Management (BA)
Career opportunities for Management graduates include managerial and professional positions in businesses, startups, not-for-profit agencies, and other organizational types where problem solving and decision making involve both people and processes.
Program Mission
The mission of the Management Program is to develop graduates who add value to an enterprise by applying their knowledge of business and management theory and practice, communicating persuasively, and acting with character and compassion. Graduates of the management program will be able to plan and control organizational activities in ways that achieve ethical outcomes for diverse individuals, for organizations and their diverse stakeholders, and for the broader community; and to collaborate and lead in ways that foster human flourishing as a servant leader, i.e., build healthy professional relationships that enable development of the human person in humanity’s various states (as an individual, in a team, in organizations, and in communities).
Program Outcomes
- Graduates will be able to use professional-quality business communication skills to persuade or inform a specific audience regarding a business issue, mindful of the cultures and values of diverse stakeholders.
- Graduates will be able to act with consistency and integrity, while acknowledging the inherent dignity of all human persons, to influence others and contribute to the greater good by following the model of Jesus Christ.
- Graduates will be able to understand, interpret, identify strengths and weaknesses, and plan for future improvement of an organization’s performance (financial, operational, etc.) by gathering and analyzing relevant quantitative data.
- Graduates will be able to identify internal and external problems and prospects relevant to an organization’s existence (emphasizing social-societal, economic, technological, political-legal, and global issues), and plan for future improvement by persuading internal and external stakeholders to take and support appropriate and ethical action.
- Graduates will be able to analyze complex and ambiguous management situations and take appropriate action, applying management theory and tools in accordance with contemporary professional management practice.
Graduation Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Requirements Common to All Majors in the School of Business: Accounting, Finance, International Business, Management, and Marketing
All B.A. candidates in Accounting, Finance, International Business, Management, and Marketing must satisfy the following requirements:
- The candidate must complete the General Education requirements of the College. (See Academic Regulations and Procedures in the Course Catalog.)
- The candidate must complete all courses required for the degree from the School of Business with an overall GPA of 2.5 or higher. Courses required for the degree are grouped in three categories known as the Common Body of Knowledge (common to all Business majors), the Major Requirements (specific to each degree), and the Capstone Curriculum (common to all Business majors). The list of courses in each category is as follows:
- The nine Common Body of Knowledge courses:
Course List Code Title Hours BUSI-2650 Business Statistics 3 or MATH-1220 Introductory Statistics MGMT-2250 Prin of Business Management 3 ACCT-2090 Principles of Financial Accounting 3 ACCT-2100 Principles of Managerial Accounting 3 ECON-2090 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 ECON-2100 Principles of Microeconomics 3 BUSI-3710 Legal Environment of Business 3 MKTG-3100 Principles of Marketing 3 FINC-3100 Principles of Finance 3 Total Hours 27
- The nine Common Body of Knowledge courses:
b. The Major Requirements for Accounting, Finance, International Business, Management, or Marketing. (See below.)
c. The three components of the Capstone Curriculum:
BUSI-4900 Strategic Management BUSI-4850 Seminr on Executive Writing and Communic, BUSI-4860 Seminr on Ethics & Morality for Bus Prof. (It is important for students and advisors to note that THEO-2000 Christian Moral Life and PHIL-3250 Ethics are prerequisites for this Seminar.)
3. Policy Statements:
a. Students may petition for more than one major in the School of Business (e.g., a student may double major in Accounting and Finance, or double major in Finance and Marketing, etc.). Students who petition for the International Business major must declare a co-major within the School of Business (e.g. Accounting, Finance, Management, or Marketing).
b. The minor in Business Administration is not available to majors in the School of Business. However, the minors in Accounting, Finance, and Entrepreneurship are available to majors in the School of Business.
c. For students who transfer to Benedictine College and are accepted as a major, the School of Business reserves the right to determine which transferred courses will satisfy the requirements of a major. This determination will be based on a careful review of previous course content and rigor.
Program Requirements
In addition to the ten Common Body of Knowledge courses and the four components of the Capstone Curriculum, the major requirements for a B.A. in Management are as follows:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MGMT-3250 | International Management & Culture | 3 |
| MGMT-3500 | Organizational Behavior & Theory | 3 |
| MGMT-3660 | Information & Decision Management | 3 |
| MGMT-4500 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGMT-4560 | Ethics Compliance & Social Responsibiity | 3 |
| MGMT-4660 | Operations & Logistics Management | 3 |
| ECON-3200 | Managerial Economics & Pricing Theory | 3 |
| Two upper-division Electives 1 | 6 | |
| MGMT-COMP | Senior Comprehensive Exam | 0 |
| Total Hours | 27 | |
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Including 3980 or 4980 from ACCT, FINC, ECON, MGMT, MTKG.
Suggested Sequence of Courses for a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Management
| Freshman Year | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | ||
| ENGL-1010 | English Composition | 3 |
| THEO-1100 | Introduction to Theology | 3 |
| Historical Foundation | 3 | |
| ACCT-2090 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| EXSC-1115 | Wellness for Life | 1 |
| MGMT-2250 | Prin of Business Management | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Natural World Foundation | 4 | |
| PHIL-2100 | Principles of Nature | 3 |
| ACCT-2100 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUSI-2650 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Sophomore Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| Historical Foundation | 3 | |
| EXSC Fitness Course | 1 | |
| MGMT-3250 | International Management & Culture | 3 |
| BUSI-3710 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| MKTG-3100 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| ECON-2100 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Natural World Foundation | 4 | |
| MGMT-3500 | Organizational Behavior & Theory | 3 |
| MGMT-3660 | Information & Decision Management | 3 |
| ECON-2090 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| FINC-3100 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Junior Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| Aesthetic Foundation | 3 | |
| PHIL-3250 | Ethics | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 4 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| BUSI-4850 | Seminr on Executive Writing and Communic | 1 |
| MGMT-4660 | Operations & Logistics Management | 3 |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Aesthetic Foundation | 3 | |
| THEO-2000 | Christian Moral Life | 3 |
| BUSI-4860 | Seminr on Ethics & Morality for Bus Prof | 1 |
| MGMT-4500 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 4 | |
| Elective (ACCT, FINC, MGMT, MKTG) | 3 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Junior-Senior Year | ||
| MGMT-4780 | Experiential Learning Activity Recommended | 0 |
| Hours | 0 | |
| Senior Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| Philosophical Inquiry Foundation | 3 | |
| Faith Foundation | 3 | |
| ECON-3200 | Managerial Economics & Pricing Theory | 3 |
| MGMT-4560 | Ethics Compliance & Social Responsibiity | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| General Electives | 9 | |
| BUSI-4900 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| BUSI-4860 | Seminr on Ethics & Morality for Bus Prof | 1 |
| Elective (ACCT, FINC, MGMT, MKTG) | 3 | |
| MGMT-COMP | Senior Comprehensive Exam | 0 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Total Hours | 129 | |