BS in Management: General Business Emphasis (63-64 hours*)
This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see the college advisement center for information regarding requirements for admission to this major.
The general business, or open, emphasis is available to students wishing to design their own program to meet specific goals such as working in a family business or preparing for a graduate program.
Program Requirements |
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- No more than 12 semester hours of upper-division transfer credit will be accepted toward the major and only 6 hours beyond the Integrated Management Core. No transfer courses will be accepted for the Integrated Management Core courses.
- Only courses sufficient for a single emphasis are permitted.
- Complete the following Premanagement Core Courses:
ACC 200 : Principles of Accounting.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Financial and managerial accounting principles. Basic accounting statements, processes, and management applications. Open to all students. |
| NOTE: | Independent Study also. |
ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Strengths and weaknesses of markets and governments for solving problems of social organization or conflict, including policy response to inflation, unemployment, pollution, poverty, growth, etc. |
I SYS 100 : Computer Spreadsheet Skills.
(.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Basic computer skills, focusing on spreadsheet and database programs. No technical background necessary. |
| NOTE: | Fee. |
MATH 119 : Introduction to Calculus.
(4:4:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 110 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to plane analytic geometry and calculus. |
| NOTE: | For students in the College of Life Sciences and the Marriott School of Management. |
STAT 221 : Principles of Statistics.
(3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 110 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Stemplots, boxplots, histograms, scatterplots; central tendency, variability; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing involving one and two means and proportions; contingency tables, regression; computer package. |
| NOTE: | Honors and Independent Study also. |
Note 1: Premanagement Core courses must be completed or in concurrent process of being completed before a student enrolls in Management Core 1 courses.
Note 2: Before registering for Management Core 1 courses, students must complete and submit the "continuance" form to the college advisement center. Based on student performance to date, permission may be granted to take some restricted major-only Management Core 1 courses.
- Apply and be formally accepted into the program.
- Complete the following Management Core 1 courses:
ACC 210 : Principles of Accounting 2.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Acc 200. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Additional issues in financial and managerial accounting. Review of issues related to balance sheet accounts, performance evaluation and capital budgeting. |
| NOTE: | For Marriott School of Management students only. |
BUS M 301 : Financial Management.
(3:3:1.5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Premanagement and Management cores and full acceptance into the Marriott School upper-division major. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Financial management from the viewpoint of the business manager emphasizing profitability, liquidity, and long-range financial planning. |
BUS M 320 : Career Orientation and Preparation.
(.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into Marriott School. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Student orientation and preparation for careers in management. |
| NOTE: | Must be taken first semester in Marriott School. |
BUS M 321 : Mentor Program.
(.5:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into Marriott School. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Discussions with outside mentor about career opportunities. |
| NOTE: | Must be taken first semester in Marriott School. |
I SYS 201 : Introduction to Management Information Systems.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | I Sys 100, 101, and declared business major. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Using technology to solve business problems. Hands-on spreadsheet, database, and Internet software in a business context. |
M COM 320 : Communication in Organizational Settings.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su; Honors also. |
| PREREQUISITE: | GE First-Year Writing requirement. To be taken before senior year. Not for freshmen. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Developing written and oral communications for professional organizations, including composing and designing employment communications. Incorporates oral presentations. |
| NOTE: | Fulfills GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication requirement. |
Note: Management Core 1 courses must be completed or in concurrent process of being completed before a student enrolls in the Integrated Management Core
- Complete the following Integrated Management Core courses:
BUS M 341 : Marketing Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Premanagement and Management I cores and full acceptance into the Marriott School upper-division major. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Market segmentation, product service, promotion, channel, pricing strategies. Marketing principles in consumer and industrial markets, profit and nonprofit organizations, domestic and international companies, and small and large firms. |
BUS M 361 : Supply Chain, Services, and Operations Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Premanagement and Management 1 cores and full acceptance into the Marriott School upper-division major. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Control and coordination of materials and services from point of origin to final point of consumption to meet customer needs efficiently. |
BUS M 390 : Ethics for Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Management Core. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Analyzing ethical dilemmas and understanding ethical theories as they apply to decision making in management. |
ORG B 321 : Organizational Effectiveness.
(3:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | For Marriott School of Management majors only. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Theories and concepts for creating effective organizations, e.g., individual, group, and organizational processes and human resource functions, including selection, compensation, and performance management. |
And complete one course from the following:
MANEC 300 : Economics of Market Systems.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W; Independent Study also. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Econ 110. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Decision making, price formation, and economic organization of the firm in market environments. |
MANEC 358 : International Economics.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Econ 110. |
| DESCRIPTION: | International trade theory and issues, economic integration, trade and development, contemporary trade problems. |
MANEC 376 : Government and Business.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Econ 110. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Interaction of political and economic forces in determining product and asset prices and the distribution of income and wealth. |
MANEC 387 : Economics of Strategy.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Major status. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Economic tools influencing the success of strategy (creation and appropriation of value) emphasizing application of economic theory to management of practice. |
- Complete the following additional courses:
ACC 241 : Business Law in the Environment.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Marriott School of Management major status. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to legal principles and institutions affecting business. |
And complete one course from the following:
BUS M 371R : Entrepreneurship Lecture Series.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| DESCRIPTION: | Lectures by successful entrepreneurs on subjects significant to entrepreneur-type opportunities. |
| : Marriott School Lecture Series. | |
| : Women Entrepreneurs. | |
And complete one course from the following:
MANEC 301 : Macroeconomics for Business Decisions.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Econ 110. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Models of aggregate economic fluctuations, economic growth, inflation, and interest rates. |
MANEC 453 : Money, Banking, and Business.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | BusM 301 or accounting junior core. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Economic analysis of effects of money, banking, and financial institutions on business decisions and aggregate economic activity. |
- Complete the following after the integrated management core has been completed:
- Complete four Marriott School 300- and 400-level major courses that meet specific student needs (except Bus M 371R, 372, 380, 382, 384).
- Complete Marriott School exit survey online.
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.