Major in Management 


School of Business and Justice Studies 


(Bachelor of Science Degree)

(Concentrations in General Management, Human Resources Management, Marketing Management, and Risk Management and Insurance.)
 
The purpose of the major is to prepare graduates for competent and responsible participation in business and society. Recognizing the crucial role of business activity for our economy and society, the major is designed to introduce students to the way business functions in the larger social context. Business operations are presented in an integrated fashion, as they will be in a real business environment. Issues of ethics and social responsibility, the global nature of business, and technological developments, as well as skills in interpersonal dynamics, research, and oral and written communication, are emphasized throughout the curriculum.

Total credit hours required for degree: 120

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS


(See also General Education Core)

Course Credit Hours Year Taken
Core 34-55  
Major Course Requirements
(Some of the following may be used to satisfy college core requirements)

Accounting 201 Financial Accounting 3 2
Accounting 202 Managerial Accounting 3 2
Business Law 301 The Legal Environment of Business  
or
Economics 346 Government and Economic Life 3 2,3
Economics 131 Principles of Microeconomics 3 1
Economics 141 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 1
Economics 241 Statistics 3 2,3
Economics elective* 300- or 400-level course in Economics 3 3,4
Finance 333 Corporation Finance 3 2
Management 101 Introduction to Contemporary Business 3 1
Management 201 Principles of Business Management I 3 2
Management 202 Principles of Business Management II 3 2
Management 301 Intermediate Business Management 3 3
Management 451 Advanced Principles of Management 3 4
Elective 300- or 400-level elective in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, or Marketing 3 3,4
Mathematics 143 & 144 Mathematical Analysis for Business and Economics I and II  
or
Mathematics 201 Calculus I 3 or 6 1,2
  45-48  
Concentration
Day students should select one concentration from among General Management, Human Resources Management, and Marketing Management. Continuing Education students must select the General Management concentration.

Concentration in General Management
Choose two courses in Management at the 300- or 400-level
(One of these may be Management 470, Internship)
Choose one 300- or 400-level course from each of two of the following areas: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Marketing 12 3,4
 
Concentration in Human Resources Management
Management 371 Human Resources Management 3 3,4
Choose three of the following courses:
Economics 344 Labor Economics  
Economics 375 Health Economics  
Management 375 Collective Bargaining  
Management 300 or 400 Selected Topics in Management  
Management 470 Internship  
Psychology 372 The Counseling and Interviewing Process 9 3,4
  12

  
Concentration in Marketing Management
Marketing 481 Marketing Management 3 3,4
Choose three of the following courses:
Economics 332 Managerial Economics  
Marketing 311 Elements of Advertising  
Marketing 412 Sales Management and Personal Selling  
Marketing 413 Market Research  
Marketing 415 International Marketing  
Marketing 300 or 400 Selected Topics in Marketing  
Marketing 470 Internship 9 3,4
  12  
Concentration in Risk Management and Insurance
RMI 273 Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance 3 2,3
RMI 483 Risk Management 3  4
Choose two of the following courses:
RMI 325 Principles of Insurance: Life, Health, and Annuities  
RMI 367 Derivatives Markets  
RMI 375 Quantitative Financial Analysis of Risk  
RMI 470 Internship in Risk Management and Insurance 6 3,4
  12  
Recommendation to participate through membership in Gamma Iota Sigma.
Electives
The student must complete sufficient elective courses to earn at least the minimum credit hours required for this degree, and at least 60 credit hours of the 120 required must be in the liberal arts and sciences. Students are encouraged to select electives that will complement their major course of study, for example, courses in Anthropology, Communications, Government and Politics, History, International Studies, Law, and Sociology.


* Must be a course other than the one used in the concentration.