MSc

MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest)

Succession, sibling labour, and Main Street—not a private-bank wealth product and not an MBA clone.

Online or on campus

18 months36 creditsEnglish

Overview

Family enterprise in the Midwest is the job shop whose quality manager is also a cousin, the dairy that is a co-op member, the dealer group that still meets at Christmas. This degree starts with labour, conflict, and continuity—not with a Swiss family-office elective. You will design meeting rights, read a simple cap table as a manager (not as unlicensed securities advice), and treat non-family professionals as a retention problem. Dual-pathway applicants state primary mode. English-medium waiver includes U.S. regionally accredited bachelor's. HLC and DEAC remain institutional; this MSc is not an MBA substitute in the catalogue even when the fallback image is an MBA visual. Campus family-firm roundtables, if held, produce the same written continuity artefact online students submit. You will map sibling labour, non-family professionals, and winter payroll as the Midwest problem, not a private-bank family office. Faculty will fail capstones that practise law, impersonate a CPA, or display bank logos. Succession conversations are facilitated as management process, not as therapy or estate practice. Main Street shops, plants, and farms are the case set. Catalogue level remains MSC. The award is academic. It is not legal practice, not financial-planning licensure, not a promise that the firm will survive. Public copy must keep those fences. MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest) is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest through Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest; Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights; Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals; Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems; Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk; Customers, Community, and Reputation, and finish on Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Map family and firm governance without legal-practice pretence Design operations continuity through Midwest seasons and succession Brief family and non-family stakeholders in plain numbers Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

Thirty-six credits: family-firm institutions, Midwest operations, money-and-conflict literacy (non-licence), and a continuity capstone. Three-credit courses. Identity-checked assessment.

Who This Program Is For

Next-generation and non-family managers in Midwest closely held firms
Advisors in accounting or banking who need academic family-enterprise literacy (non-licence)
Co-op and agribusiness families seeking structured study
Operators who refuse a generic MBA case set

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What You Will Learn

Map family and firm governance without legal-practice pretence
Design operations continuity through Midwest seasons and succession
Brief family and non-family stakeholders in plain numbers
Refuse CPA, law, and wealth-licence overclaim
Keep dual-pathway academic parity

Curriculum

Module 1: Institutions

Code	Course	Credits · hours
MLT2501	Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest (MLT2501) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. MLT2501-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest MLT2501-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest MLT2501-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest MLT2501-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest MLT2501-M5 · Revision after feedback — Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest MLT2501-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest	3 · 30 h
MLT2502	Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights (MLT2502) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can say who decides, under which rule, and draft a note a professional could read, using Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a statute or instrument, a case or policy paper, and a commentary. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a memo or draft clause with sources and a revision note. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course is academic. It does not admit the student to practise law and it is not a qualifying law degree. MLT2502-M1 · Forum, rule, and parties — Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights MLT2502-M2 · Claim, counterclaim, and the facts that would change the result — Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights MLT2502-M3 · A clause, briefing, or policy note for a named audience — Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights MLT2502-M4 · Sources, revision, and the strength of the authority — Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights MLT2502-M5 · Institutions and the limit of the award — Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights MLT2502-M6 · A supervised paper: question, sources, argument, and defence — Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights	3 · 30 h
MLT2503	Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals (MLT2503) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. MLT2503-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals MLT2503-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals MLT2503-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals MLT2503-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals MLT2503-M5 · Revision after feedback — Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals MLT2503-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

MLT2501

Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest

Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest (MLT2501) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

MLT2501-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest
MLT2501-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest
MLT2501-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest
MLT2501-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest
MLT2501-M5 · Revision after feedback — Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest
MLT2501-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Closely Held Firms in the Upper Midwest

3 · 30 h

MLT2502

Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights

Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights (MLT2502) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can say who decides, under which rule, and draft a note a professional could read, using Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a statute or instrument, a case or policy paper, and a commentary. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a memo or draft clause with sources and a revision note. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course is academic. It does not admit the student to practise law and it is not a qualifying law degree.

MLT2502-M1 · Forum, rule, and parties — Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights
MLT2502-M2 · Claim, counterclaim, and the facts that would change the result — Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights
MLT2502-M3 · A clause, briefing, or policy note for a named audience — Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights
MLT2502-M4 · Sources, revision, and the strength of the authority — Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights
MLT2502-M5 · Institutions and the limit of the award — Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights
MLT2502-M6 · A supervised paper: question, sources, argument, and defence — Governance, Meetings, and Decision Rights

3 · 30 h

MLT2503

Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals

Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals (MLT2503) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

MLT2503-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals
MLT2503-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals
MLT2503-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals
MLT2503-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals
MLT2503-M5 · Revision after feedback — Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals
MLT2503-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Family Labour, Fairness, and Non-Family Professionals

3 · 30 h

Module 2: Operations

Code	Course	Credits · hours
MLT2505	Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems (MLT2505) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. MLT2505-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems MLT2505-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems MLT2505-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems MLT2505-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems MLT2505-M5 · Revision after feedback — Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems MLT2505-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems	3 · 30 h
MLT2506	Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk (MLT2506) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. MLT2506-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk MLT2506-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk MLT2506-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk MLT2506-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk MLT2506-M5 · Revision after feedback — Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk MLT2506-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk	3 · 30 h
MLT2507	Customers, Community, and Reputation Customers, Community, and Reputation (MLT2507) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Customers, Community, and Reputation as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. MLT2507-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Customers, Community, and Reputation MLT2507-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Customers, Community, and Reputation MLT2507-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Customers, Community, and Reputation MLT2507-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Customers, Community, and Reputation MLT2507-M5 · Revision after feedback — Customers, Community, and Reputation MLT2507-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Customers, Community, and Reputation	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

MLT2505

Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems

Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems (MLT2505) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

MLT2505-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems
MLT2505-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems
MLT2505-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems
MLT2505-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems
MLT2505-M5 · Revision after feedback — Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems
MLT2505-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Plants, Stores, and Farms as Family Operating Systems

3 · 30 h

MLT2506

Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk

Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk (MLT2506) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

MLT2506-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk
MLT2506-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk
MLT2506-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk
MLT2506-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk
MLT2506-M5 · Revision after feedback — Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk
MLT2506-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Winter Continuity and Key-Person Risk

3 · 30 h

MLT2507

Customers, Community, and Reputation

Customers, Community, and Reputation (MLT2507) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Customers, Community, and Reputation as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

MLT2507-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Customers, Community, and Reputation
MLT2507-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Customers, Community, and Reputation
MLT2507-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Customers, Community, and Reputation
MLT2507-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Customers, Community, and Reputation
MLT2507-M5 · Revision after feedback — Customers, Community, and Reputation
MLT2507-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Customers, Community, and Reputation

3 · 30 h

Module 3: Money without licences

Code	Course	Credits · hours
MLT2509	Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA) Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA) (MLT2509) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA) as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence. MLT2509-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA) MLT2509-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA) MLT2509-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA) MLT2509-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA) MLT2509-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA) MLT2509-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA)	3 · 30 h
MLT2510	Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence (MLT2510) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence. MLT2510-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence MLT2510-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence MLT2510-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence MLT2510-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence MLT2510-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence MLT2510-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence	3 · 30 h
MLT2511	Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel (MLT2511) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. MLT2511-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel MLT2511-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel MLT2511-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel MLT2511-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel MLT2511-M5 · Revision after feedback — Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel MLT2511-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

MLT2509

Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA)

Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA) (MLT2509) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA) as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence.

MLT2509-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA)
MLT2509-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA)
MLT2509-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA)
MLT2509-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA)
MLT2509-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA)
MLT2509-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Financial Statements for Family Managers (Not CPA)

3 · 30 h

MLT2510

Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence

Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence (MLT2510) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence.

MLT2510-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence
MLT2510-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence
MLT2510-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence
MLT2510-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence
MLT2510-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence
MLT2510-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Banking Relationships without NMLS Pretence

3 · 30 h

MLT2511

Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel

Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel (MLT2511) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

MLT2511-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel
MLT2511-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel
MLT2511-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel
MLT2511-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel
MLT2511-M5 · Revision after feedback — Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel
MLT2511-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Buy-Sell Folklore versus Calling Counsel

3 · 30 h

Module 4: Capstone

Code	Course	Credits · hours
MLT2513	Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law) Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law) (MLT2513) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can say who decides, under which rule, and draft a note a professional could read, using Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law) as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a statute or instrument, a case or policy paper, and a commentary. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a memo or draft clause with sources and a revision note. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course is academic. It does not admit the student to practise law and it is not a qualifying law degree. MLT2513-M1 · Forum, rule, and parties — Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law) MLT2513-M2 · Claim, counterclaim, and the facts that would change the result — Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law) MLT2513-M3 · A clause, briefing, or policy note for a named audience — Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law) MLT2513-M4 · Sources, revision, and the strength of the authority — Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law) MLT2513-M5 · Institutions and the limit of the award — Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law) MLT2513-M6 · A supervised paper: question, sources, argument, and defence — Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law)	3 · 30 h
MLT2514	Writing for Family and Board Audiences Writing for Family and Board Audiences (MLT2514) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Writing for Family and Board Audiences as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. MLT2514-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Writing for Family and Board Audiences MLT2514-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Writing for Family and Board Audiences MLT2514-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Writing for Family and Board Audiences MLT2514-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Writing for Family and Board Audiences MLT2514-M5 · Revision after feedback — Writing for Family and Board Audiences MLT2514-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Writing for Family and Board Audiences	3 · 30 h
MLT2515	Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education (MLT2515) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can design a short sequence for a named group of learners and the criteria that would mark it fairly, using Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a curriculum extract, an assessment specification, and an evaluation summary. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a plan with outcomes, a task, criteria, and a note on bias. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a teaching licence, QTS, or equivalent registration. MLT2515-M1 · Learners, outcomes, and a short teaching sequence — Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education MLT2515-M2 · Task design, criteria, and a sample answer — Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education MLT2515-M3 · Bias in assessment and how a criterion would be applied — Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education MLT2515-M4 · A programme decision and its effect on students and staff — Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education MLT2515-M5 · Evaluation evidence and what it cannot prove — Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education MLT2515-M6 · A curriculum or evaluation brief — Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

