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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Administration, Management Concentration, B.S.


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The B.S. in Business Administration management concentration fosters the notion that every organization needs a leader, who is competent and able to make effective decisions concerning organizational resources, goals, and plans. This program is intended to give students the skills necessary to design, operate, and control business systems and procedures. Coursework is geared toward building student understanding of the social, legal, environmental, technological, organizational and international context within which American businesses operate. The numerous management electives allow students to emphasize human resource or business management.

Graduates typically enter an organization in various capacities and eventually move up to middle and top management positions with increasing responsibility. Some of the industries which typically hire graduates with a concentration in management include agriculture, forestry, mining and construction industries, manufacturing industries, transportation, communications and utilities, wholesale and retail trade businesses, state, local and federal governmental units.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION: MANAGEMENT: 120 SEM. HRS.
Business Core: 45 SEM. HRS.
Management Curriculum (see below): 21 SEM. HRS.
General Studies Requirements: 33 SEM. HRS.
Free Electives: 21 SEM. HRS.

Business Administration


The Bachelors of Science in Business Administration degree provides the graduate with skills and knowledge for employment in a wide variety of contemporary organizations and/or for further study in their field of concentration. Students may choose an area of concentration from Finance, Business, Management, or Marketing

In addition to their concentration curricula, Business Administration students must complete the business core which provides students with knowledge across several functional areas.

Students augment their Business Administration curriculum through completion of the general studies outcomes by taking courses approved to meet each of the outcomes. Though several business core courses enable a student to also meet some of the outcomes, students may choose courses of interest to them in completing the remaining outcomes.

Business Core (45 Credit Hours)


* Students planning to enter a graduate program in business are strongly encouraged to take MATH 1190 (Calculus I) in lieu of MATH 1530 . MATH 1530  also fulfills a general studies requirement.

General Studies Requirements:


* Any course(s) marked with an asterisk (*) above are recommended to complement the program curriculum; however, students may select any other courses from the approved General Studies  list.

Outcome 1 - Critical Analysis:


Outcome 2 - Quantitative Literacy:


(Satisfied in Major)

Outcome 3 - Written Communication:


Outcome 4 - Teamwork:


Outcome 5 - Information Literacy:


Outcome 6 - Technology Literacy:


Outcome 8 - Citizenship:


  • Any Course Listed in Outcome 8 (3)

Outcome 9 - Ethics:


Outcome 10 - Health:


  • Any Course Listed in Outcome 10 (2)

Outcome 11- Interdisciplinary:


  • Any Course Listed in Outcome 11 (3)

Outcome 12 - Arts:


  • Any Course Listed in Outcome 12 (3)

Outcome 13 - Humanities:


  • Any Course Listed in Outcome 13 (3)

Outcome 14 - Social Sciences:


Outcome 15 - Natural Science:


  • Any Course Listed in Outcome 15 (4)

Outcome 16 - Cultural Awareness:


Additional General Studies Hours:


Management Curriculum (21 Credit Hours)


Electives (6 Credit Hours)


Select 6 hours from the following list:

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