What You'll Learn
As a business major, you will learn core elements of business, such as accounting, economics, finance, information systems, management and marketing.
The management specialization includes instruction in areas like strategic planning and change management, resource allocation, financial management, workforce management, supply chain management, continuous improvement and more.
Classroom courses are offered to full-time and part-time students during the day and in the evening; many courses are also offered online.
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Degree Requirements
A minimum of 38 General Education credits are required. Non-Business General Education credits are indicated below. Business Core Requirements satisfy an additional 15 credits hours of General Education. Course No. Title Credits IDIS 101 First-Year Seminar: Introduction to University Learning
(Only for UBalt Freshman)3 INFO 110 Introduction to University Learning
(Only for UBalt Freshman)3 Arts and Humanities 3 Arts and Humanities
(Must be from a different discipline)3 Social and Behaviorial Sciences
(Other than Econ)3 Biological and Physical Sciences
3 Biological and Physical Sciences
(with a lab)
3-4 WRIT 101 English Composition 3 IDIS 302 Upper-Division Ethics 3 WRIT 300 Upper-Division Writing
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Lower-Division Business Requirements (24 Credits)
All students in the BSBA program take these Lower-Division Business Required Core Courses. Course No. Title Credits ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 ACCT 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Prerequisite: ACCT 201 or equivalent with a minimum grade of C.3 BULA 151 Business Law I 3 CMAT 201
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CMAT 303Oral Communications
Laboratory fee required.3 ECON 200 The Economic Way of Thinking 3 MATH 111 College Algebra 3 MATH 115
Introductory Statistics 3 OPRE 202 Statistical Data Analysis
Prerequisites: OPRE 201 and basic computer skills.3 -
Upper-Division Business Requirements (31 Credits)
All students in the BSBA program take these Upper-Division Business Required Core Courses. Course No. Title Credits ECON 308 Money and Banking 3 FIN 331 Financial Management
Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ECON 200 or 3 hours of micro- or macroeconomics, and MATH 115.3 INSS 300 Management Information Systems 3 MGMT 301 Management and Organizational Behavior
Prerequisite: WRIT 300
3 MGMT 302 Global Business Environment 3 MGMT 315 Human Resource Management
Prerequisite: MATH 1153 MGMT 330 Personal and Professional Skills for Business
There is a lab fee associated with this course.
1 MGMT 339 Process and Operations Management
Prerequisite: MATH 1153 MKTG 301 Marketing Management 3 OPRE 315 Business Application of Decision Science
Prerequisite: MATH 111 and Math 1153 MGMT 475 Strategic Management
Prerequisites: all business upper-division core courses / Merrick School of Business student or permission of the instructor.3
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Management Specialization Requirements (15 credits)
Choose from five courses from the following to complete the management specialization requirements:Course No. Title Credits MGMT 465 International Management
Prerequisites: MGMT 302/ Merrick School of Business student or permission of the instructor.3 Choose One additional 3-credit Business Elective (non-MGMT) from the available 300-or 400-level business courses. 3 Choose three courses from the following: ENTR 300 The Entrepreneurial Experience 3 MGMT 400 Human Resource Analysis and Communications
Prerequisite: MGMT 315 and OPRE 202 / Merrick School of Business student or by permission of the instructor.3 MGMT 410 Employment Relations Law
Prerequisites: MGMT 315 / Merrick School of Business student or by permission of the instructor.3 MGMT 415 Compensation and Performance Management
Prerequisite: MGMT 315 / Merrick School of Business or by permission of the instructor.3 MGMT 419 Seminar in Human Resource Management
Prerequisite: MGMT 3153 MGMT 425 Employee and Labor Relations
Prerequisite: MGMT 339 / Merrick School of Business student or by permission of the instructor3 MGMT 430 Quality and Productivity Management 3 MGMT 445 Service Operations 3 MGMT 495 Internship in Management
Prerequisite: MGMT 339 / Merrick School of Business student or by permission of the instructor3 MGMT 497 Special Topics in Management
Prerequisites: Determined by instructor, Merrick School of Business student.3 MGMT 498 Global Field Study
Prerequisite: Department consent required.3 MGMT 499 Independent Study: Management
Prerequisite: Merrick School of Business student and permission of the instructor3