WHY A GRADUATE MANAGEMENT COURSE?
In today's dynamic and complex business world, good management requires a special cadre of professional managers. These managers should possess a solid understanding of various management issues, analytical tools, leadership skills, communication skills, and effective interpersonal skills. They should acquire a body of knowledge that enables them not only to function successfully under current conditions, but also to adapt to new and changing environments.
A customized graduate program for current and future Job Corps Center supervisors, managers, and directors will expand their business thinking to improve their personal, team, and organizational performance.

THE UNIVERSITY
Minot State University is a comprehensive, fully accredited, co-educational public university in Minot, North Dakota. Minot State University offers a wide array of undergraduate programs in liberal arts, professions, and 13 specialized graduate programs.

Minot State University's College of Business offers undergraduate 4-year degrees in Management, Finance, Marketing, International Business, Accounting, Business Education, and Information Systems Management, and a Master of Science in Management.
MSU offers bachelor and masters degrees in business, the sciences, liberal arts, and nursing, and other specialized areas.

With an enrollment of approximately 3000 students, MSU's size allows the university to offer a variety and depth in its academic programs while maintaining a personal and caring campus atmosphere. In addition to quality academics, MSU is proud of its state-of-the-art library, the university's interative technology, and its service to the community and region. Music, drama, sports, and other cultural activities offer enjoyment for every taste and interest.

MSU is proud of the relationship that has been developed with the Quentin Burdick Job Corps Center which opened in Minot in September 1994.

THE PROGRAM
The Master of Science degree will be delivered using a combination of inresidence course and distance learning. The distance learning will primarily be in the form of online courses using Web-based training.

In-residence courses will be provided at the campus of Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota. The students (Fellows) will be provided with dedicated accommodations, study rooms, computer labs, and lecture facilities.

The Burdick Job Corps Center and other neighboring Job Corps Centers have volunteered to provide an actual Job Corps "working Laboratory."

All students must complete graduate course requirment consisting of 30 semester hours in the areas of
  • Communications
  • Marketing
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Finance
  • Human Resource Management
  • Strategic Management
  • Management Information Systems
  • Statistical Applications
  • Individual Projects
SCHEDULE
The proposed schedule will include:
  • Nine (9) credits delivered by Web-based Technology (March-May),
  • Sixteen (16) credits during an eight (8) week, comprehensive in-residence session (June-July), and
  • Five (5) credits of Job Corps specific individual projects (August-September).
ADMISSIONS PROCESS
A Curriculum Advisory Board comprised of MSU faculty and representatives of Job Corps is being established. This group will assist in finalizing course content, advise in the applicant selection process, and will also be used to evaluate the program as it progresses. Acceptance into the program will require a Baccalaureate degree in any major and approval of the MSU College of Business.


DIRECT FURTHER INQUIRES TO:
Anthony D. Ring Dr. Gary Ross
US Department of Labor, E.T.A College of Business
Job Corp Regional Office Minot State University
1999 Broadway, Suite 1760 500 University Avenue West
Denver, CO 80235-5716 Minot, ND 58707
Telephone:303-844-1630 (ext.18) Telephone:701-858-3291
Fax:303-844-1638 Fax:701-858-3127
E-mail:adring@doleta.gov E-mail:ross@minotstateu.edu

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