Curriculum

This is an unofficial description for this program. For official information check the Academic Catalog.

A minor is not required with this major.

School of Business Admission Requirements

Requirements

Students in the management major must complete the 27-credit common business core requirements and 30 credits of management major requirements:

The management major includes four options:

  • Management major with a specialization in general management
  • Management major with a specialization in human resource management
  • Management major with a specialization in entrepreneurship
  • Management major with a specialization in international business (suspend concentration for 3 years)

Management Major with a Specialization in General Management:

Business Electives:

Students must select 9 credits of 300- or 400-level School of Business courses in consultation with a Department of Management faculty advisor. These 9 credits are selected from courses in AC, ENT, FIN, LAW, MGT, MIS, and MKT courses. These courses are completed after satisfying all course prerequisites for each course.

Management Major with a Specialization in Human Resource Management:

For students interested in preparing for careers in human resource management or personnel administration in a variety of business and non-business settings.

All students who choose the human resource specialization may take courses only after meeting with a Department of Management faculty advisor and adopting a planned program.

Business Electives:

Students must select 9 credits of 300- or 400-level School of Business courses in consultation with a Department of Management faculty advisor. These 9 credits are selected from AC, ENT, FIN, LAW, MGT, MIS, and MKT courses. Courses are completed after satisfying all course prerequisites for each course.

Management Major with a Specialization in Entrepreneurship:

Prepares students for entrepreneurial careers in new venture creation, managing family-owned or other small business enterprises, or working in an entrepreneurial capacity (product development, business development, cross-discipline leadership, etc.) for existing firms. This specialization provides a basic foundation in the knowledge necessary to search for and evaluate new venture opportunities, and to finance, operate, and manage new or growing businesses. Students are required to complete a field study experience.

Students must complete the School of Business 27-credit common business core plus the following 30 credits. Students should meet with a faculty advisor before declaring a Specialization or Minor in Entrepreneurship.

Business Electives:

Students must complete 9 credits of 300- or 400-level courses offered by the School of Business courses, to be determined in consultation with a Department of Management faculty advisor. These courses are selected from AC, ENT, FIN, LAW, MGT, MIS, and MKT courses.

Management Major with a Specialization in International Business:

Concentration is suspended for 3 years

The Management Major with a Specialization in International Business prepares its graduates for advanced graduate study and for entry-level positions in global and international business enterprises. The program provides students with a broad general education which includes language, culture and international courses and, at the same time, provides students with a core of international business courses and selected specializations in the functional business areas. Students will be provided with study abroad opportunities.

Students are required to take the general education requirements, free elective requirements, and the business core requirements as all management majors. In addition, the students are required to complete:

Functional Specialization:

Three courses (9 credits) from one of five functional specialization areas:

Accounting:

AC 300 Intermediate Accounting I 3 Credits

AC 301 Cost Management Systems 3 Credits

AC 312 Intermediate Accounting II 3 Credits

  or  

  AC 300 plus two additional courses selected after consulting a faculty advisor in accounting  

Marketing:

Management/Entrepeneurship:

(From recommended. not required, lists)

Business electives:

Two courses from among upper-division Business School courses, or, with Management Department advisor's approval, I-designated courses.

Total Credit Hours: 30

Admissions Contact

Undergraduate Recruitment & Admissions

Academic Contact

Christopher Lee
Department Chair & Professor
Management & Organization
R.C. Vance Academic Center
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Academic Department