Business Management, Bachelor of Science

Requirements

Within the framework of a liberal arts education, this program is designed to provide the knowledge and skills that will prepare students for the dynamics of human interaction in the marketplace. Students must complete thirty – seven credits in the concentration.

Elective Courses

Business Management majors who do not choose an area of concentration must take 3 electives. In addition to the management-designated courses (coded MGT), students may take any accounting, economics, finance or marketing course as an elective (any course coded ACC, ECO, FIN or MKT).
 

Concentrations within the Business Management Major

Concentrations within the Business Management Major - Although not a requirement, an Adult Business Management major may choose to concentrate in one of the following areas: accounting, finance, human resource management, international management, or marketing.

Concentration in Accounting

Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of:
ACC 2035Intermediate Accounting I

3

ACC 2036Intermediate Accounting II

3

Plus one of the following

ACC 2037Fundamentals of Taxation

3

ACC 3019Cost Accounting

3

ACC 3024Auditing

3

Concentration in Finance

Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of:
ECO 2015Money and Banking

3

FIN 2002Principles of Finance

3

FIN 3010Corporation Finance

3

OR

FIN 3015Investment Analysis

3

FIN 3017Global Finance

3

Concentration in Human Resource Management

Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of:
MGT 1005Management of Human Resources

3

Plus three of the following

MGT 1006General HR Employment Practice

3

MGT 2007International Management

3

MGT 2021Compensation and Benefits

3

MGT 2027Management of Workforce Diversity

3

Concentration in International Management

Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of:
Plus two of the following

MKT 2006International Marketing

3

MGT 2007International Management

3

ECO 3035Seminar in International Business

3

Plus one of the following

ECO 3016International Trade: Theory and Policy

3

ECO 3018Economics of Developing Countries

3

Three area studies courses

Students are required to take three area study courses relating to Latin America, Africa, Asia, or Europe. Courses that focus on an ethnic or cultural Diaspora within the United States do not satisfy the area studies requirement. 

Please see an advisor within the department if you have questions about this. Area studies courses may be spread over more than one area; it is not required that these courses relate to the language area.  Courses may double-count with the college-wide global perspectives portfolio requirement.

Concentration in Marketing

Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of any three (3) of the following:
Plus three of the following

MKT 2006International Marketing

3

MKT 2016Integrated Marketing Communications

3

MKT 2017Internet Marketing

3

MKT 2024Consumer Behavior

3

MKT 2025Market Research

3

Required Courses

MGT 1001Fundamentals of Management

3

ACC 1002Fundamentals of Accounting I

3

MKT 1003Introduction to Marketing

3

MGT 1007Computer Concepts Business Applications

3

ACC 1008Fundamentals of Accounting II

3

ECO 1001Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECO 1002Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECO 2060Economic Statistics

3

MGT 3090Capstone Seminar: Management Strategy

3