[ Business & Economics ]

Major in Management

With the explosion of business opportunities around the country and the world, knowledgeable managers are more in demand than ever. Courses such as organization behavior, human resource management, leadership, negotiations, managing diversity, and compensation management round out a management major. A management major opens the door to responsible positions in both non-profit and for-profit institutions.

A student majoring in management must complete the business core (maintaining a 2.0 overall average) and five additional courses in one of the following four areas of specialization: Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management, Operations Management, and General Management.

Entrepreneurship

Required
BUS 352 Entrepreneurship
BUS 491 Small Business Institute
BUS 453 Organization Behavior

And two of the following courses:
BUS 331 Sales
BUS 336 Market Research
BUS 350 Cultural Diversity in Organizations
BUS 365 Business Law
BUS 454 Leadership
BUS 468 Internship
BUS 470 Seminar in Special Topics

Human Resource Management

Required
BUS 354 Human Resource Management
BUS 453 Organization Behavior
BUS 457 Compensation Management
or
ECO 312 Economics of Labor

And two of the following courses:
BUS 350 Cultural Diversity in Organizations
BUS 355 Negotiations: Theory and Practice
BUS 365 Business Law
BUS 454 Leadership
BUS 468 Internship
BUS 470 Seminar in Special Topics
SOC 315 Complex Organizations

Operations Management

Required
BUS 356 Operations Management
BUS 301 Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management
BUS 357 Operations Research

And two of the following courses:
BUS 350 Cultural Diversity in Organizations
BUS 354 Human Resource Management
BUS 355 Negotiations: Theory and Practice
BUS 360 Cost Accounting
BUS 365 Business Law
BUS 453 Organization Behavior
BUS 454 Leadership
BUS 468 Internship
BUS 470 Seminar in Special Topics

General Management

Required
BUS 354 Human Resource Management
BUS 453 Organization Behavior

And three of the following courses:
BUS 350 Cultural Diversity in Organizations
BUS 352 Entrepreneurship
BUS 355 Negotiations: Theory and Practice
BUS 365 Business Law
BUS 454 Leadership
BUS 457 Compensation Management
or
ECO 312 Economics of Labor
BUS 468 Internship
BUS 470 Seminar in Special Topics
BUS 491 Small Business Institute
SOC 315 Complex Organizations