Business Management (B.S.Bus.)
The Business Management B.S.Bus. prepares students for diverse opportunities in the fields of management, human resource management, and small business management.
Management Emphasis: This track emphasizes a cross-functional, strategic management perspective, preparing students for general management roles. Students gain insights into strategic decision-making, organizational behavior, and leadership.
Human Resources Management Emphasis: This emphasis prepares students to pursue careers in talent management; including recruitment and selection, employee onboarding, training, and development, compensation and benefits, and employee relations.
Entrepreneurship and Small-Business Management Emphasis: This track equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully operate family businesses and small enterprises. All three emphases integrate the study of organizational behavior, human resources, strategic management, and corporate social responsibility and sustainability, reflecting the importance of people, ethical business practices, and strategic planning in today’s business world.
Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3), the college requirements, and:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| College of Business Requirements | 54-57 | |
| Major Requirements | 12-27 | |
| Total Hours | 66-84 | |
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Emphases | ||
| Select one of the following emphases: | 21-27 | |
| Total Hours | 21-27 | |
A. Management Emphasis
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Management Elective | ||
| MGT 315 | Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability | 3 |
| MGT 411 | Acquiring Human Capital | 3 |
| MGT 416 | Managing Reward Systems | 3 |
| MGT 417 | Deploying and Developing Human Capital | 3 |
| MGT 418 | Managing Organization Design and Leading Changes | 3 |
| MGT 441 | Maintaining Employee and Labor Relations | 3 |
| Cross-Functional Management Electives | 9 | |
Select THREE 300- or 400-level CBE courses from at least three different functional areas (e.g., ACCT, ECON, ENTR, FIN, MIS, MKTG, OM., PGA) | ||
| Total Hours | 27 | |
Courses to total 120 credits for this degree
B. Human Resources Management Emphasis
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MGT 315 | Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability | 3 |
| MGT 411 | Acquiring Human Capital | 3 |
| MGT 416 | Managing Reward Systems | 3 |
| MGT 417 | Deploying and Developing Human Capital | 3 |
| MGT 418 | Managing Organization Design and Leading Changes | 3 |
| MGT 441 | Maintaining Employee and Labor Relations | 3 |
| HR Decision-Making Elective | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| Cost and Management Accounting | ||
| Enterprise Accounting | ||
| Econometrics | ||
| Foundations of GIS | ||
| Application Development | ||
| Systems Analysis & Administration | ||
| Database Design | ||
| Data Management for Big Data | ||
| Marketing Research & Analysis | ||
| Systems and Simulation | ||
| Methods and Analysis in Organizational Science | ||
| Introduction to Research in the Behavioral Sciences | ||
| Industrial/Organizational Psychology | ||
| Tests and Measurements | ||
| Specialized Electives | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| Career Development in Organizations | ||
| Persuasion | ||
| Conflict Management | ||
| Organizational Communication | ||
| Teaching and Learning in Organizations | ||
| Labor Economics | ||
| Learning, Development, and Assessment | ||
| Behavior Based Safety | ||
| Public Relations Writing and Production | ||
| Internship | ||
| Issues in Information Systems | ||
| Nonprofit Organizations | ||
| PGA Golf Management II | ||
| PGA Golf Management III | ||
| Public Administration | ||
| Psychology of Learning | ||
| Psychology of Judgement and Decision Making | ||
| Human Relations in the Workplace | ||
| Introduction to Inequity and Justice | ||
| Total Hours | 24-26 | |
Courses to total 120 credits for this degree
C. Entrepreneurship and Small-Business Management Emphasis2
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MGT 311 | Introduction to Management | 3 |
| Choose three courses from the following: | 9 | |
| Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability | ||
| Acquiring Human Capital | ||
| Managing Reward Systems | ||
| Deploying and Developing Human Capital | ||
| Managing Organization Design and Leading Changes | ||
| Maintaining Employee and Labor Relations | ||
| Complete the requirements for the following: 1 | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 24 | |
- 1
In addition to fulfilling the College of Business and Economics core requirement, for this emphasis BUS 490 may be used to fulfill the Technical elective in the Entrepreneurship Undergraduate Academic Certificate requirements.
- 2
Completing the requirements for this emphasis will also fulfill the requirements for the Small Business Management Undergraduate Academic Certificate.
