Department of Management

(SYMBOL: MGT)

The Management major prepares students for careers as professional managers in corporations, public institutions, not-for-profit organizations, and small businesses. In addition, the program provides a foundation for students who want to pursue graduate degrees in business and public administration, law, and the social sciences. The curriculum gives students a broad exposure to the functional areas of business, the environments in which organizations must operate, and knowledge of important behavioral dimensions of management. Students may select Management as a major or minor field of study.

The baccalaureate program in Management requires 124 minimum total semester hours including courses from four categories: (1) the Core Curriculum, (2) the Business Core, (3) the Management Core, and (4) a minor field of study or electives sufficient to achieve the required minimum total hours.

Majors outside of business may also choose management as a minor.

Students must achieve a cumulative grade point average of 2.25 in all Department of Business course work and in each minor.