Management, BBA
The BBA with management major prepares students to achieve a high level of success in the business world. Management students benefit from a broad base of accounting, economics, marketing, and management curriculum. Our management students are well prepared to pursue employment after graduation or continue toward an MBA or other graduate program in the business discipline.
Our students are required to participate in an internship when they reach Junior or Senior status. Our students are also encouraged to choose electives such as a foreign language or a minor to further enhance their marketability.
Program Learning Outcomes
The following learning outcomes are linked to assignments and activities throughout this program:
1) CRITICAL THINKING: Professional graduates think critically and apply systems thinking to decision-making.
2) PROBLEM-SOLVING and APPLICATION: Professional graduates apply functional area concepts and theories appropriately.
3) PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION: Professional graduates communicate effectively by preparing and delivering oral and written presentations using appropriate technologies.
4) PROFESSIONAL and SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Professional graduates align personal and organizational conduct with ethical and professional standards that include vocational understanding of responsibility to God, self, organization, community, and the world.
5) MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS: Professional graduates assimilate integrated marketing communications and consumer-driven research concepts, systems and tools to obtain, evaluate, and disseminate information to be used for marketing decisions.
6) INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS and HUMAN RESOURCES: Professional graduates demonstrate understanding of diversity, law, and best practices in human resources to effectively recruit, select, train, and retain employees.
Requirements for the BBA in Management
General Education Core 35 hours
(The Social and Behavioral Science general education requirement is covered in the major by BUS 2513. The Global Studies and Diversity general education requirement is covered in the major by BUS 3033.)
Business Core 42 hours
Management Major 30 hours
Electives 13 hours
(COM 3533, and PSY 2013 are recommended)
Total Credit Hours: 120
Minors for Management Majors:
Courses cannot be used for both minor and major requirements. Additional requirements may be substituted. See dean for details.
Accounting Minor - Requires the following 18 hours:
Marketing Minor - Requires the following 18 hours:
Courses toward minor cannot concurrently apply toward courses within the degree core, major, concentration, or track. If a concurrent requirement exists, a student may choose from the following courses to complete the minor: BUS 3003, MCM 2513, MCM 3113, MCM 3513, and MCM 3523.
Social Entrepreneurship Minor - Requires the following 18 hours
| FIN 3303 | Non-Profit Financial Management | 3 |
| MGT 3683 | Small Business and Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGT 3723 | Non-Profit Management | 3 |
| SEN 2013 | Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| SEN 3003 | Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| | AND | |
| | Choose 3 hours from: | |
| HIS 3423 | Globalization in the Developing World | 3 |
| MIN 2403 | Missions Outreach Internship | 3 |
| MCM 2613 | Introduction to Public Relations | 3 |
| SEN 3023 | Sustainable Community Development - Urban | 3 |
| SEN 3033 | Sustainable Community Development - International | 3 |
| SWK 3003 | Human Behavior and the Social Environment | 3 |
| SWK 3103 | Social Welfare and Public Policy | 3 |
Sports Management Minor - Requires the following 18 hours:
Strategic Leadership Minor - Requires the following 18 hours:
| LDR 3633 | Conflict Management & Negotiation | 3 |
| LDR 3653 | Strategic Leadership Theory and Practice | 3 |
| LDR 3733 | Leadership in a Diverse World | 3 |
| LDR 3713 | Leadership of Teams | 3 |
| LDR 4113 | Leadership Research and Decision Making | 3 |
| LDR 4513 | Strategic Change and Leadership | 3 |