Bachelor of Science in Management

The Department of Management and Marketing offers a wide variety of courses intended for both business and non-business majors, including courses leading to the Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Management and Marketing Management, a minor in Marketing Management, and several interdisciplinary business majors and minors. Management courses include such topics as the management of human resources, finances, raw materials, and information. Management students learn to set goals, formulate strategies, motivate people, and monitor performance. Marketing courses help prepare students to work in areas such as advertising, sales, market research, product planning, purchasing, transportation, and public relations. Management and Marketing skills are applicable in virtually all types of organizations. The management major prepares students with a blend of theory and applied skills for entry-level management or administrative positions. Through the selection of electives in the major, students can focus on small business management and entrepreneurship or human resource management. Students majoring in management complete a management internship to gain experience in the actual practice of management. Management courses include such topics as the management of human resources, finances, raw materials and information. Management students learn to set goals, formulate strategies, motivate people and monitor performance. The undergraduate management curriculum consists of a lower-division (pre-professional) core, upper-division (professional) core, special requirements and management major requirements. The pre-professional curricular requirements enable majors to acquire a common body of knowledge essential to successful completion of the professional program coursework.