Business Management Program

Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125-126

 

First Year - Credits: 32-33

• ACC 175 - Financial Accounting (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 110 - Business Computers I (Cr: 3)
  
  or elective

• BUS 120 - Business Fundamentals I (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 121 - Business Fundamentals II (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 122 - Business Problem Solving (Cr: 3)
  
  or elective

• ECN 201 - Macroeconomics (Cr: 3)
  

• ECN 202 - Microeconomics (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.

• ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.

• INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
  

• MTH 126 - Applied Statistics (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement

Sophomore - Credits: 32

• Aesthetic Awareness & Creative Expression General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
• Individual and Society General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)

• ACC 185 - Managerial Accounting (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 200 - Marketing (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 210 - Finance (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 249 - Introduction to Business Analytics (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 270 - Communicating in Business (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 325 - Operations Management (Cr: 3)
  

• INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
  

Junior - Credits: 31

• Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
• Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• Management Electives  (Cr: 9)
• General Education Elective  (Cr: 3)

• BUS 305 - Human Resource Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 320 - Organizational Behavior (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 370 - Business Analysis and Research (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement

• BUS 379 - Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
  

• BUS 415 - Business Negotiation (Cr: 3)
  

Senior - Credits: 30

• Management Elective  (Cr: 3)
• General Education Electives  (Cr: 6)

• BUS 450 - Dynamics of Leadership (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
  

• BUS 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 490 - Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
  
  Or

• BUS 491 - Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
  

Business Management Electives

Choose four (4) from the following:

• ACC 301 - Intermediate Accounting I (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 214 - Artificial Intelligence + Business (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 222 - Introduction to Cannabis Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 223 - Fashion and Retail Merchandising (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 224 - Principles of Buying (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 300 - Entrepreneurship (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 302 - Legal Environment for Business Including the UCC (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 303 - International Business (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 309 - Project Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 311 - Corporate Finance (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 315 - Introduction to Construction Project Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 317 - Construction Cost Control and Estimation (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 322 - Introduction to Healthcare Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 326 - Introduction to Real Estate (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 327 - Supply Chain Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 328 - Sales Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 329 - Retail Product Development (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 333 - Design Thinking (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 334 - Digital Marketing (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 338 - Management of Closely-Held and Family Businesses (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 345 - Business Decision Making (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 349 - Advanced Business Analytics (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 355 - Risk Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 360 - Retail Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 365 - Business, the Environment, and Sustainability (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 380 - Small Business Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 381 - Nonprofit Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 420 - Labor Relations and Employment Law (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 422 - Advanced Human Resource Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 425 - Business and Society (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 440 - Topics in Real Estate Seminar (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 442 - Contemporary Topics in Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 475 - Business Strategy and Policy (Cr: 3)
  

• CSC 160/160L - Introduction to Programming and Lab (Cr: 4)
  

• ECN 302 - Intermediate Microeconomics (Cr: 3)
  

• HTM 110 - Service Management (Cr: 3)
  

• HTM 140 - Culinary Arts Operations (Cr: 3)
  

• HTM 202 - Foundations of Hospitality Management (Cr: 3)
  

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the business management program, students will:

• Demonstrate the analytical and problem solving skills needed to solve complex management challenges in business.
• Calculate and interpret quantitative data.
• Evaluate evidence systematically in developing solutions to business problems.
• Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within business.
• Communicate effectively in oral and written form within the conventions of business.
• Apply a range of business 'best practices' in a professional environment.

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