Management, BBA

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Program Learning Outcomes

Our BBA graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate skills and attributes commonly expected of a business professional in an internship or other experiential engagement
• Demonstrate foundational knowledge in Accounting, Finance, Operations, Strategy, Marketing, during decision making for a competitive business environment
• Apply foundational knowledge in Accounting, Finance, Operations, Strategy, Marketing, during decision making for a competitive business environment
• Demonstrate successful business communication skills.
• Recognize concepts in ethics and cultural diversity for decision making.
• Apply analytic tools in decision making.
• Apply information technology tools in decision making.

Consistent with the mission of the College of Business, the mission of the Management Discipline is to provide a broad-based undergraduate curriculum designed to prepare students for careers involving leadership and management. 

 In addition to the BBA Learning Outcomes, upon successful completion of the program, Management majors will be able to:

Graduates of this program will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the major theories and perspectives used to examine management.
2. Describe human resource functions and roles in an organization and tools used to address organizational human resources needs.
3. Apply organizational behavior concepts and theories to organizational change recommendations.
4. Describe key theories, concepts and practices associated with effective leadership.
5. Apply the strategic management process in a current business decision making context.

Program Requirements

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ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics should be taken in area E4 or as a free elective.

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Twenty-four (24) credit hours of general electives. Six (6) credit hours must be from courses that have a MGMT prefix at the 3000 level or higher. In addition, six (6) credit hours must be business courses with an ACCT, BLAW, BUSA, ECON, FINA, MGMT, MKTG, SCML prefix at the 3000 level or higher.  The remaining twelve ³ (12) credit hours are open electives (they could be business or non-business courses). Open electives may be at a lower level than 3000. Courses with the following prefixes will not counted in this category: AVIA, CSU, PARA, TECH. Only one internship course can be taken as an elective (this is in addition to the internship taken to satisfy the Required Major Management Courses).

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ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics must be taken as a non-business elective if not taken to satisfy the area E4 requirement.

Non-Business Electives must be three credit hour courses and cannot be courses with the following prefixes: ACCT, AVEL, AVMT, BUSA, BLAW, CAPL, CNET, CITZ, CSOR, CCSU, CSU, DSGN, ELEC, EMS, EXLA, EXLI, EXLP, FINA, HDSK, HFMG (Physical Education), MKMC, MGMT, MKTG, MEDA, OFFC, OMED, PARA, PHED, RGTE, RGTR, READ, TECH, TELE, WCOM, WLAB.

Please Note: This is a suggested course sequence and assumes a starting freshman with no prior college credit who intends to complete their degree in four years. Students should consult with their academic advisor and review the course prerequisites and minimum grade requirements as seen in the Academic Catalog. 

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Grade "C" or higher required for all Area F and upper division courses.

Internship is required for all Management Majors beginning with the 2019-2020 Catalog.  No more than two internships may be taken for credit.