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Bachelor of Business Administration in Management

Total Semester Credit Hours = 120

The Management program prepares students for positions as managers and future executives in business and other organizations. Professional opportunities in management often begin as a “management trainee” in large companies or as an assistant manager in other businesses. Persons with careers in management are found in entrepreneurial, private, public, and not-for-profit organizations. Typical career paths lead students to become upper-level corporate executives, corporate presidents, CEOs and successful entrepreneurs.

Objectives

Students completing the management major should be able to:

  1. Understand the complexity of managing human dynamics in the organizational setting.
  2. Recognize major managerial challenges such as the globalization of business, managing a cultural and ethnically diverse workplace, increasing interdependence among organizational units, intensifying competitive dynamics, and the escalating ethical responsibilities of managers.
  3. Understand the organizational and environmental context in which human resource managers function.
  4. Understand the organizational, labor, and legal environments in which managers function.
  5. Incorporate quantitative decision making into solutions of business problems.
  6. Understand factors that influence individual, group, and corporate behavior and use this knowledge to improve individual and firm performance.
  7. Develop managerial skills in activities such as: teamwork, motivation, decision making, negotiation, conflict resolution, leadership, and strategic management.
  8. Understand how strategic decisions are influenced by and also help to create competitive dynamics within and between industries.
  9. Recognize and assess the impact of environmental factors in decision making, as well as develop conceptual skills.
  10. Improve both written and oral communication skills.
  11. Develop competency in the use of enterprise-wide and discipline specific applications to solve business problems and assist in strategic decision making.

All students seeking a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management degree complete a Common Business Core curriculum (28 hours) as part of their degree along with two required Management course (6 hours) and four course (12 hours) in one of the three management track options.

Degree Requirements

Common Business Core Courses (28 hours)

MANA 3315Organizational Behavior
BLAW 3301Business Law and Social Responsibility
FINA 3311Principles of Finance
MARK 3311Principles of Marketing
MANA 3370Business Writing and Oral Presentations
MANA 3305Operations Management
COSC 3333Management Information Systems
MANA 3170Build and Manage a Successful Career
MANA 3300Critical, Creative and Analytical Thinking in Business
MANA 3312International Business

Required Courses of BBA in Management (6 hours)

Core courses taken by all management majors include:
MANA 3320Human Resource Management
MANA 4315Managerial Decision Making

Management Track Options (12 hours)

Leadership Track

MANA 4385Leadership
MANA 4310International Management
MANA 4391Managerial Insights
BLAW 4340Business and Professional Ethics

Entrepreneurship Track

MANA 3325Entrepreneurship
FINA 4335Entrepreneurial Finance
MANA 4320New Venture Planning
and
MARK 4345Social Media Marketing
or
MARK 4355Digital Marketing

Human Resources Track

MANA 4335Labor Relations
MANA 4330Staffing and Talent Acquisition Management
MANA 4325Compensation Administration
BLAW 4320Employment Law

Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for Management

BBA Management

Freshman Year

First Semester (15 hrs.)

ENGL 1301College Composition I [TCCN: ENGL 1301]
MATH 1324Mathematics for Business and Economics I [TCCN: MATH 1324]
HIST 1301United States History I [TCCN: HIST 1301]
COSC 1307Introduction to Information Systems Software [TCCN: BCIS 1305]
Life and Physical Sciences (Core, 3 hrs.)

Second Semester (15 hrs.)

CMST 1315Introduction to Public Speaking [TCCN: SPCH 1315]
MATH 1342Statistics [TCCN: MATH 1342]
HIST 1302United States History II [TCCN: HIST 1302]
MANA 1300Introduction to Business [TCCN: BUSI 1301]
Life and Physical Sciences (Core, 3 hrs.)

Sophomore Year

First Semester (15 hrs.)

ACCT 2301Principles of Financial Accounting [TCCN: ACCT 2301]
ECON 2301Principles of Macroeconomics [TCCN: ECON 2301]
POLS 2305Introductory American Government [TCCN: GOVT 2305]
Language, Philosophy and Culture (Core, 3 hrs.)
Creative Arts (Core, 3 hrs.)

Second Semester (15 hrs.)

ACCT 2302Principles of Managerial Accounting [TCCN: ACCT 2302]
ECON 2302Principles of Microeconomics [TCCN: ECON 2302]
POLS 2306Introductory Texas Politics [TCCN: GOVT 2306]
ENGL 1302College Composition II [TCCN: ENGL 1302]
STEM (Core, 3 hrs.)

Junior Year

First Semester (15 hrs.)

FINA 3311Principles of Finance
MANA 3315Organizational Behavior
MANA 3370Business Writing and Oral Presentations
MARK 3311Principles of Marketing
MANA Track Option (3 hrs.)

Second Semester (16 hrs.)

MANA 3300Critical, Creative and Analytical Thinking in Business
MANA 3312International Business
MANA 3305Operations Management
MANA 3320Human Resource Management
MANA Track Option (3 hrs.)
MANA 3170Build and Manage a Successful Career

Senior Year

First Semester (15 hrs.)

MANA 4315Managerial Decision Making
BLAW 3301Business Law and Social Responsibility
COSC 3333Management Information Systems
MANA Track Option (3 hrs.)
MANA Track Option (3 hrs.)

Second Semester (14 hrs.)

MANA 4395Strategic Management
Upper-Division Soules Elective (3 hrs.)
Upper-Division Soules Elective (3 hrs.)
General Elective (3 hrs.)
General Elective (2 hrs.)

Note: Total hours must equal at least 120