Courses to total 120 credits for this degree
D. PGA Golf Management Option2
Required course work includes all Management and Human Resources requirements, one of the Management and Human Resources emphases, and:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PGA 103 | Introduction to PGA Golf Management | 2 |
| PGA 150 | PGA Golf Management I | 3 |
| PGA 251 | PGA Golf Management II | 3 |
| PGA 298 | Internship | 1-3 |
| PGA 385 | PGA Golf Management III | 3 |
| PGA 398 | Internship | 1-3 |
| PGA 105 | Introduction to PGA Teaching and Coaching (Level 1) | 3 |
| PGA 205 | Intermediate PGA Teaching and Coaching (Level 2) | 3 |
| PGA 305 | Advanced PGA Teaching and Coaching (Level 3) | 3 |
| Total Hours | 22-26 | |
- 1
PGA 251 and PGA 385, together, can be used to meet the requirement for the Specialized Elective or the Marketing & Entrepreneurship Elective.
- 2
Students must have a 12.0 handicap or better to enter this program. International students can complete the degree requirements, but membership to the PGA of America requires US Citizenship or Resident Alien status.
Courses to total 129 credits for this degree
Management Emphasis
| Fall Term 1 | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| BUS 190 | Integrated Business and Value Creation | 3 |
| COMM 101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| ENGL 101 | Writing and Rhetoric I | 3 |
| MATH 143 | Precalculus I: Algebra | 3 |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring Term 1 | ||
| ENGL 102 | Writing and Rhetoric II | 3 |
| Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| American Diversity Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 1 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Fall Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| BLAW 265 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| PHIL 208 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| STAT 251 | Statistical Methods | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 354 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| MGT 310 | Leading Organizations and People | 3 |
| ENGL 207 OR ENGL 208 OR ENGL 313 OR ENGL 317 OR PHIL 201 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fall Term 3 | ||
| FIN 301 | Financial Resources Management | 3 |
| MKTG 321 | Marketing | 3 |
| MIS 350 | Managing Information | 3 |
| OM 370 | Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 3 | ||
| MGT 315 | Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability | 3 |
| MGT 411 | Acquiring Human Capital | 3 |
| MGT 416 | Managing Reward Systems | 3 |
| MGT 417 | Deploying and Developing Human Capital | 3 |
| MGT 418 | Managing Organization Design and Leading Changes | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fall Term 4 | ||
| MGT 441 | Maintaining Employee and Labor Relations | 3 |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| INDT 362 OR OM 378 OR OM 439 OR OM 456 OR OM 470 OR OM 472 OR PGA 386 OR PSYC 440 | 3 | |
| AGEC 333 OR ENTR 414 OR ENTR 415 OR MKTG 324 OR MKTG 420 OR MKTG 421 OR MKTG 422 OR MKTG 424 OR MKTG 425 OR MKTG 426 OR MKTG 427 OR MKTG 482 OR MKTG 495 OR PGA 251 OR PGA 385 | 3 | |
| ACCT 305 OR ACCT 315 OR ACCT 385 OR ACCT 440 OR ACCT 482 OR ACCT 483 OR ECON 407 OR FIN 302 OR FIN 381 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 4 | ||
| BUS 490 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| International Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| ACCT 305 OR GEOG 385 OR MIS 353 OR MIS 355 OR MIS 452 OR MIS 453 OR MIS 454 OR MIS 455 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Human Resources Management Emphasis
| Fall Term 1 | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| COMM 101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| BUS 190 | Integrated Business and Value Creation | 3 |
| ENGL 101 | Writing and Rhetoric I | 3 |
| MATH 143 | Precalculus I: Algebra | 3 |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring Term 1 | ||
| ENGL 102 | Writing and Rhetoric II | 3 |
| Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| American Diversity Course | 3 | |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Elective Course | 1 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Fall Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| BLAW 265 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| STAT 251 | Statistical Methods | 3 |
| PHIL 208 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| BUS 354 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| MGT 310 | Leading Organizations and People | 3 |
| ENGL 207 OR ENGL 208 OR ENGL 313 OR ENGL 317 OR PHIL 201 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fall Term 3 | ||
| FIN 301 | Financial Resources Management | 3 |
| MKTG 321 | Marketing | 3 |
| MIS 350 | Managing Information | 3 |
| OM 370 | Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 3 | ||
| MGT 315 | Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability | 3 |
| MGT 411 | Acquiring Human Capital | 3 |
| MGT 418 | Managing Organization Design and Leading Changes | 3 |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fall Term 4 | ||
| MGT 417 | Deploying and Developing Human Capital | 3 |
| MGT 441 | Maintaining Employee and Labor Relations | 3 |
| Decision Making, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| Specialized, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 4 | ||
