Management Major, BS

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Program Description

The major in management prepares students for careers in management. This program is designed to develop and maintain progressive and innovative curricula, which prepare students to assume careers in business, industry, government, non-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures. This purpose will be served by faculty committed to effective teaching, to expanding intellectual knowledge in their fields and to provide community service. In this major, emphasis is placed on providing a broad scope of various academic disciplines so that students can develop an understanding and appreciation of the business world and its relationship to a global economy and society.

Student Learning Outcomes

The learning goals of the management major are to produce graduates who understand:

Overall organizational goals and objectives and their interrelationship to structure, function, and human behavior.
Current and emerging organizational concepts, functions, and roles of leadership and management across a variety of environmental and cultural settings.
Workforce diversity, global concepts, new and emerging laws and regulations, social and demographic forces.
How to work in and lead teams and apply technology for innovative solutions to problems.

Major Requirements

Students must complete 54 semester hours (SH) in the business core and in major courses beyond the 18 (SH) business core hours that satisfy general education requirements. In addition, there are pre-requisites of 3 SH of pre-calculus (MAT 1312 or equivalent) and 3 SH of Level II written communications (BCO 2311 is recommended), both of which are part of general education. Students not prepared to take pre-calculus may need to take additional preparatory mathematics classes.

Students must earn a grade of “C-” or better in all required courses for the major and business core prefixed by ACC, BCO, BLA, BUA, ECO, FIN, MGT, MKT, MIS or QBA, as well as MAT 1312.

Business Core General Education Courses (18)

BLA 2325 – Business Law I (LO: Critical Thinking; AK: Social/Behavioral Sciences; CT: Ethical and Moral Reasoning)

ECO 2311 – Principles of Microeconomics (LO: Critical Thinking; AK: Social/Behavioral Sciences; CT: Civic Knowledge)

ECO 2312 – Principles of Macroeconomics (LO: Critical Thinking; AK: Social/Behavioral Sciences; CT: Globalization)

MAT 2333 - Calculus for Business or MAT 2317- Calculus (LO: Quantitative Literacy; AK: Mathematics and Quantitative Logic)

MGT 3350 – Fundamentals of International Business (LO: Information Literacy; AK: Social/Behavioral Sciences; CT: Globalization)

MIS 1380 – Microcomputer Applications (LO: Quantitative Literacy; AK: Social/Behavioral Sciences)

Business Core Curriculum (27)

ACC 2316 – Principles of Financial Accounting

ACC 2317 – Principles of Managerial Accounting (prereq. ACC 2316)

FIN 3351 – Principles of Financial Management (prereq. ACC 2316, MAT 1312

MGT 3322 – Organizational Behavior (Prereq. BCO 2311)

MGT 4399 – Strategic Management (prereq. MGT 3322, MKT 3331, FIN 3351, QBA 3370)

MKT 3331 – Principles of Marketing (prereq. BCO 2311 or another Level II written communications course)

QBA 2325 – Business & Economic Statistics (prereq. MAT 1312)

QBA 3370 – Statistics and Quantitative Methods of Business (prereq. QBA 2325)

QBA 4377 – Production and Operations Management (prereq. QBA 3370)

Management Courses (24)

MGT 3321 - Principles of Management (prereq. Junior standing; prereq. BCO 2311

MGT 3324 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (prereq. ACC 2317, MGT 3321)

MGT 4348 - Human Resources Management and Employment Law (prereq. MGT 3321 or MGT 3322)

MGT 4347 - Managing Organization Development and Change (prereq. MGT 3321, MGT 3322)

MGT 4349 - Quality Management and Control (prereq. MGT 3321)

MGT 4386 - Global Issues in Management (prereq. MGT 3321)

MGT 4388 - Contemporary Issues in Management (prereq. MGT 3322)

MGT 4387 - Leadership: A Practical and Theoretical Approach (prereq. MGT 3322)

Concentration in Human Resource Management

Management- Concentration in Human Resource Management

Program Description

The major in Management with a Concentration in Human Resource Management prepares the student for careers in the field of Human Resource Management. This program provides students with an understanding of the basic activities performed by human resource professionals. In addition, this program enables students to think critically so that they can manage rapid changes, as they relate to human resources, in order to create a competitive advantage.

Student Learning Outcomes

The learning goals of the management major with a concentration in Human Resources are to produce graduates who understand:

1. Current and emerging organizational concepts, as well as the functions and roles of Human Resource professionals across a variety of environmental and cultural settings.

2. Theories, models, and tools relevant to managing human resources.

3. The implications of Human Resource policies, and how said policies will contribute to or detract from the successful execution of organizational strategies.

4. The social, ethical, cultural, legal, and regulatory issues related to the practice of Human Resource Management.

Major Requirements

The requirements for the pre-requisites and the Business Core are the same. The concentration in Human Resource Management requires the following 27 semester hours in management courses.