Master of Arts in Management

You want a master’s degree that will go beyond preparing you to work with numbers to one that will prepare you to work with people. With a Master of Arts in Management from Avila University’s Advantage program, you will gain a broader perspective of management—one that will sharpen your critical thinking and communication skills, help you understand what truly motivates employees, and assist you in building your career while strengthening your workplace environment.

Through Avila Advantage, you will benefit from collaborating with expert and professionally accomplished faculty—dynamic instructors who believe in teaching first.

You will tailor your education to your interests by choosing a concentration in:

• Fundraising—this innovative, research- and knowledge-based concentration is made possible through a partnership between Avila and Hartsook Companies, Inc., experts in fundraising consulting. You will gain knowledge and understanding of such areas as branding, donor behavior and relations, managing fundraising and planned giving.
  
  
  
• Project Management—this concentration will prepare you to be a vital team player in careers from government to global business, construction to creative endeavors, health care to internet technology. Your professors are proven professionals who are well versed in the latest project management tools, trends, and practices.

The Master of Arts in Management is intended to:

• Develop communication, teamwork, leadership, and management skills
• Focus on the behavioral skills of management and how to apply them in the workplace

The program offers a flexible course schedule with eight week and/or weekend-intensive formats. Your Advantage allows you to start, pause, and resume your coursework, according to what works best in your life.

M.A. in Management admission requirements

To learn more about the Management Graduate Program, complete our online form, or e-mail Advantage@avila.edu. You may also speak with an advisor at 816.501.3737. Explore how the Avila Advantage program can work to your benefit.