| BUS 490 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MGT 416 | Managing Reward Systems | 3 |
| International Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Entrepreneurship and Small-Business Management Emphasis
| Fall Term 1 | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| BUS 190 | Integrated Business and Value Creation | 3 |
| COMM 101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| ENGL 101 | Writing and Rhetoric I | 3 |
| MATH 143 | Precalculus I: Algebra | 3 |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring Term 1 | ||
| ENGL 102 | Writing and Rhetoric II | 3 |
| Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| American Diversity Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 1 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Fall Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| BLAW 265 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| STAT 251 | Statistical Methods | 3 |
| PHIL 208 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 354 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| MGT 310 | Leading Organizations and People | 3 |
| ENGL 207 OR ENGL 208 OR ENGL 313 OR ENGL 317 OR PHIL 201 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fall Term 3 | ||
| FIN 301 | Financial Resources Management | 3 |
| MKTG 321 | Marketing | 3 |
| MIS 350 | Managing Information | 3 |
| OM 370 | Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 3 | ||
| MGT 315 | Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability | 3 |
| MGT 411 | Acquiring Human Capital | 3 |
| MGT 417 | Deploying and Developing Human Capital | 3 |
| MGT 418 | Managing Organization Design and Leading Changes | 3 |
| UPDV ECON, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fall Term 4 | ||
| ACCT 482 | Enterprise Accounting | 3 |
| ENTR 414 | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGT 311 | Introduction to Management | 3 |
| Specialized, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 4 | ||
| ENTR 415 | New Venture Creation | 3 |
| BUS 490 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| Specialized, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| International Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
PGA Golf Management Emphasis
| Fall Term 1 | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| BUS 190 | Integrated Business and Value Creation | 3 |
| COMM 101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| ENGL 101 | Writing and Rhetoric I | 3 |
| MATH 143 | Precalculus I: Algebra | 3 |
| PGA 103 | Introduction to PGA Golf Management | 2 |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Hours | 18 | |
| Spring Term 1 | ||
| ENGL 102 | Writing and Rhetoric II | 3 |
| PGA 150 | PGA Golf Management I | 3 |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| American Diversity Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Summer Term 1 | ||
| PGA 298 | Internship | 2 |
| Hours | 2 | |
| Fall Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| BLAW 265 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| PGA 251 | PGA Golf Management II | 3 |
| STAT 251 | Statistical Methods | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 354 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| MGT 310 | Leading Organizations and People | 3 |
| PGA 105 | Introduction to PGA Teaching and Coaching (Level 1) | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Summer Term 2 | ||
| PGA 298 | Internship | 2 |
| Hours | 2 | |
| Fall Term 3 | ||
| FIN 301 | Financial Resources Management | 3 |
| MKTG 321 | Marketing | 3 |
| MIS 350 | Managing Information | 3 |
| OM 370 | Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| PGA 205 | Intermediate PGA Teaching and Coaching (Level 2) | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 3 | ||
| MGT 315 | Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability | 3 |
| MGT 411 | Acquiring Human Capital | 3 |
| MGT 417 | Deploying and Developing Human Capital | 3 |
| PGA 385 | PGA Golf Management III | 3 |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 2 | |
| MGT 416 OR MGT 418 OR MGT 441 | 3 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Summer Term 3 | ||
| PGA 398 | Internship | 3 |
| Hours | 3 | |
| Fall Term 4 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| INDT 362 OR OM 378 OR OM 439 OR OM 456 OR OM 470 OR OM 472 OR PGA 386 OR PSYC 440 | 3 | |
| AGEC 333 OR ENTR 414 OR ENTR 415 OR MKTG 324 OR MKTG 420 OR MKTG 421 OR MKTG 422 OR MKTG 424 OR MKTG 425 OR MKTG 426 OR MKTG 427 OR MKTG 482 OR MKTG 495 OR PGA 251 OR PGA 385 | 3 | |
| ACCT 305 OR ACCT 315 OR ACCT 385 OR ACCT 440 OR ACCT 482 OR ACCT 483 OR ECON 407 OR FIN 302 OR FIN 381 | 3 | |
| ENGL 207 OR ENGL 208 OR ENGL 313 OR ENGL 317 OR PHIL 201 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 4 | ||
| BUS 490 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| PHIL 208 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| International Course | 3 | |
| PGA 305 | Advanced PGA Teaching and Coaching (Level 3) | 3 |
| ACCT 305 OR GEOG 385 OR MIS 353 OR MIS 355 OR MIS 452 OR MIS 453 OR MIS 454 OR MIS 455 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Summer Term 4 | ||
| PGA 398 | Internship | 3 |
| Hours | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 136 | |
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