Management

The management major, with tracks in marketing and organizational leadership, provides a comprehensive background in the functional and environmental areas of business, and serves as a foundation for graduate work in business and management.

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The Major in Management

The management curriculum provides a comprehensive background for professional positions in finance, marketing, human resources, and operations management.  Note: College-level algebra and calculus (Mathematics 108 or 170 or 106-66) are required in the management major.

Students choose one of three tracks: marketing, organizational leadership, or sports.

Management: Marketing Track 

Major Courses

• ACCT 157: Financial Accounting
• ECON 152: Principles of Economics
  (Prerequisites: 3 years of secondary mathematics through college level algebra or consent of instructor)
• ECON 156: Economics and Business Statistics  -OR-  Math 107: Elementary Statistics
• ECON 225: Intermediate Microeconomics
  (Prerequisites: ECON 152, ECON 156, and MATH 106-166 or MATH 170 or MATH 108)
• MGMT 223: Management and Organizational Theory
  (Prerequisite: ECON 152)
• MGMT 251: Marketing Management
  (Prerequisite: ECON 152)
• MGMT 256: Applied Econometrics
  (Prerequisites: ECON 152 and ECON 156)
• MGMT 311: Marketing Research (Writing Intensive)
  (Prerequisites: ECON 156 and MGMT 251)
• MGMT 365: Management Seminar
  (Prerequisite: MGMT 223 and senior standing as management major)
• Controlled MGMT Elective
• MGMT Elective

Note: College-level algebra and calculus (Mathematics 108 or 170 or 106-66) are required in the management major. Requirements for students to declare their major in the Economics and Business Department must have a minimum grade of C- in Math 108/166/170, Econ 152, and Econ 156.

Controlled Electives – Marketing Track

• MGMT 227: Consumer Behavior.
  (Recommended: Management 251)
• MGMT/IDIS 228: Telling and Selling Your Brand: The Art of the Story.
  (Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher)
• MGMT/IDIS 250: Moral Marketing: Serving the World’s Poor.
  (Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing required)
• MGMT 333: International Management (Prerequisite: Management 223) 

Management: Organizational Leadership Track

Major Courses

• ACCT 157: Financial Accounting
• ECON 152: Principles of Economics
  (Prerequisites: 3 years of secondary mathematics through college level algebra or consent of instructor)
• ECON 156: Economics and Business Statistics  -OR-  Math 107: Elementary Statistics
• ECON 225: Intermediate Microeconomics
  (Prerequisites: ECON 152, ECON 156, and MATH 106-166 or MATH 170 or MATH 108)
• MGMT 223: Management and Organizational Theory
  (Prerequisite: ECON 152)
• MGMT 253: Human Resource Management
  (Prerequisite: MGMT 223)
• MGMT 342: Organizational Behavior and Leadership (Writing Intensive) 
  (Prerequisites: MGMT 223 and MGMT 253) 
• MGMT 365: Management Seminar (Prerequisites: MGMT 223 and senior standing as management major) 
• Controlled MGMT Elective 
• MGMT Elective 
• MGMT Elective 

Controlled Electives – Organizational Leadership Track:

• MGMT 226: Legal Environment of Business
• MGMT 227: Consumer Behavior
  (Recommended: Management 251)
• ECON/MGMT 231: Managerial Finance 
  (Prerequisites: Economics 152 and 156, Accounting 157)
• MGMT 251: Marketing Management
  (Prerequisite: Economics 152)
• MGMT/IDIS 310: Doing Good at Work
• MGMT 324: Operations Management
• MGMT 333: International Issues in Management

Courses in management are listed in the College Catalog.