MLT2513

Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law)

Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law) (MLT2513) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can say who decides, under which rule, and draft a note a professional could read, using Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law) as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a statute or instrument, a case or policy paper, and a commentary. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a memo or draft clause with sources and a revision note. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course is academic. It does not admit the student to practise law and it is not a qualifying law degree.

MLT2513-M1 · Forum, rule, and parties — Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law)
MLT2513-M2 · Claim, counterclaim, and the facts that would change the result — Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law)
MLT2513-M3 · A clause, briefing, or policy note for a named audience — Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law)
MLT2513-M4 · Sources, revision, and the strength of the authority — Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law)
MLT2513-M5 · Institutions and the limit of the award — Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law)
MLT2513-M6 · A supervised paper: question, sources, argument, and defence — Facilitating a Succession Conversation (Non-Therapy, Non-Law)

3 · 30 h

MLT2514

Writing for Family and Board Audiences

Writing for Family and Board Audiences (MLT2514) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Writing for Family and Board Audiences as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

MLT2514-M1 · The question this course is responsible for — Writing for Family and Board Audiences
MLT2514-M2 · The method, and the case or text it is applied to — Writing for Family and Board Audiences
MLT2514-M3 · Evidence, sources, and a competing explanation — Writing for Family and Board Audiences
MLT2514-M4 · Professional limits and what the conclusion must not claim — Writing for Family and Board Audiences
MLT2514-M5 · Revision after feedback — Writing for Family and Board Audiences
MLT2514-M6 · The submission: method, evidence, and defence — Writing for Family and Board Audiences

3 · 30 h

MLT2515

Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education

Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education (MLT2515) is a 3-credit course on MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can design a short sequence for a named group of learners and the criteria that would mark it fairly, using Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a curriculum extract, an assessment specification, and an evaluation summary. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a plan with outcomes, a task, criteria, and a note on bias. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a teaching licence, QTS, or equivalent registration.

MLT2515-M1 · Learners, outcomes, and a short teaching sequence — Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education
MLT2515-M2 · Task design, criteria, and a sample answer — Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education
MLT2515-M3 · Bias in assessment and how a criterion would be applied — Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education
MLT2515-M4 · A programme decision and its effect on students and staff — Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education
MLT2515-M5 · Evaluation evidence and what it cannot prove — Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education
MLT2515-M6 · A curriculum or evaluation brief — Dual-Pathway Assessment in Enterprise Education

3 · 30 h

Career Paths

Family-firm operations or general manager (academic)
Non-family professional manager in a closely held company
Family-enterprise coordinator
Advisor-adjacent roles that still require separate licences
Succession-project lead (non-legal)

Program Highlights

Midwest Main Street and plants
Not an MBA catalogue clone
No bank logos
Non-licence fences
Tuition-free online + campus

Assessment

Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.

Admission requirements

Academic entry

Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution (minimum 2:2 / GPA 2.5/4.0 or equivalent national scale)
Identity document for remote identity-checked assessment enrolment

English language

English proficiency: IELTS 5.5, TOEFL 46, or equivalent (waived for prior English-medium study, including U.S. regionally accredited bachelor's). Dual-pathway applicants state intended primary mode (online tuition-free or Minneapolis campus) without changing academic standards.

Documents

Statement of Purpose (500 words minimum) stating goals, professional context, and fit
Two academic or professional references with verifiable contact details
CV or résumé covering education and relevant work
Official transcripts (digital copies accepted at application; certified copies before award)
Statement must describe family-enterprise context (owner, next-gen, or non-family professional)

Programme questions

How long is the MSc Family Enterprise (Midwest)?

The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.

Can I study this from my country?

You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Mltio. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.

What does it cost?

Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.

What are the entry requirements?

Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.

How is the programme assessed?

Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.

Will this award be recognised where I live?

Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Mltio University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.

How do I apply?

Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@mltio.com.

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