Master of Science in Data Analytics (STEM)

at Global University Systems (GUS) - Webster University - St. Louis Campus USA

The management program examines the relationship between an organization, its leaders and employees. This program is designed to help students develop the competencies as both a business professional and scholar-practitioner with the capabilities to drive growth an innovation. In this program, students will acquire skills necessary to effectively manage people, analyze management problems, develop sound business practice and communicate effectively.

Emphasis in Sports and Entertainment Management
The emphasis in sports and entertainment management is designed to provide students, with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary to succeed in the business side of sports and entertainment, in addition to the skills provided in the management core curriculum. The administration of academic and professional sports and athletic franchises is a large and growing business both in the United States and around the world. Sometimes overlooked but also important, is the large and growing business of using professional sports venues to regularly host live entertainment events (concerts, ice events, children's shows). Recognizing the importance of both sports and entertainment, this program is designed to be an all inclusion approach so graduates of the program have what is necessary to be successful in both of these areas of business.

Learning Outcomes

• Analyze, understand and evaluate how legal, social, economic and global issues affect business.
• Integrate key theories to manage people, processes and resources in a diverse organization.
• Use appropriate tools and technology to critically analyze and interpret key business information.
• Apply concepts regarding ethics and corporate responsibility and how they impact managerial decisions.
• Build upon ambiguous and incomplete information to draft, support and defend innovative solutions to complex managerial challenges.
• Students will explain the important terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques and theories used in sports and entertainment management.
• Students will be able to identify and apply appropriate terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques and theories used in sports and entertainment management when analyzing moderately complex situations.
• Students will be able to synthesize and integrate important concepts, principles and theories used in sports and entertainment management into solutions to moderately complex management problems.

Advance your business skills to develop and implement value-creating ideas and solutions in today's worldwide economy. The innovative MBA program at Webster University is designed for professionals who want to shape their own career, upgrade credentials, and be strategic players in the world of business.

Why Choose the Webster MBA?

• A focus on creating value in an ESG (environmental, social, governance) framework consistent with modern business practice.
• A competency-based program that builds your skills in 18 business and nine personal effectiveness areas. 
• A "flipped classroom" option with two hours of in-class experiential learning each week.
• Gain international perspective by working with students from across the Webster network.
• Specialize with 10 areas of emphasis, and 12 dual-degree options.
• Annual flat-rate textbook fee for all MBA designated courses. 

This course of study builds a broad conceptual understanding of the health care industry, and develops specific, focused administrative skills that will help graduates guide health care organizations toward greater efficiency, effectiveness and patient-centered care.

The MHA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to explain healthcare leadership styles and demonstrate effective communication skills that are required in managing effective teams and in predicting human behavior in an organization.
• Students will be able to apply health care management skills in problem solving, decision making, planning, delegating and managing time.
• Students will be able to incorporate strategic thinking to set priorities, focus energy and resources, and strengthen operations, in order to ensure that employees and other stakeholders are working toward common goals, and to operationalize healthcare organization's mission and vision. 

The management (BA) with an emphasis in marketing prepares students for a broad spectrum of careers in marketing, including branding, product development, advertising, digital marketing and customer relationship management. Students learn how organizations create value through the various marketing activities: customer behavior, pricing, promotion, product development, distribution and marketing research.

Learning Outcomes

• Analyze, understand and evaluate how legal, social, economic and global issues affect business.
• Integrate key theories to manage people, processes and resources in a diverse organization.
• Use appropriate tools and technology to critically analyze and interpret key business information.
• Apply concepts regarding ethics and corporate responsibility and how they impact managerial decisions.
• Build upon ambiguous and incomplete information to draft, support and defend innovative solutions to complex managerial challenges.
• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of how to identify and utilize relevant information in order to make effective marketing decisions.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to make and defend decisions regarding the various marketing mix elements for value creation in a way that reflects the needs and characteristics desired for organizational success and meaningful relationships among and between stakeholders.
• Students will demonstrate personal skills (i.e. ethics, teamwork, effective communication, critical thinking) which are important keys to having a successful career in marketing.
• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of mutually interdependent relationships of all the major functional areas of a business enterprise. 

