Business Management Major Requirements for the B.A. and B.S. Degree
All business management majors are required to take the following nine courses:
ACC 1002, ACC 1008, MGT 1001, MGT 1007, MGT 3090, MKT 1003: Not counted as liberal arts
Senior Seminar (ECO 3997 must be taken for departmental honors) Students may take both ECO 3997 and MGT 3090 and one will count as an elective.
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).
Business Management majors who choose an area of concentration must choose their electives from the courses listed under their concentration. For the Human Resource Management concentration, students must take 1 additional required course and choose 3 electives, for a total of 13 courses. For the Finance concentration, students must take 3 additional required courses and one elective, for a total of 13 courses. For the International Management concentration, students must take 2 additional required courses and choose 2 electives, for a total of 13 courses. Students who concentrate in International Management are also required to minor in a language.
Senior Seminar
The seminar is offered only during the fall semester. Students undertake research on a topic approved by the instructor and use management tools and techniques to reach conclusions. The results of the research project are presented in a senior thesis and discussed in a seminar format. A grade of C- is the minimum standard for a successful senior evaluation. Students not taking the Senior Seminar, must take the MGT 3090 Capstone Seminar. Students may take both if they desire and only students who take the Senior Seminar will be considered for departmental honors at graduation.
Concentrations within the Business Management Major
Although not a requirement, a Business Management major may choose to concentrate in one of the following areas: accounting, marketing, human resource management, or international management.
Concentration in Accounting
Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of:
Plus one of the following:
ACC 2035, ACC 2036, ACC 2037, ACC 3019, ACC 3024: Not counted as liberal arts
Concentration in Finance
Completion of the nine required courses for the Business Management major and the completion of:
ECO 2015, FIN 2002, FIN 3010, FIN 3015, FIN 3017: Not counted as liberal arts
Concentration in Marketing
Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of any three of the following:
MKT 2006, MKT 2016, MKT 2017, MKT 2024, MKT 2025: Not counted as liberal arts
Concentration in Human Resource Management
Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of:
Plus any three of the following:
MGT 1005, MGT 1006, MGT 2007, MGT 2021, MGT 2027: Not counted as liberal arts
Concentration in International Management
Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of:
Plus two of the following:
FIN 3017: Not counted as liberal arts
Plus, students are also required to have a minor in one of the modern foreign languages offered at the College. The standards for satisfying this are established by the respective language programs within the World Languages and Literatures Department. The language requirement also applies to students with double majors, one of which is Management, with a concentration in International Management.
Students who can demonstrate fluent or near-fluent proficiency in a modern foreign language (usually involving protracted residence in a county where that language is spoken, and a secondary-school level of proficiency in reading and writing the language) may petition the World Languages and Literature department to be exempted from the minor requirement.
Plus, students are also required to have a minor in one of the modern foreign languages offered at the College. The standards for satisfying this are established by the respective language programs within the World Languages and Literatures Department. The language requirement also applies to students with double majors, one of which is Management, with a concentration in International Management.
Students who can demonstrate fluent or near-fluent proficiency in a modern foreign language (usually involving protracted residence in a county where that language is spoken, and a secondary-school level of proficiency in reading and writing the language) may petition the World Languages and Literature department to be exempted from the minor requirement.
Music Major with Concentration in Music Management
Requirements for a Music major with concentration in Music Management are set by the Music Department.