Management Program Requirements

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  • Michael Keene (chair)
  • Michael Glissmeyer 
  • Susan Arsht
  • Dax Jacobson
  • Alysse Morton
  • Vicki Graham

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Program Goals

Students can complete the Bachelor of Science in Management, or the Bachelor of Arts in Management. The Management major is designed to prepare students to manage effectively in a wide variety of business organizations. The purpose of the major is to ensure that students (1) understand the field of management and the environmental and organizational context in which managers operate and (2) master the fundamental management principles and tools needed to assure their success as managers. Students majoring in Management can:

  • Create an effective business plan for a new country entry.
  • Motivate, coordinate, and lead others to excellent performance.
  • Develop plans to lead an organization through a significant change effort.
  • Effectively communicate across different cultures.

Program Requirements

To fulfill the requirements for a Management major, students must complete the courses outlined below. Students must maintain a minimum 2.3 GPA in business program coursework. Students are also required to complete the ETS Major Field Test in Business before they are eligible to graduate. Exceptions may be considered by program chair when relocation or other conditions make completion of the test impractical.

Students must meet the college-wide graduation requirements in addition to the Management major:

  • WCore or Honors College requirements
  • 30 upper division hours
  • 124 total hours

Undergraduate Business Core

Students in most business majors, including management, complete a common undergraduate core designed to develop skills in all functional areas of business. There are two components to the common undergraduate core: the lower-division requirements, and the upper-division requirements. Since many of the lower-division core requirements are prerequisites for upper-division core requirements, students should work to complete lower-division courses early in their programs. Upper-division core requirements should be taken when prerequisites are met. Prerequisites are noted in the table below.

Requirement Description Credit Hours Prerequisites
I. Core Lower Division Courses 25  
ACCT 213 Financial Accounting  3 BUSI 102* or BUSI 101A and BUSI 101B
BUSI 101A Business Fundamentals I: Communicating  3  
BUSI 101B Business Fundamentals I: Calculating   MATH 101 or above
BUSI 101C Business Fundamentals I:  Company Lab  0  
BUSI 200 Applied Business Math and Modeling  3 BUSI 102* or BUSI 101A and BUSI 101B
BUSI 225 Business Law and Ethics 3 BUSI 102* or BUSI 101A and BUSI 101B
ECON 253 Elementary Macroeconomics  3 MATH 101 or above
ECON 263 Elementary Microeconomics  3 MATH 101 or above
Choose one of the following courses:    

DATA 150 or

DATA 220

Data and Society or

Introduction to Statistics 

4

4

  
II. Core Upper Division Courses 23-25  
ACCT 313 Managerial Accounting  3 ACCT 213
BUSI 300 Information Technology 3 BUSI 200
BUSI 350

Business Fundamentals II: Integrative Core

The ETS exam is administered in BUSI 350. Learn more about ETS.

 2 ACCT 313; BUSI 225, 300; DATA 150 or 220; ECON 263; FINC 300; MGMT 305, MGMT 309; MKTG 300.
BUSI 440 or

BUSI 441 or

BUSI 442

Business Fundamentals III: Internship or

Business Practicum or

Business Portfolio

1-8

2-4

2

 BUSI 350, junior or senior standing, and signed approval from the Practice/Exp Director.
Transfer students must complete a min. of 15 Westminster credit hours or obtain permission of instructor prior to completing an internship for credit.

All business majors are required to complete BUSI 440 or BUSI 441 or BUSI 442**		    
FINC 300

Business Finance

 3 BUSI 200 and ACCT 213
MGMT 305

Principles of Management 

 4 BUSI 102* or BUSI 101A and BUSI 101B
MGMT 309

Operations Management

 3 BUSI 200
MKTG 300

Principles of Marketing

 3 BUSI 102* or BUSI 101A and BUSI 101B
Total Hours for the Program 48-50  

* BUSI 102, Business Fundamentals I for Transfer Students, is only an option for transfer students or student majoring in arts administration; all other students should take BUSI 101A/BUSI 101B.

Bachelor of Science in Management

Requirement Description Credit Hours Prerequisites
I. Undergraduate Business Core 48-50  
Please refer to Undergraduate Business Core for requirements.
II. Major Requirements 12  
MGMT 400 Global Business Strategy - offered spring 4 MKTG 300 or MGMT 305
MGMT 433 Organizational Behavior- offered fall 4 MGMT 305
MGMT 460 Organizational Change and Advanced Management- offered fall 4 MGMT 305
III. Electives 4  
Four hours of electives are required from the following:    
MGMT 310  The Entrepreneurial Mindset (not available as an elective for entrepreneurship minors) 2  
MGMT 311  Business Model Development (not available as an elective for entrepreneurship minors) 2  
MGMT 411  Managing Growth (not available as an elective for entrepreneurship minors) 2  
And/or other upper division electives as approved by advisor 2-4  
IV. Senior Capstone 4  
MGMT 450  Advanced Strategic Planning- offered spring 4 MGMT 305
Total Hours for the B.S. Management Program 68-70  

Bachelor of Arts in Management

Requirement Description Credit Hours Prerequisites
I. Undergraduate Business Core 48-50  
Please refer to Undergraduate Business Core for requirements.
II. Bachelor of Arts Requirements 12  

Students completing the Bachelor of Arts option (B.A.) must complete either:

a. A declared academic minor other than a Business minor (Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Sports Management cannot be used) or

b. Twelve credit hours of a single world language; or

c. Eight credit hours of a single world language, and either:

  • Four credit hours of a Westminster May term study/cultural international experience, or
  • Four credits of an international study tour transferred from an accredited college or university.

See World Language Requirement for equivalencies, AP and CLEP credit policy.
III. Upper Division Required Courses 12  
MGMT 400 Global Business Strategy- offered spring 4 MKTG 300 or MGMT 305
MGMT 433 Organizational Behavior- offered fall 4 MGMT 305
MGMT 460 Organizational Change and Advanced Management- offered fall 4 MGMT 305
IV. Senior Capstone 4  
MGMT 450   Advanced Strategic Planning- offered spring 4 MGMT 305
Total Hours for the B.A. Management Program 76-78  

Recommended Plan of Study

Starting Business as a First-Year Student

Fall Semester Spring Semester
Freshman Year  WCORE 1
WCORE 2
BUSI 101A
BUSI 101B		 WCORE 3
WCORE 4
DATA 150 OR DATA 220
BUSI 225
Sophmore Year WCORE 5
WCORE 6
BUSI 200
ACCT 213		 ECON 253
MKTG 300
ACCT 313
MGMT 305
BUSI 300
Junior Year  MGMT 309
FINC 300
ECON 263
Language I (B.A.)		 BUSI 350
MGMT 400
MGMT Elective (B.S.)
Language II (B.A.)
Senior Year MGMT 433
MGMT 460
Language III (B.A.)		 BUSI 440, 441 or 442
MGMT 450


Starting Business as a Sophomore

Fall Semester Spring Semester
Freshman Year WCORE 1
WCORE 2
WCORE 3
Language I (B.A.)		 WCORE 4
WCORE 5
WCORE 6
Language II (B.A.)
Sophmore Year  BUSI 101A
BUSI 101B
ECON 253
Language III (B.A.)
BUSI 225		 ACCT 213
DATA 150 OR DATA 220
BUSI 200
ECON 263
MKTG 300
Junior Year  BUSI 300
MGMT 305
MGMT 309
FINC 300
ACCT 313		 BUSI 350
MGMT 400
MGMT Elective (B.S.)
Senior Year MGMT 433
MGMT 460		 BUSI 440, 441 or 442
MGMT 450