BMGT495

Strategic Management

A case-based course where students learn to play the role of the "strategic manager" who defines the scope of its business operations and, within the chosen scope, how the firm will compete against rivals. This course focuses on how a firm can both formulate effective business-level and corporate-level strategies to achieve competitive advantage and earn above average profits.

Sister Courses: BMGT495H, BMGT495M

Spring 2026

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Fall 2025

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Summer 2025

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Spring 2025

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.41 between 12,522 students*

BMGT495 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 24.21%
A: 22.03%
A+: 3.39%
B-: 5.61%
B: 17.9%
B+: 21.91%
C-: 0.36%
C: 1%
C+: 1.37%
D: 0.08%
D+: 0.05%
F: 0.28%
W: 1.1%
other: 0.71%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.