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Accounting for Decision Makers

SCH-MGMT

An overview of the concepts and language of financial and managerial accounting that covers how accounting information can be used as an effective tool for communication, monitoring, and resource allocation. Topics include the principles and methodologies underlying financial statements and the inherent limitations of that information. Additional topics include behavior, cost analysis, and tools used to motivate and coordinate business activities.

Course Details

Fall 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. Hybrid Course with 5 In-Person Meeting Dates, Wednesdays 9/23, 10/7, 10/28, 11/18, 12/09 from 5:45-9:15 PM at the UMass Club in Boston (32nd Floor) with the rest of the course being held online. Open to Online MBA Students.

Accounting for Decision Makers

SCH-MGMT

An overview of the concepts and language of financial and managerial accounting that covers how accounting information can be used as an effective tool for communication, monitoring, and resource allocation. Topics include the principles and methodologies underlying financial statements and the inherent limitations of that information. Additional topics include behavior, cost analysis, and tools used to motivate and coordinate business activities.

Course Details

Fall 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.

Introduction To Law

SCH-MGMT

Overview of law and legal systems; attention to legal aspects of management problems.

Course Details

Fall 2026

This class is non-credit
Course Notes
U+ class; $85/term reg. fee + $570/credit. Refunds differ from Univ. day classes; see www.umass.edu/universityplus/resources/refund-policy.

Social Entrepreneurship

MANAGMNT

Social entrepreneurship involves using the skills and strategies of business to innovatively and sustainably solve social, environmental, and economic problems. As a result, this course will help students identify and create business opportunities that have positive social impacts.

Course Details

Fall 2026

This class is non-credit
Course Notes
U+ class; $85/term reg. fee + $570/credit. Refunds differ from Univ. day classes; see www.umass.edu/universityplus/resources/refund-policy.

Organizational Behavior

MANAGMNT

Individual, interpersonal, and group behavior in an organizational context. Encourage a broadened awareness of one's own and others' behavior in managerial roles, while improving managerial skills. Prerequisite: MANAGMNT 301.

Course Details

Fall 2026

This class is non-credit
Course Notes
U+ class; $85/term reg. fee + $570/credit. Refunds differ from Univ. day classes; see www.umass.edu/universityplus/resources/refund-policy.

Human Resource Management

MANAGMNT

Theory and practice of human resource management. Topics include: recruitment and hiring, training and development, compensation, motivation, and employee services. Current issues in equal employment opportunity.

Course Details

Fall 2026

This class is non-credit
Course Notes
U+ class; $85/term reg. fee + $570/credit. Refunds differ from Univ. day classes; see www.umass.edu/universityplus/resources/refund-policy.

Principles of Management

MANAGMNT

Overview of organizational behavior, operations management, and strategy/entrepreneurship. Topics include: Behavioral background of formal organizational life, organizational design, integrating factors in collective behavior, organizational change, systems analysis, techniques of decision making and control, the organization and its environment, and the nature of management theory. Topics grouped in modules of organizational behavior, operations management, and strategy/entrepreneurship. Prerequisite: junior standing.

Course Details

Fall 2026

This class is non-credit
Course Notes
U+ class; $85/term reg. fee + $570/credit. Refunds differ from Univ. day classes; see www.umass.edu/universityplus/resources/refund-policy.

Business Law

SCH-MGMT

Examines and evaluates legal problems as they relate to the business environment. Course will deal with areas of law including contracts, agency, ethics, bankruptcy, business organization and other areas of commercial law.

Course Details

Fall 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, MSA and Engineering Management Students.

Business Law

SCH-MGMT

Examines and evaluates legal problems as they relate to the business environment. Course will deal with areas of law including contracts, agency, ethics, bankruptcy, business organization and other areas of commercial law.

Course Details

Fall 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, MSA and Engineering Management Students.

Human Resource Management

SCH-MGMT

Overview of human resource management theory and practice in organizations. Legal framework; job design; recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, and separation; compensation; benefits; contemporary issues in HRM.

Course Details

Fall 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. Hybrid Course with 5 In-Person Meeting Dates: Wednesday,9/16, 9/30, 10/14, 11/11, 12/02, 5:45PM - 9:15 PM, at the UMass Club in Boston (32nd Floor) with the rest of the course being held online
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