General Management Major, B.S. in B.A.

B.S. in B.A.
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Learn to lead and manage across various industries with a curriculum that emphasizes critical thinking, strategic decision-making, and innovation. This major prepares you to handle complex challenges in dynamic business environments and advance into managerial or entrepreneurial roles.

Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

To declare a major in General Management:

1. To register for most of the courses on the major, students must be admitted to the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
(BSBA). Please see the Bulletin for course prerequisites.

2. Courses taken on a Credit/No Credit basis are not accepted on management department majors.

3. At least 15 credit hours of the required and elective coursework of the major must be taken in the accredited AACSB Program at CMU.

Students cannot major in both General Management and Human Resource Management.

Students earning this major may not count BUS 321, BUS 331, BUS 351, MGT 311, MGT 312, MGT 340, MKT 300, MKT 301, FIN 332, or ENT 320 toward the General Management Major.

Program Requirements

Common Body of Knowledge Courses I (6 hours)

BUS 100	Introduction to Business	3(3-0)
MGT 499	Integrated Capstone-Strategic Management	3(3-0)

Common Body of Knowledge Courses II (3 hours)

Select one of the following:

BUS 351QR	Applied Business Analytics	3(3-0)
BUS 503QR	Applied Lean Six Sigma	3(3-0)

Required Courses (18 hours)

MGT 320	Human Resource Management	3(3-0)
MGT 333	Purchasing Management	3(3-0)
MGT 348	Dynamics of Organizational Behavior	3(3-0)
MGT 355	Communications: Managerial Applications	3(3-0)
MGT 360	Managing Cultural Differences and Diversity in a Global Economy	3(3-0)
MGT 365	International Business	3(3-0)

Electives (3 hours)

Any Management or College of Business Administration course, 300 level or higher with the exception of MKT 300, MGT 312, MGT 340, FIN 332, and ENT 320.

Bulletins