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The Master of Science in Management (MSc (Mgt)) degree meets a growing need in graduate management education. Unlike a traditional MBA that offers education in functional knowledge and skills, our MSc (Mgt) program focuses on developing competence in research with majors in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources & Labour Relations, International Management, Marketing, and Policy & Strategy.

This research-intensive program provides students with the knowledge and hands-on experience to conduct a rigorous and scholarly investigation into business or management issues within the student’s major. The MSc (Mgt) program will develop scholars who acquire a solid understanding of the research paths in their discipline, become skilled in the research process, and contribute knowledge to management scholarship. Our graduates are prepared to enter and succeed in high-quality doctoral programs or to pursue careers where research skills and scholarly knowledge are valued.... [-]

What will be your great question?

All great discoveries have one thing in common: they started with one person asking one great question. We, at the Telfer School, know the transformative power of great questions. They can free minds, open up limitless possibilities and forever change the world. That’s why we created the Telfer Master of Science in Management.

Think differently

Our program is purposely designed to enable you to fully exploit the revolutionary power of great questions:

We empower you with the intellectual confidence and awareness to ask penetrating, original questions. We equip you with the research perception and skills necessary to gather and synthesize data related to those questions. And we help you unleash the talent needed to identify patterns in these data, reveal clear, logical explanations of those patterns, and move closer to uncovering trailblazing answers. ... [-]

This is a 12-month program focusing on business research in one of seven fields of study: accounting, finance, management information systems, marketing, organizational behaviour, management science, and managerial economics. Students select one field of study and pursue coursework and a research project in that field. Unlike MBA programs that focus on the application of management theory and frameworks, Queen’s MSc provides an advanced conceptual foundation in your chosen field and allows for the pursuit of highly focused research.

The goal of the program is to prepare students for entry into high-quality Ph.D. programs, consulting research analyst positions and careers. The program is designed for students from a variety of disciplines who have completed a 4-year undergraduate degree. For example, economics graduates may pursue an MSc in finance; engineering or math graduates may choose management science, while psychology majors may choose organizational behaviour. Many undergraduates with commerce and business degrees also apply. Other undergraduate degrees will also be considered for study in a related area.... [-]

The Master of Science in Management (MSc) program allows students with relevant undergraduate degrees to further focus their studies in a particular functional area of business. Research-oriented programs, such as the MSc, respond to an increasing demand on the part of industry and government for researchers and consultants in the various disciplines of business. In addition, they prepare students for graduate studies in business at the doctoral level.

The MSc in Management will provide for an advanced-level conceptual foundation in a student's chosen field, and allow for the pursuit of highly focused research through a master\'s level thesis. Specifically, the MSc in Management will promote the acquisition of advanced knowledge in an area of specialization and the development of advanced theoretical or practical research skills. The program gives explicit attention to the role of the specialization areas in managerial and organizational contexts. The thesis requirement in the program requires that students demonstrate a personal integration of, and original intellectual contribution to, a field of knowledge.... [-]