2024-2025 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Business Administration in General Management
This major is recommended for students interested in more diverse areas of management and allows for combining interests in areas such as human resource management, management information systems, and operations management by selecting from a range of courses.
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Accreditation
All BBA programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Requirements for the B.B.A.
Core Courses
All business core courses acquaint you with various fields in business and help you learn to communicate, interact, and assume responsible positions in your chosen field.
For the B.B.A., you must complete the following courses.
- ACC 212 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3 credits)
- ACC 213 - Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- BOTH ECO 210 - Introductory Macroeconomics (3 credits) AND ECO 211 - Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits)
- Upper-division economics course - (not ECO 490) (3 credits)
- FIN 320 - Managerial Finance (3 credits)
- MGT 268 - Business Processes and Management Information Systems (3 credits)
- MGT 331 - Managing People and Organizations (3 credits)
- MGT 366 - Operations Management (3 credits)
- MGT 495 - Administrative Policy (3 credits)
- MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
Students are required to select one class from the following list. This course may count toward the major or minor if applicable.
- ACC 333 - Corporate Governance and Accounting Ethics (3 credits)
- ECO 440 - Public Economics and Ethics (3 credits)
- FIN 330 - Ethics in Finance (3 credits)
- MGT 340 - Ethics and Business, Social Justice, and Sustainability (3 credits)
- MGT 438 - Business Ethics (3 credits)
- MKT 375 - Marketing Ethics (3 credits)
Required Business Electives
Complete a total of 6 classes and 18 credits in MGT 301-499.
Elective Courses
Students may elect nonbusiness or business courses to fulfill their elective course requirements. Students may apply up to six hours of internship and independent research credit, in any combination, toward their degree requirements. Business majors may not take any of the major courses, except the internship and study abroad courses, on a credit/no credit basis.
Required Courses
In addition to the two courses required as follows, six additional management courses are required at or above the 300-level.
Quantitative group - choose one:
- MTH 122 - College Algebra (3 credits)
- MTH 125 - Survey of Calculus (3 credits)
- MTH 201 - Calculus I (4 credits)
- PHI 103 - Logic (3 credits)
- MGT 361 - Management Science (3 credits)
Suggested Order of Coursework for General Management
Year 1:
Fall
- Historical Analysis (GE) (3 credits)
- Social & Behavioral Science, Non-ECO (GE) (3 credits)
- Philosophy & Literature (GE) (3 credits)
- Physical Science without Lab (GE) (3 credits)
- U.S. Diversity (GE) (3 credits)
Winter
- Life Science with Lab (GE) (4 credits)
- MTH 110 - Algebra (4 credits) or Placement Test
- WRT 150 - Strategies in Writing (4 credits) or WRT 120 (Fall) (3 credits) and WRT 130 (Winter) (3 credits)
- Arts (GE) (3 credits)
Year 2:
Fall
- Global Perspectives (GE) (3 credits)
- ACC 212 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- ECO 211 - Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits)
- CIS 231 - Problem Solving Using Spreadsheets (3 credits)
Winter
- ECO 210 - Introductory Macroeconomics (3 credits)
- MGT 268 - Business Processes and Management Information Systems (3 credits)
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)
- Quantitative Group (MTH 122 or PHI 103) (3 credits)
- ACC 213 - Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
Year 3:
Fall
- FIN 320 - Managerial Finance (3 credits)
- MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
- MGT 366 - Operations Management (3 credits)
- MGT 331 - Managing People and Organizations (3 credits)
- Issues (GE) (3 credits)
Winter
- Business Ethics (3 credits)
- MGT Major Elective (3 credits)
- MGT Major Elective (3 credits)
- Upper-Division Seidman Elective (3 credits)
- Upper-Division Seidman Elective (3 credits)
Year 4:
Fall
- Issues (GE) (3 credits)
- MGT Major Elective (3 credits)
- MGT Major Elective (3 credits)
- Upper Division Economics Course (3 credits)
- Free Elective (3 credits)
Winter
- MGT 495 - Administrative Policy (3 credits)
- Upper-Division Seidman Elective (3 credits)
- MGT Major Elective (3 credits)
- MGT Major Elective (3 credits)
- Free Elective (3 credits)