Management, B.B.A.
The Core Curriculum is designed to foster critical thinking skills and introduce students to basic domains of thinking that transcend disciplines. The Core applies to all majors. Information on specific classes in the Core can be found at https://www.marshall.edu/gened/.
Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Curriculum | ||
| Core 1: Critical Thinking | ||
| FYS 100 | First Yr Sem Critical Thinking | 3 |
| PSY 201 | Introductory Psychology (CT) | 3 |
| ACC 215 | Intro Financial Accounting(CT) | 3 |
| Core 2 | ||
| ENG 101 | Beginning Composition | 3 |
| ENG 201 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| CMM 207 | Bus & Prof Communication | 3 |
| STA 150 | Foundations of Statistics | 3 |
| STA 150L | Foundations of Statistics Lab | 1 |
| Natural/Physical Science | 4 | |
| Humanities | 3 | |
| PSY 201 | Introductory Psychology (CT) | 3 |
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Additional University Requirements | ||
| ENG 204 | Writing for the Workplace (Writing Intensive) | 3 |
| MGT 460 | Strategic Management (Writing Intensive) | 3 |
| MC or I: Intl Business Elective | 3 | |
| MGT 419 | Business & Society (Capstone) | 3 |
| College-Specific | ||
| ENG 204 | Writing for the Workplace | 3 |
| ACC 215 | Intro Financial Accounting(CT) | 3 |
| ACC 216 | Intro Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ECN 250 | Principles Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECN 253 | Principles Macroeconomics | 3 |
| FIN 323 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| LE 207 | Legal Environ of Business | 3 |
| MIS 200 | Bus Computer Applications | 3 |
| MIS 290 | Prin Management Info Systems | 3 |
| MGT 218 | Business Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| MGT 320 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MGT 460 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MKT 340 | MKT Concepts and Applications | 3 |
| Communication Studies Elective: | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Professional Presentations | ||
| Persuasive Communication | ||
| Group Communication | ||
| Superior-Subordinate Comm | ||
| Intercultural Communication | ||
| International Business Elective: | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Comparative Econ Systems | ||
| International Trade | ||
| Global Macroeconomic Analysis | ||
| Economic of Dev Countries | ||
| International Fin Management | ||
| International Management (cannot count as both the International Business Elective and a MGT Elective) | ||
| International Marketing | ||
| Major-Specific | ||
| MGT 420 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MGT 422 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGT 424 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT 419 | Business & Society | 3 |
| Students may choose to take elective credit in the major or an emphasis in Human Resources and Organizational Behavior or Supply Chain Analytics. | ||
| MGT Elective | 3 | |
| MGT Elective | 3 | |
| MGT Elective | 3 | |
| MGT Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
Major Information
- The total number of free electives required depends on the number of hours completed in STA 150 Foundations of Statistics or STA 150B Foundations of Stats-Expanded and ENG 101 Beginning Composition or ENG 101P Beginning Composition Plus and the number of hours that can be double-counted toward multiple degree requirements.
- MGT Electives can be any 300 or 400 level MGT courses not already required (except MGT 490 Internship) or MKT 350 Supply Chain Logistics.
- MGT 419 Business & Society is the capstone course for all Management majors. It is normally taken in the senior year.
- Multicultural or International additional university requirement met with International Business Elective.
- Please check with advisor about course offerings. Not all classes will be offered every semester.
Semester Plan
The Department of Management and Health Care Administration offers a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Management. In order to be successful in today’s business world, managers must learn how to manage financial, human, and time-based resources. At the individual level, topics include employee motivation and performance, work attitudes such as job satisfaction and commitment, and worker-based factors like personality and emotion. At the interpersonal level, topics of interest include group behavior and teamwork, leadership, negotiations, and human resource management strategies related to staffing, compensation, and employee development. At the firm level, topics include firm performance, organizational culture, strategic decision making, entrepreneurship, and executive behavior. Management majors can chose to have an area of emphasis in Supply Chain Analytics or Human Resources and Organizational Behavior.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Credit Hours | |
| FYS 100 | First Yr Sem Critical Thinking | 3 |
| ENG 101 | Beginning Composition | 3 |
| STA 150 | Foundations of Statistics | 3 |
| STA 150L | Foundations of Statistics Lab | 1 |
| PSY 201 | Introductory Psychology (CT) | 3 |
| MIS 200 | Bus Computer Applications | 3 |
| UNI 100 | Freshman First Class | 1 |
| Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| ECN 250 | Principles Microeconomics | 3 |
| CMM 207 | Bus & Prof Communication | 3 |
| Core II Physical or Natural Science | 4 | |
| Core II Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ACC 215 | Intro Financial Accounting(CT) | 3 |
| ECN 253 | Principles Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ENG 201 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| LE 207 | Legal Environ of Business | 3 |
| CMM Studies Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ACC 216 | Intro Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| MGT 218 | Business Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| ENG 204 | Writing for the Workplace | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Core II Humanities | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| FIN 323 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| MGT 320 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MKT 340 | MKT Concepts and Applications | 3 |
| MIS 290 | Prin Management Info Systems | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| MGT 422 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGT 424 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT Elective | 3 | |
| MGT Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| MGT 420 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MGT Elective | 3 | |
| MGT Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| MGT 419 | Business & Society | 3 |
| MGT 460 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| International Business Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |