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Bachelor of Science in Business Studies with Emphasis in Management

Overview

The B.S. in Business Studies with Emphasis in Management helps students develop skills in managing people, materials, equipment, information and other resources used in the production of goods and services. It also helps the students understand the decision-making process in firms, and develops in them an orderly and systematic way of thinking. It prepares them for graduate work or for supervisory positions in such areas as purchasing, inventory control, operations scheduling, and operations cost control, among others.

Curriculum

A minimum of 92 credits are required to graduate, distributed as follows:

  • Business Core Requirements (36 credits)
  • Emphasis Requirements (12 credits)
  • Other Requirements — Business Electives (12 credits)
  • LAS Requirements (30 credits)*
  • Free Electives (8 credits)

* The core business courses ECO201 and ECO202 fulfill 6 of these credits, as they are also LAS Social Sciences requirements.

The changes in LAS , business electives, and free electives requirements are applicable for the entering class of Fall 2021. Existing students may choose to follow the old or the new curriculum.

Business Core Requirements (36 credits)

  • ACC203 Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
  • BUS213 Business Law & Ethics (3 cr.)
  • BUS299 Civic and SDG Engagement (0 cr.)
  • ECO201 Microeconomics (3 cr.)
  • ECO202 Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
  • FIN301 Managerial Finance (3 cr.)
  • ITM211 Information Systems and AI for Business (3 cr.)
  • MGT201 Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship (3 cr.)
  • MGT338  Negotiation Workshop (1 cr.)
  • MGT420 Strategic Planning & Policy Formulation (3 cr.)
  • MGT438 Leadership Workshop (1 cr.)
  • MKT201 Contemporary Marketing (3 cr.)
  • OPM301 Operation & Production Management (3 cr.)
  • QBA201 Statistics for Business Insights (3 cr.)
  • XXX399 Internship/Practicum* (1 cr.)

* Major-specific course with the appropriate code: ACC399, FIN399, FEM399, ITM399, IBS399, MGT399, or MKT399.

Emphasis Requirements (12 credits)

  • MGT301 Organizational Behavior (3 cr.)
  • MGT401 Project Management (3 cr.)
  • MGT411 Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Start-up Lab
  • MGT441 Human Resources Management (3 cr.)

Other Requirements (12 credits)

Business Electives: Choose any 12 credits of the following courses:

Block A: Minimum 6 credits

  • FEM301 Entrepreneurial & Small Business Management (3 cr.)
  • FEM304 Family Business Management (3 cr.)
  • FEM312 Digital Entrepreneurship (3 cr.)
  • FEM333 Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Valuation (3 cr.)
  • FEM410 Corporate Governance (3cr.)
  • FIN302  Financial Institutions & Markets (3 cr.)
  • IBS311   Management Multinational Corporations (3 cr.)
  • MGT317 Conflict Resolution Tools for the Business World (3 cr.)
  • MGTXXX Business Ethics (3 cr.)
  • MGT450 Special Topics in Management (3 cr.)

Block B: Maximum 6 credits

1. Soft Skills: Maximum 3 credits

  • MGT236 Communication Skills (1 cr.)
  • MGT336 Developing a Business Plan (1 cr.)
  • MGT436 Personality & Career Development (1 cr.)

2. Vertically Integrated Projects: Maximum 3 credits

  • VIP201 Vertically Integrated Projects (1 cr.)
  • VIP301 Vertically Integrated Projects (1 cr.)
  • VIP401 Vertically Integrated Projects (1 cr.)

3. Other Electives

  • ACC300 Managerial Accounting (3 cr.)
  • BDA211 Introduction to Applied Data Analytics (3 cr.)
  • BDA214 AI for Business (3 cr.)
  • BUS311 Research Methods (3 cr.)
  • QBA301 Intermediate Managerial Statistics (3 cr.)

LAS Requirements (30 credits)

Free Electives (8 credits)

Recommended Study Plan

Year One

Fall (15 credits)

  • ACC203 Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
  • MGT201 Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship (3 cr.)
  • ECO201 Microeconomics (3 cr.)
  • LAS Core Requirement (3 cr.)
  • LAS Elective (3 cr.)

Spring (15 credits)

  • MKT201 Contemporary Marketing (3 cr.)
  • ECO202 Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
  • Business Elective I (Block A or B — see Elective Menu) (3 cr.)
  • LAS Core Requirement (3 cr.)
  • LAS Elective (3 cr.)

Year Two

Fall (16 credits)

  • QBA201 Statistics for Business Insights (3 cr.)
  • ITM211 Information Systems and AI for Business (3 cr.)
  • MGT338 Negotiation Workshop (1 cr.)
  • MGT301 Organizational Behavior (3 cr.)
  • MGT401 Project Management (3 cr.)
  • LAS Elective (3 cr.)

Spring (15 credits)

  • BUS213 Business Law & Ethics (3 cr.)
  • FIN301 Managerial Finance (3 cr.)
  • BUS299 Civic and SDG Engagement (0 cr.)
  • MGT411 Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Start-up Lab (3 cr.)
  • Business Elective II (Block A or B — see Elective Menu) (3 cr.)
  • LAS Elective (3 cr.)

Summer (after Year Two) 

  • MGT399  Management Internship / Practicum (1 cr.) (Minimum 120 hours; prerequisite: BUS299) 

Year Three

Fall (16 credits)

  • OPM301 Operations & Production Management (3 cr.)
  • MGT438 Leadership Workshop (1 cr.)
  • MGT441 Human Resources Management (3 cr.)
  • Business Elective III (Block A or B — see Elective Menu) (3 cr.)
  • LAS Elective (3 cr.)
  • Free Elective (3 cr.)

Spring (14 credits)

  • MGT420 Strategic Planning & Policy Formulation (3 cr.)
  • Business Elective IV (Block A or B — see Elective Menu) (3 cr.)
  • LAS Elective (3 cr.)
  • Free Elective (2 cr.)
  • Free Elective (3 cr.)