Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Management Major (120 hrs.)

The management major is highly relevant to all facets of a business organization. This program equips students with the knowledge needed to take on leadership and strategic roles across various industries and organizational structures regardless of their size. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the key principles that drive effective decision-making and organizational success and build skills that are essential for graduates seeking to manage teams, improve operations, or contribute to the growth of a company.

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Mission

The goal is to equip students with the quality educational tools needed to develop a career of leadership in the management profession, provide them with a depth of studies that prepares them to meet the contemporary needs of the business and community they will serve as professionals, and to enable them to be contributing citizens of local, regional and international communities with a valuable and diverse knowledge.

Outcomes

Our program assures that students attain the following outcomes:

1. Demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving abilities in an organization context.
2. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills.
3. Demonstrate quantitative reasoning through analysis, synthesis, and interpretation of data.
4. Demonstrate responsible, appropriate, and effective use of information and communication technology (ICT) tools to access, manage, integrate, analyze, evaluate, create and communicate information.
5. Prepare to seek and grow in a professional career path:
   1. Demonstrate a knowledge base specific to management.
6. Demonstrate ethical acumen both personally and professionally.

Degree Requirements

General Education Requirements - 39 hours

Communication – 12 hrs.

ENG 133	Technical Communication	3
	Or
ENG 143	College Composition	3
HUM 203	Humanities Seminar	3
SP 203	Effective Speaking	3
COM 213	Business Communication	3

Humanities and Social Science – 9 hrs.

ECO 213	Microeconomics	3
ECO 223	Macroeconomics	3
	Or
ECO 203	Survey of Economics	3
	Social Science Elective (3)	3
	Humanities Elective (3)	3

Mathematics and Science – 12 hrs.

MA 113	College Algebra	3
MA 173	Essential Calculus	3
	Or
MA 163	Applied Math w/Business Concepts	3
MA 253	Statistics	3
	Science Elective (3)	3

Other – 6 hrs.

BA 213	Business Spreadsheets	3
PSY 113	Principles of Psychology	3

Additional Requirements - 81 hours

Take one of the below:

BA 101	University Experience for Ketner School of Business	1
BA 102	University Experience-Business Students	2
UE 101	University Experience	1

*UE 111 Online Learning Orientation for students in the online program

Business Core – 35-37 hrs.

AC 203	Accounting I	3
AC 213	Accounting II	3
BA 123	Business Concepts	3
BA 201	Professional Development & Strategies	1
BA 3113	Business Internship	3
BA 453	Global Strategic Management	3
FIN 303	Managerial Finance	3
FIN 353	Personal Finance	3
LAW 203	Business Law & Ethics	3
MGT 353	Designing Operations	3
MGT 363	Organizational Behavior	3
MGT 483	Capstone	3
MK 203	Marketing	3

BA 3111 - 3113: Advisor will determine the appropriate class anywhere between BA 3111 and BA 3113 (1 - 3 credits worth of internship work).

Concentration Requirements - 30 hrs.

BA 433	Business Analytics	3
MGT 303	Risk Management	3
MGT 313	Human Resource Management	3
MGT 323	Leadership	3
MGT 383	Principles of Project Management	3
	Management Elective (6)	6
	Business Electives (9)	9

Management Electives - Choose any MGT 300/400 Level (6 hrs.)

Business Electives - 9 hours

Applicable courses with following prefixes that align with student career goals and based upon advisor recommendation and approval (AC, BA, COM, ECO, ENT, FIN, GM, HC, HR, INF, LAW, LDR, MGT, MK, SM)

Electives – 12-14 hrs.

Free Electives (12-14)

12-14

Total Credit Hours: 120