The management major may be appropriate for students who want to develop the skills and knowledge to run a family business, to launch and manage the expansion of a high-potential, rapid-growth business, to work in operating units of large or well-established organizations, or to gain a foundation of business knowledge that can be valuable in a graduate or professional school program.
To earn the BSM degree with a transcript designation as a management major, complete the following courses:
General liberal arts and sciences requirements (approximately 44 hours)
Freeman prerequisites (a minimum of 18 hours):
ACCT 203 - Financial Accounting
MATH 115, 121, or 131 - Calculus
MATH 111, 114, or ECON 323 - Statistics
ECON 101 or 103 - Microeconomics
ECON 102 or 104 - Macroeconomics
PSYC 100, 101, or 102 - Psychology
Freeman core curriculum (27 hours):
ACCT 301 - Managerial Accounting
ISDS 375 - Business Computing
MKTG 382 - Marketing Management
PERS 321 - Managerial Perspectives
FINC 352 - Financial Management
MCOM 335 - Management Communications
OBHR 331 - Organizational Behavior
PSOM 372 - Operations Management
GMGT 415 - Management Policy
Management major required course (3 hours):
OBHR 432 - Dimensions in Human Resource Management
Five electives from the following list (15 hours):
GMGT 375 - Environmental Management
GMGT 410 - Entrepreneurial Management
GMGT 411 - Cases in Entrepreneurship
GMGT 414 - Business Ethics
GMGT 422 - Corporate and Cooperative Strategy
GMGT 430 - Technology Age Entrepreneurship
GMGT 437 - Negotiations+
GMGT 463 - Management of International Business Operations
GMGT 465 - Global Strategic Management
OBHR 421 - Project Management
OBHR 436 - Negotiations+
OBHR 437 - Leadership & Motivation
+Students may not receive credit for both GMGT 437 and OBHR 436.
One non-business elective [200 level or higher] (3 hours)
Two non-business or business electives [300 level or higher] (6 hours)
and any two business electives (6 hours)