Business Management, Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science

Business Management Major Requirements for the B.A. and B.S. Degree

All business management majors are required to take the following nine courses:

ACC 1002Fundamentals of Accounting I

3

ACC 1008Fundamentals of Accounting II

3

ECO 1001Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECO 1002Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECO 2060Economic Statistics

3

MGT 1001Fundamentals of Management

3

MGT 1007Computer Concepts Business Applications

3

 

MGT 3090Capstone Seminar: Management Strategy

3

OR

ECO 3997Senior Seminar in Economics

3

 

MKT 1003Introduction to Marketing

3

Courses with the ACC, MGT and MKT codes are not counted as liberal arts

Senior Seminar (ECO 3997) must be taken for honors in the division. Students may take both ECO 3997 and MGT 3090 and one will count as an elective.

Elective Courses:

Business Management majors who do not choose an area of concentration must take 3 electives. In addition to the management-designated courses (coded MGT), students may take any accounting, economics, finance or marketing course as an elective (any course coded ACC,ECO, FIN or MKT).

Business Management majors who choose an area of concentration must choose their electives from the courses listed under their concentration. For the Human Resource Management concentration, students must take 1 additional required course and choose 3 electives, for a total of 13 courses. For the Finance concentration, students must take 3 additional required courses and one elective, for a total of 13 courses. For the International Management concentration, students must take 2 additional required courses and choose 2 electives, for a total of 13 courses. Students who concentrate in International Management are also required to minor in a language.

Senior Seminar

The seminar is offered only during the fall semester. Students undertake research on a topic approved by the instructor and use management tools and techniques to reach conclusions. The results of the research project are presented in a senior thesis and discussed in a seminar format. A grade of C- is the minimum standard for a successful senior evaluation. Students not taking the Senior Seminar, must take the MGT 3090 Capstone Seminar. Students may take both if they desire and only students who take the Senior Seminar will be considered for honors in the division at graduation.

Concentrations within the Business Management Major

Although not a requirement, a Business Management major may choose to concentrate in the following areas: accounting, finance, human resource management, international management or marketing.

Concentration in Accounting

Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of:

ACC 2035Intermediate Accounting I

3

ACC 2036Intermediate Accounting II

3

Plus one of the following:

ACC 2037Fundamentals of Taxation

3

ACC 3019Advanced Management Accounting

3

ACC 3024Auditing

3

Courses with the ACC code are not counted as liberal arts

Concentration in Finance

Completion of the nine required courses for the Business Management major and the completion of:

ECO 3015Money and Banking

3

FIN 2002Principles of Finance

3

FIN 3010Corporation Finance

3

 

FIN 3015Investment Analysis

3

OR

FIN 3017Global Finance

3

Courses with the FIN code are not counted as liberal arts

Concentration in Marketing

Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of any three of the following:

MGT 2008Corporations in Society

3

MKT 2006International Marketing

3

MKT 2016Integrated Marketing Communications

3

MKT 2017Internet Marketing

3

MKT 2024Consumer Behavior

3

MKT 2025Market Research

3

Courses with the MKT code are not counted as liberal arts

Concentration in Human Resource Management

Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of:

MGT 1005Management of Human Resources

3

Plus any three of the following:

MGT 1006General HR Employment Practice

3

MGT 2007International Management

3

MGT 2021Compensation and Benefits

3

MGT 2027Management of Workforce Diversity

3

Courses with the MGT code are not counted as liberal arts

Concentration in International Management

Completion of the nine required courses for the business management major and the completion of:

MKT 2006International Marketing

3

MGT 2007International Management

3

Plus two of the following:

POS 1037International Politics

3

ECO 3016International Trade: Theory and Policy

3

FIN 3017Global Finance

3

ECO 3018Economics of Developing Countries

3

Courses with the FIN or MGT codes are not counted as liberal arts.

 

Plus, students are also required to have a minor in one of the modern foreign languages offered at the College. The standards for satisfying this are established by the respective language programs within the World Languages and Literatures Department. The language requirement also applies to students with double majors, one of which is Management, with a concentration in International Management.

Students who can demonstrate fluent or near-fluent proficiency in a modern foreign language (usually involving protracted residence in a county where that language is spoken, and a secondary-school level of proficiency in reading and writing the language) may petition the World Languages and Literature department to be exempted from the minor requirement.