Program Competencies
Students completing the program will be able to:
- Identify legal and ethical issues in business and understand appropriate courses of action.
- Work effectively as first-line managers and leaders, and have an understanding of motivation, leadership, and teamwork consistent with effective organizational management.
- Understand the business and managerial tasks associated with developing and executing organizational strategies and will understand the implications of those strategies for both the firm's operations and its stakeholders.
Assessment
Management exit examination
Management Track Requirements
General Education
Refer to the General Education section for a complete listing of general education requirements for the University. Program requirements that are also general education requirements will count in both places (as applicable).
Business Qualifying Courses
Business Prerequisite Course
| ACCT 281 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 282 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BBA 261 | Business Law and Regulations | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Upper Core BBA Courses
Students must be admitted to the Department of Business Administration program to register for upper division business core courses. Admission requires completion of the business qualifying courses and a cumulative Morehead State GPA of at least 2.25 for all MSU and transfer courses.
| CIS 311 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| FIN 360 | Business Finance | 3 |
| BBA 315 | Quantitative Analysis for Business | 3 |
| BBA 350 | Business Plan Development | 3 |
| BBA 363 | Ethical Decision Making in Business | 3 |
| BBA 370 | Operations and Service Management | 3 |
| BBA 380 | International Business | 3 |
| BBA 475 | Leadership Development | 3 |
| BBA 499C | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MATH 305 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 30 |
BBA 380: (or international cooperative education, or international exchange course experience)
Track Requirements
| MNGT 311 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MNGT 465 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Approved Management Track Electives
Choose nine hours (three courses) from the following:
MNGT 439: (maximum of three credit hours of co-op credit)
Guided Electives
Management track students must choose four courses (12 credit hours) from the following categories. The same course cannot be used to fulfill the approved management electives and guided electives components of the degree program.
Category 1: Management
Choose twelve hours (four courses) from the following:
Category 2: International Management
| MNGT 409 | International Management | 3 |
| MKT 469 | International Marketing | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Choose three hours (one course) from the following:
| ECON 447 | International Economics | 3 |
| FIN 485 | International Finance | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Choose three hours (one course) from the following:
In addition, students choosing the International Management category are required to complete:
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Six hours of study in a foreign language or its equivalent (as approved by the associate dean/department chair); and
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IST 301 — International Studies Study Abroad (one credit hour) for participation in a Kentucky Institutive of International Studies (KIIS), Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA) program, the Magellan Exchange Program or another international study program approved by the associate dean or department chair.
Category 3: Health Care Management
| BBA 301 | The Healthcare System | 3 |
| FIN 484 | Healthcare Financial Management | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Choose six hours (two courses) from the following:
| HSM 361 | Healthcare Legal and Regulatory Environment | 3 |
| CIS 365 | Healthcare Informatics | 3 |
| MKT 365 | Services and Relationship Marketing | 3 |
| FIN 376 | Risk Manage and Insurance | 3 |
| MNGT 439 | Cooperative Education IV | 1-8 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Free Electives