Management

The mission of the Management program is to provide an academic curriculum necessary to enable students to pursue a successful career in management or graduate school. Through exposing the business management student to a rigorously integrated sequence of upper level coursework which builds on the core body of general business studies, the program of study in the major provides students with a solid grasp and appreciation of the dynamic nature of management thought and action, together with a systematic conceptual framework for understanding both the role of a modern complex organization and for evaluating the effectiveness of managerial actions in the control of these organizations.

A foundation of principles and framework by which the functioning of organizations can be analyzed is established to facilitate the graduating management student's continuing success in his or her chosen managerial career.

Degree Requirements

Area I - Foundation Skills - 2 hours

FSL 101

Foundations of Scholarship and Learning

FSL 101 is required only for new and transferring freshmen with less than 24 credit hours. Students must earn a "C" or higher in FSL 101.

Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours

ENG 101	English Composition I	3
ENG 102	English Composition II	3
SPEE 220	Fundamentals of Speech	3
SPAN 111	Elementary Spanish I	3
SPAN 112	Elementary Spanish II	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in ENG 101, ENG 102, and SPAN 111.

Area I - Mathematics (choose one) - 3 or 4 hours

MATH 110	Mathematics for the Liberal Arts	3
MATH 111	College Algebra	3
MATH 121	Calculus I	4

Students must earn a "C" or higher in MATH 110, MATH 111, and MATH 121.

Area II - Arts and Humanities - 3 hours

Choose one from the following:

ART 191	Enhancing Art Understanding	3
ENG 210	Introduction to Film Studies	3
MU 129	Music Listening	3
PHIL 201	Introduction to Philosophy	3
THR 100	Introduction to Theatre	3

Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours

ENG 215	Introduction to Literature	3
ENG 216	Topics in Literature	3

Area II - The Social Sciences - 6 hours

ECON 241

Principles of Macroeconomics

Students must earn a "C" or higher in ECON 241

AND Choose one of the following:

ANTH 210/SOC 210	Cultural Anthropology	3
PSY 201	General Psychology	3
PSY 211	Psychology of Human Growth & Development	3
SOC 221	Introduction to Sociology	3

Area II - History - 6 hours

Choose one of two sequences:

HIS 191	World Civilization to 1500	3
	and
HIS 192	World Civilization since 1500	3
	or
HIS 201	History of the United States I	3
	and
HIS 202	History of the United States II	3

Area II - The Natural Sciences - 7-8 hours

Choose one:

BIO 100	Principles of Biology	4
BIO 111	General Biology I	3

AND Choose one of the following:

CHEM 103	Fundamentals of Chemistry	3
	and
CHEM 103L	Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab	1
	or
CHEM 111	General Chemistry I	3
	and
CHEM 111L	General Chemistry I Lab	1
	or
PS 100	Physical Science	4

Required Business Core Courses - 48 hours

ACC 211	Principles of Accounting I	3
ACC 212	Principles of Accounting II	3
BUA 101	Introduction to Business	3
BUA 251/ENG 351	Business Communications	3
BUA 340	Legal Environment of Business	3
BUA 365	Quantitative Methods I	3
BUA 496	Business Policy	3
CIS 170	Intro to Microcomputer Applications	3
CIS 300	Principles of Information Systems	3
ECON 242	Principles of Microeconomics	3
FIN 301/ECON 301	Money and Banking	3
FIN 449	Business Finance	3
MGT 363	Principles of Management	3
MGT 460/BUA 460	Business and Society	3
MGT 485/BUA 485	International Business	3
MKT 362	Principles of Marketing	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in Business Core Courses.

Required Management Courses - 18 hours

BUA 465/CIS 465	Decision Analysis	3
MGT 364/HCA 364	Organizational Structure & Behavior	3
MGT 368/HCA 368	Human Resources Management	3
MGT 447	Operations Management	3
MGT 490/MKT 490	Marketing Management	3
MGT 499	Management Internship	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in Management courses.

Required Business Electives - 6 hours

Choose three courses designated as the following at the 300 level or above:

Accounting
Business
Computer Information Systems
Computational Science & Technology
Economics
Finance
Information Technology
Management
Marketing

The following specific courses are also accepted as business electives when not used in the GEC: BUA 200, CIS 220, CIS 225, CIS 240, MATH 121, and MATH 122.

Students must earn a "C" or higher in each Business Elective course.

General Electives - 1-5 hours

Select sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours for graduation to a minimum of 120 hours.

Total GEC Credit Hours (43-47 hours)
Total Required Business Core Courses (48 hours)
Total Required Management Courses (18 hours)
Total Required Business Electives (6 hours)
Total General Electives (1-5 hours)

120 minimum hours required for graduation.