Business Excellence Consortium
MSOE Rader School of Business Degree Pograms
Undergraduate Programs
Bachelor of Science in Business Management (BSBM).The Business Management degree from MSOE prepares you to be an innovative leader, a team player and a technologically savvy professional. It is uniquely designed for today's dynamic business environment driven by a fast-paced, global economy—preparing critical thinkers, ethical practitioners and creative problem solvers.
The program capitalizes on MSOE's long history of combining theory and practice, along with 50 years of experience providing a technology-rich business education. You will learn core business concepts and put them into practice by solving today's business problems in "real-world" project experiences. Specialized areas of study include marketing and entrepreneurship, managerial leadership, operations management, financial management and engineering studies.
The degree is available to traditional full-time undergraduate students, and flexible study plans are available for working professionals. If you have an associate degree, the transfer plan grants junior standing to qualified individuals. Courses in the program can be completed on a part-time or full-time basis. Classes may be taken during the day or evening with several options for Internet-hybrid study available each academic term.
Contact Information: Dr. Michael Payne 
BSBM program director, (414) 277-7589
Bachelor of Science in International Business (BSIB). The BSIB provides a strong foundation for students in business and management, and the availability of a large number of elective courses that allow for customization in areas such as information systems, networking, marketing and e-business, and financial management. A cornerstone of the international business program is the required one-year study abroad during the junior year. MSOE has an exchange agreement with the Lübeck University of Applied Sciences, Lübeck, Germany, where students from Lübeck University and MSOE take classes together for one year. The classes are taught in English with a year of German included in the curriculum. Lübeck University is very similar to MSOE in emphasizing applications-oriented degrees. Courses in international business, finance, systems analysis, logistics, Integrated Systems (SAP) and German language and culture are part of the study program at Lübeck University. Upon successful completion of the junior year and completion of the senior year at MSOE, graduates will be awarded two bachelor degrees: Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur (B.S. Business Engineer) from Lübeck University of Applied Sciences and Bachelor of Science in International Business from MSOE.
Contact Information: Prof. Larry Schmedeman
BSIB program director, (414) 277-7359
Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems (MIS). The MIS curriculum provides a unique and sophisticated combination of business and management courses along with a substantial amount of computer information technology. The program is designed to prepare students to assume positions of responsibility and leadership in the computer-oriented, information and technology-based organizations of the future. Effective management of organizations always has been a key factor in maintaining and improving productivity, enhancing the quality of work life, and advancing technically-oriented products, services and information. Graduates are management-oriented and administratively skilled. They understand the methodology and tools of quantitative analysis, and the systems approach to the application of knowledge and decision making. This degree is of the utmost importance in the era of information technology and our graduates are prepared to lead business and industry in a global information and communication dominated economy. MSOE management information systems students are "power users" of computers and computer information technology.
Contact Information: Dr. Jeffrey Blessing
MIS program director, (414) 277-7194
Graduate Programs
Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM). The MSEM is best described as a master's degree in the overall management of organizations with an orientation to manufacturing, engineering, technology or production. It provides a technical-based alternative to traditional MBA programs. Specialization areas include quality, organizational management, operations management, program management and marketing. Most students who pursue the MSEM work fulltime at area companies. Select MSEM courses are offered in the Fox Valley and Waukesha, and at company sites in the Milwaukee area. Most classes meet for three hours, once a week.
Intregrated MSEM. Course work
is integrated into suites of courses. Each suite can be completed during one,
eleven-week quarter. Upon completion nine graduate credits are awarded as well
as a Certificate for that particular suite. The entire master's degree may be
completed in just 24 months attending only one evening per week and every other
Saturday.
Contact
information: Dr. Bruce Thompson
MSEM program director, (414)277-7279
Master of Science in Marketing & Export Management (MSXM).. The Master of Science in Marketing and Export Management degree program (MSXM) is a technology-oriented leadership program designed to meet the needs of engineers, business managers and other professional and technical persons desiring to strengthen their management and leadership skills as they relate to the value added exporting of U.S. manufactured products, services and technology. The MSXM emphasizes practical knowledge as a critical means to supplement a base of required objective skills. Graduates of the program will possess the broad range of knowledge and skills necessary for senior management or entrepreneurial positions in a wide range of industries.
Contact
information: Dr. Bruce Thompson
MSXM program director, (414)277-7279
Master of Science in Medical Informatics (MSMI). Medical informatics combines medical science with information and computer sciences to improve patient care. The major goal of this program is to educate professionals who will develop, apply and manage information systems used by health care organizations to deliver more efficient and effective patient care. The medical informatics program is offered jointly with the Medical College of Wisconsin. Further details about this graduate program are available on the medical informatics Web page. The program is available on a full- or part-time study basis.
Contact
information: Dr. John Traxler
MSMI program director, (414)277-7279
Master of Science in New Product Management (MSNP).. The Master of Science in New Product Management (MSNP) degree program provides students a framework to enhance an organization's ability to effectively identify, develop and deploy new products and services. You will learn how to effectively apply tools and knowledge needed to find the products and/or services that are aligned with the unique strengths and position of an organization, including reputation, capabilities (current and needed), market opportunities and resources. Further, the MSNP will prepare you to identify and capitalize on both domestic and international product markets.
Contact
information: Dr. Bruce Thompson
MSNP program director, (414)277-7279