leadership, Ethics & Professionalism
Year 2
Summer Internship
Fall (17 s.h.)		Winter	Spring (18 s.h.)
8 weeks	8 weeks		8 weeks	8 weeks
International Economic Environment of the Firm	Strategy Deployment and the Lean Enterprise	Global Perspectives (optional)	Business Integration	Elective
Elective	Elective		Elective	Elective
Commercializing New Technology			Elective	Elective
Leadership, Ethics & Professionalism			Leadership, Ethics & Professionalism

Career Academy Course Core Course Elective Course