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Sem-Directed Readings

SCH-MGMT

Course Details

Spring 2026

This class is non-credit

Workforce Planning, Recruiting and Selection

MANAGMNT

Workforce planning includes strategic assessment of internal and external labor markets, the legal context, and the future labor needs of the organization. Effective recruiting requires identification of labor sources, targeting talent, and training recruiters. Employee selection topics include measurement, assessment, and hiring of candidates. Post-hire issues including socialization, retention, and separation are also covered.

Course Details

Spring 2026

This class is non-credit

Cryptocurrency and Digital Asset Investments

FINANCE

This course serves as an introductory course on cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Students will learn about proof-of-work protocols such as Bitcoin as well as proof-of-stake protocols such as Cardano, Solana, and Ethereum. Applications of blockchain and digital ledger technologies in areas such as decentralized finance and non-fungible tokens will be explored.

Course Details

Spring 2026

This class is non-credit

Seminar- Introduction to Organizational and Social Network Analysis

SCH-MGMT

This course focuses on the theory and application of Social Network Analysis to manage social and organizational networks effectively. This course is designed to help you assess, diagnose, analyze, and prescribe a wide variety of social and organizational network problems using theory and analytic software. Participating in this course will allow you to: gain experience in collecting and representing network and relational data; develop skills in analyzing network data; understand how social networks are related to consequential outcomes in your personal life, in society, and in organizations; and practice applying these skills and knowledge to people-analytic challenges in organizational settings, such as organizational design.

Course Details

Spring 2026

This class is non-credit

Leadership and Organizational Behavior

SCH-MGMT

Provides an overview of different perspectives and approaches to leadership practice and related organizational behavior topics. Relying on a participative multi-learning approach, the course goes beyond traditional leadership practices to examine empowering leadership approaches for addressing contemporary organizational behavior challenges such as leading teams. The overall objective is to increase students' understanding of and ability to apply contemporary leadership and organizational behavior knowledge in work situations.

Course Details

Spring 2026

This class is non-credit
Course Notes
U+ class; $85/term reg. fee + $925/credit. Refunds differ from Univ. day classes; see www.umass.edu/universityplus/resources/refund-policy. Open to Online MBA students.

The Practice of Real Estate - Capstone

SCH-MGMT

This course will provide an overview of the practice of Commercial Real Estate from a financial investment perspective, including strategic planning, transaction management, valuation, capital markets, sustainability, construction project management, development, building systems, property management, legal issues, and developing a disruptive leadership mindset. Real estate asset types to which these topics will be applied include multi-family, office, industrial, logistics, retail, eCommerce, and data centers. Course methods will include real-world case studies with a capstone Case Competition.

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Spring 2026

This class is non-credit

Exploring Data Analytics for Accounting Professionals

SCH-MGMT

This is an introductory course in analytics tailored for accounting professionals. Through hands-on work, students learn to ask the right business questions, extract and transform relevant data from an enterprise system, evaluate the integrity of the data, detect patterns and anomalies, apply data analytic techniques, and interpret and present results in order to make data-driven decisions.

Course Details

Spring 2026

This class is non-credit
Course Notes
U+ class; $85/term reg. fee + $850/credit. Refunds differ from Univ. day classes; see www.umass.edu/universityplus/resources/refund-policy.

CPA Law

ACCOUNTG

A broad survey of legal problems encountered in business transactions; emphasis on implications to accountants and auditors. Prerequisite: MANAGMNT 260.

Course Details

Spring 2026

This class is non-credit

CPA Law

ACCOUNTG

A broad survey of legal problems encountered in business transactions; emphasis on implications to accountants and auditors. Prerequisite: MANAGMNT 260.

Course Details

Spring 2026

This class is non-credit
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