M.S. in Product Management
Multi-Faceted Curriculum
Master of Science in Product Management Curriculum (33 credits):
Merrimack’s M.S. in Product Management program addresses areas such as product innovation, design, scheduling, marketing, data science, accounting, and engineering management principles, and consists of 33 total credits. As part of this credit allocation, eight elective credits are part of a track selection of Life Sciences, Technology Products, or Software/Web/Mobile.
The curriculum is designed to help students prepare to become tomorrow’s leaders by building on their existing knowledge, plus a combination of critical skill sets that are important in establishing inter-departmental relationships, driving innovation, and building business strategy.
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M.S. in Product Management Curriculum
Business Core (Select 8 Credits)
Data Science and Analytics Core (Select 8 Credits)
Engineering Management Core (9 Credits)
Electives (Choose One Track) (8 Credits)
Life Sciences Concentration
3 Courses Required
Covers products and services that are directly regulated life sciences products such as pharmaceuticals, biotech, and medical devices, as well as products and services sold to these heavily regulated industries for R&D, QA, and manufacturing.
Software, Web, Mobile Concentration
3 Courses Required
Covers products and services that are primarily based on software. These include packaged software, software as a service (SAAS), web-based applications, publishing, services and eCommerce, and mobile apps.
Complex Technological Products Concentration
3 Courses Required
Covers products and services that are composed of or rely on multiple different critical technologies, such as robotics, instrumentation, transportation systems, and energy systems.
Today’s Product-Driven Industries
In developing this Product Management program and curriculum, Merrimack College worked to identify skill gaps that professionals were encountering in product management careers. Having a detailed understanding of the common technology, software systems, and product life cycles is critical to empowering product managers to perform efficiently within their roles.
Program faculty understand the importance of how business analytics drives organizational decisions and strategy, and they also see how the interaction and motivation of cross-functional teams are vitally important to success. The Product Management program focuses on these key skillsets to better prepare students to advance within or enter a product management role immediately.
Merrimack faculty are industry experts within today’s business environment, so in addition to teaching the concepts in the classroom, they share best-practices and challenges from experience in product management fields. In addition to being invested in seeing students succeed, our faculty work to ensure students are prepared to address the challenges of tomorrow by understanding the demands in the market today.
Core Competencies
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