Management Major, B.A./B.S.

Romain College of Business

58 hours (34 hours of Business Core + 24 hours of management and business coursework)

The management major is designed to prepare students for careers as managers in for-profit or not-for-profit organizations, private sector, or public sector. Managers set the goals of their organizations and decide how best to achieve them. They direct activities and allocate financial, physical, and information resources. They lead members of the organization to work together, and they monitor progress toward achieving the organization’s goals. The management major provides broad coverage of the technical, interpersonal, conceptual, and analytical skills necessary to specialize in a particular concentration such as human resource management or change/innovation management.

Romain College of Business Degree Requirements

All baccalaureate degree candidates must successfully complete a minimum total of 120 credit hours. Students majoring in accounting and professional services, business administration, computer information systems, finance, management, and marketing complete 55 to 67 hours of coursework divided into three segments:

34 credit hours in business core requirements taken by all business majors,
major field requirements totaling 24 to 33 hours, and
electives, as needed to total 120 hours

Business majors wishing to complete a second major must complete a minimum of 12 unique hours in the second major. A business major wishing to complete a second baccalaureate degree must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours in addition to those required for their first degree and must fulfill all requirements for the second degree. Transfer students must complete at least one-half of business coursework required for graduation in residence.

Business students must achieve a grade point average of at least 2.2 in the first 60 hours of coursework to enroll in upper division business courses.
Business students must achieve a grade point average of at least 2.0 in all required business coursework to be eligible for graduation.

Core 39 Requirements for Business Majors

All students must complete Core 39. Romain College of Business majors must complete specific courses in speech, mathematics, social behavior, global communities, and diversity to provide the necessary background in analytical tools and behavioral sciences upon which the advanced study of management is based. The Core 39 courses required for business majors are:

Required Core 39 Courses:		Hrs
Foundations Composition/Speech	CMST 101 - Introduction to Public Speaking	3
Foundations Mathematics	MATH 111, MATH 114, MATH 115, MATH 215,or MATH 230	3-4
Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry	ECON 208 - Principles of Microeconomics	3
Ways of Knowing-Moral & Ethical Reasoning	PHIL 201 - Introduction to Ethics	3
BS Skills-Social Science	PSY 201 - Introduction to Psychology	3
Embedded Experience-Global	ECON 241 - Global Economic Issues	3
Embedded Experience-Diversity	PHIL 201 - Introduction to Ethics	3
Embedded Experience-Writing	BCOM 231 - Business Communication AND	3
	MNGT 452 - Policy Formulation and Implementation	3
The following course should also be completed during the freshman or sophomore year:
	ECON 209 - Principles of Macroeconomics	3

Management Major, B.A./B.S.

Romain College of Business Degree Requirements

Core 39 Requirements for Business Majors

Business Core for All Business Majors (34 hours)

Business Major Requirements (24-33 hours)

Management Major (24 hours)

Required Courses (9 hours)

Electives (15 hours)