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General Management Major

As the new majors replace concentrations in the General Management major, that major will be gradually phased out. All students already enrolled in the General Management major will be able to complete it. No students will be able to enroll in the General Management major after Friday, August 23, 2013. If you have any questions about the phase-out of the General Management major, please contact your academic advisor.

The major in general management provides students with interests in more than one discipline the flexibility to concentrate their elective course work in two areas. Course work in the areas noted below may be used for the general management major. Courses with significant international content are offered in several areas. Students with international business interests should also consider a study abroad program or the Certificate Program in International Business.

To earn the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree, general management majors must earn a minimum of 120 credits. General management majors fulfill all arts and sciences foundation requirements as well as all BSBA core curriculum requirements. The core courses in the two areas of concentration must be completed with a C or better to take additional courses in those areas. A minimum of three courses each from two different concentration areas must be taken. A minimum of 18 credits beyond the core is required for the major. A cumulative GPA of 2.25 (C+) in each of the general management concentrations is required for graduation. A C- or better is required in each course applied toward the general management major. Although the courses to be offered will be affected by student demand, the following courses have been approved to date for each area.

Careful planning is required to complete the general management major. Not all courses are offered every term. Transfer students, and students intending to graduate in August or December, need to plan carefully to be sure they complete the required courses when offered. Visit course descriptions to see in which term courses are offered.

Accounting

Course ID Name
BUSACC 1204 Intermediate Financial Reporting 1
BUSACC 1205 Intermediate Financial Reporting 2
BUSACC 1216 Advanced Financial Accounting
BUSACC 1221 Strategic Cost Management
BUSACC 1236 Accounting Information Systems
BUSACC 1238 Auditing
BUSACC 1242 Individual Tax Accounting and Planning
BUSACC 1296 Accounting Internship **

Business Information Systems

Course ID Name
BUSBIS 1600 Technology-Enabled Business Transformation
BUSBIS 1605 Database Management
BUSBIS 1625 Electronic Commerce
BUSBIS 1630 Project Management
BUSBIS 1635 Information Technology Systems in Supply Chains
BUSBIS 1640 IT Architectures and Platforms
BUSBIS 1615 MIS Internship**

Finance

Course ID Name
BUSFIN 1311 Corporate Finance
BUSFIN 1316 Advanced Corporate Finance
BUSFIN 1321 Investment Management
BUSFIN 1326 The Efficiency of Capital Markets
BUSFIN 1327 Futures and Options
BUSFIN 1328 Capital Markets
BUSFIN 1331 Financial Institutions and Markets
BUSFIN 1341 International Finance
BUSFIN 1345 Markets and Trading
BUSFIN 1347 Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Structures
BUSFIN 1351 Financial Modeling
BUSFIN 1355 Valuation
BUSFIN 1390 Finance Internship**

Human Resources Management

Please note: students pursuing a concentration in Human Resources Management will first need to take BUSHRM 1050 Introduction to Human Resources Management.

Course ID Name
BUSHRM 1665 Negotiating in Business
BUSHRM 1670 Global Workforce Management & Change
BUSHRM 1675 Human Resources Staffing
BUSHRM 1677 Training & Development
BUSHRM 1680 Compensation and Performance Management
BUSHRM 1685 Employment and Labor Relations
BUSHRM 1687 HR Planning & Strategy
BUSHRM 1690 Human Resources Management Internship**

Marketing

Course ID Name
BUSMKT 1411 Marketing Research
BUSMKT 1422 Principles of Selling
BUSMKT 1425 Sales Force Management
BUSMKT 1426 Advertising and Sales Promotion
BUSMKT 1427 Public Relations Management
BUSMKT 1428 Advertising and Social Media Strategy
BUSMKT 1431 Product Development and Management
BUSMKT 1441 Consumer Behavior
BUSMKT 1451 Retail Management
BUSMKT 1461 International Marketing
BUSMKT 1481 Brand Management
BUSMKT 1485 Projects in Marketing
BUSMKT 1490 Marketing Internship**
BUSSCM 1730 Managing Global Supply Chains
BUSBIS 1625 Electronic Commerce

Organizational Behavior

Please note that some BUSORG courses are never offered in the evening.

Course ID Name
BUSORG 1640 The Entrepreneurship Process
BUSORG 1645 Corporate Entrepreneurship
BUSORG 1650 Issues in Career Management
BUSORG 1655 Int’l Dimensions of Organizational Behavior
BUSORG 1660 Women and Men at Work

Supply Chain Management

Course ID Name
BUSSCM 1730Managing Global Supply Chains
BUSSCM 1735 Engineering and Business Collaboration in India
BUSSCM 1740Procurement and Distribution Management
BUSBIS 1635Information Technology Systems in Supply Chains
BUSSCM 1725Global Supply Network & Manufacturing Culture in Latin America

**Plans for internships must be approved by CBA Career Services before registration for the course is permitted. Effective for fall 2012 and after, internships for credit will be graded on a Satisfactory/No Credit (S/NC) basis only. This applies to all CBA students completing internships for credit.

In addition, CBA is phasing out the option of substituting an internship for a required elective course in CBA majors. Internship credit will no longer be applied to the minimum number of credits required for a major. Students who have already declared a major in general management as of August 27, 2012 may still substitute an approved internship for a major elective course. New students entering CBA and those who have not declared their CBA major by August 27, 2012 may take an internship for credit, but will do so in addition to completing the 18 upper-level credits required for the general management major.