Advance your business skills to develop and implement value-creating ideas and solutions in today's worldwide economy. The innovative MBA program at Webster University is designed for professionals who want to shape their own career, upgrade credentials, and be strategic players in the world of business.

Why Choose the Webster MBA?

• A focus on creating value in an ESG (environmental, social, governance) framework consistent with modern business practice.
• A competency-based program that builds your skills in 18 business and nine personal effectiveness areas. 
• A "flipped classroom" option with two hours of in-class experiential learning each week.
• Gain international perspective by working with students from across the Webster network.
• Specialize with 10 areas of emphasis, and 12 dual-degree options.
• Annual flat-rate textbook fee for all MBA designated courses. 

In this major, students engage not only with the aesthetics dimensions of literature, but also with the values, views and dynamics of a given and historical context. In small classes and seminars, students are given multiple opportunities to develop their skills in literary analysis, critical writing and oral expression. Outstanding student essays are selected by faculty to be published each spring in our literary journal, The Mercury.

The management program examines the relationship between an organization, its leaders and employees. This program is designed to help students develop the competencies as both a business professional and scholar-practitioner with the capabilities to drive growth and innovation. In this program, students will acquire skills necessary to effectively manage people, analyze management problems, develop sound business practice and communicate effectively.

The BA in management is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Learning Outcomes

• Analyze, understand and evaluate how legal, social, economic and global issues affect business.
• Integrate key theories to manage people, processes and resources in a diverse organization.
• Use appropriate tools and technology to critically analyze and interpret key business information.
• Apply concepts regarding ethics and corporate responsibility and how they impact managerial decisions.
• Build upon ambiguous and incomplete information to draft, support and defend innovative solutions to complex managerial challenges.
• Students will explain the important terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques and theories used in international business.
• Students will be able to identify and apply appropriate terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques and theories used in international business when analyzing moderately complex situations.
• Students will be able to synthesize and integrate important concepts, principles and theories used in international business into solutions to moderately complex management problems.

The master of arts (MA) in information technology management program is designed to educate and develop managers who can effectively manage the planning, design, selection, implementation, use and administration of emerging and converging information and communications technologies. The program curriculum provides students with the technical knowledge and management knowledge and skills needed to effectively integrate people, information and communication technologies, and business processes in support of organizational strategic goals.

The MA in information technology management is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to explain the important terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques and theories used in the field of information technology management.
• Students will be able to effectively apply important terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques and theories used in the field of information technology management when analyzing complex factual situations.
• Students will be able to effectively integrate (or synthesize) important facts, concepts, principles and theories in the field of information technology management when developing solutions to multifaceted information technology management problems in complex factual situations.

The management program examines the relationship between an organization, its leaders and employees. This program is designed to help students develop the competencies as both a business professional and scholar-practitioner with the capabilities to drive growth and innovation. In this program, students will acquire skills necessary to effectively manage people, analyze management problems, develop sound business practice and communicate effectively.

The BA in management is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Learning Outcomes

• Analyze, understand and evaluate how legal, social, economic and global issues affect business.
• Integrate key theories to manage people, processes and resources in a diverse organization.
• Use appropriate tools and technology to critically analyze and interpret key business information.
• Apply concepts regarding ethics and corporate responsibility and how they impact managerial decisions.
• Build upon ambiguous and incomplete information to draft, support and defend innovative solutions to complex managerial challenges.
• Students will explain the important terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques and theories used in human resource management.
• Students will be able to identify and apply appropriate terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques and theories used in human resource management when analyzing moderately complex situations.
• Students will be able to synthesize and integrate important concepts, principles and theories used in human resource management into solutions to moderately complex management problems.

Advance your business skills to develop and implement value-creating ideas and solutions in today's worldwide economy. The innovative MBA program at Webster University is designed for professionals who want to shape their own career, upgrade credentials, and be strategic players in the world of business.

Why Choose the Webster MBA?

• A focus on creating value in an ESG (environmental, social, governance) framework consistent with modern business practice.
• A competency-based program that builds your skills in 18 business and nine personal effectiveness areas. 
• A "flipped classroom" option with two hours of in-class experiential learning each week.
• Gain international perspective by working with students from across the Webster network.
• Specialize with 10 areas of emphasis, and 12 dual-degree options.
• Annual flat-rate textbook fee for all MBA designated courses.