Overview

Program outline

The Management of Complex Systems at University of California, Merced draws upon the multidisciplinary composition of Management of Innovation, Sustainability and Technology (MIST) faculty and the interdisciplinary spirit of UC Merced to deliver a distinctive educational experience – one that provides students the flexibility to cross-breed coursework and mentorship with other domains of engineering, science, and social science. Likewise, the program does not require prospective students to have any particular undergraduate degree.

Courses are directly taught by MIST core faculty who have expertise in various facets of adaptive management of complex coupled human and natural systems, including for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and public and private enterprises. As such, coursework and thesis projects are aimed at developing management skills tailored for ‘wicked problems’ – those of indeterminate scale and scope requiring interdisciplinary collaboration – that are so often encountered in complex adaptive systems.

Both the sources and solutions to the grand challenges of the 21st century are at the intersection of people, organizations, information, technology, and the natural world. By focusing on this nexus, this program will prepare our students with a valuable skillset for working with other scholars, practitioners, and policy makers in order to address challenges of monitoring, analysis, modeling, entrepreneurship, adaptive management and change leadership that managers and leaders are faced with across a diverse array of public and private organizations.

Programme Structure

Multidisciplinary Training

Management

Research Methods for Management

Communication for Managers

Research Independence

Research Ethics and Societal Context

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Merced, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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Other requirements

General requirements

Hold a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent from an accredited institution with a major appropriate to the proposed graduate program. This degree must represent the completion of a program equivalent both in the distribution of academic subject matter and scholarship achievement comparable to that offered at the University of California.

Have a satisfactory scholastic average, usually a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 (B) is required.

Provide TOEFL or IELTS test scores (international students only).

Upload a scanned copy of all college level academic work including community college, summer session and study abroad, onto your application.

Three letters of recommendation.

A statement of purpose is required to help determine whether your academic objectives can reasonably be satisfied in the graduate program to which you seek admission.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

15265 USD / year

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15265 USD / year

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In-State

7714 USD / year

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Living costs

Merced

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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