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Management B.B.A.Management Studies
Labovitz School of Business and Economics
This professionally-oriented program emphasizes the competencies required for management careers in business, government, public, or social service organizations. The program prepares students for entering careers with management responsibility by providing a breadth and depth of knowledge about organizations, management fundamentals, techniques, processes, and skills, combined with a foundation in the functional areas of accounting, business law, finance, information systems, marketing, operations, and human resource management.
The B.B.A. offers a broad educational experience while preparing students for a variety of technical and management careers. With about one-half of the required coursework from nonbusiness disciplines, emphasis is on the development of a strong liberal arts education that provides a foundation for the required and elective professional courses. The program's core curriculum focuses on the fundamental administrative and functional skills demanded of leaders in today's public and private organizations. Students are permitted sufficient latitude in choosing electives appropriate to their particular professional objectives in finance, human resource management, organizational management, management information systems, or marketing.
In addition to classroom-based courses, students may participate in internship programs where classroom learning may be applied during professional experience as an employee of a public agency or private business. The internship program provides practical tests of vocational interests and valuable work experience.
Honors Program: Degree candidates must earn a 3.30 GPA in all LSBE upper division courses.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
Freshman and transfer students are usually admitted to pre-major status
before admission to this major.
A GPA above 2.0 is preferred for the following:
Freshmen and transfer students are typically admitted as pre-business students for all B.B.A. majors. Admission to candidacy status, which allows access to upper division LSBE classes, typically occurs at the junior level when students have successfully completed all pre-major (pre-candidacy) course requirements, and met all of the GPA standards. Students with a 2.60 UM and overall, 2.00 internal and pre-major, are admitted upon completion of pre-major courses; students with a 2.00-2.59 UM and overall, 2.00 internal and pre-major GPAs, are pooled and reviewed for evidence of academic success in LSBE majors.
Students who do not qualify for admission to candidacy may not take upper division LSBE courses (excluding some economics courses) without permission of the director of Student Affairs.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Required prerequisites
Introductory course (1 cr)
Not required for transfer students with 30 or more credits, or for students who change college to LSBE.
UST 1000 - Learning in Community
(1.0-2.0 cr)
Required prerequisites
Pre-major requirements (37 cr)
Additional non-LSBE courses to bring total to 60 pre-candidacy credits.
Non-LSBE statistics courses cannot be used to fulfill elective requirements.
ACCT 2001 - Principles of Financial Accounting
(3.0 cr)
ACCT 2002 - Principles of Managerial Accounting
(3.0 cr)
BLAW 2001 - The Legal Environment
[LE CAT8, HUMANITIES]
(3.0 cr)
ECON 1022 - Principles of Economics: Macro
[LE CAT, SOC SCI]
(3.0 cr)
ECON 1023 - Principles of Economics: Micro
[LE CAT, SOC SCI]
(3.0 cr)
ECON 2030 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics
[LOGIC & QR]
(3.0 cr)
MIS 2201 - Information Technology in Business
(3.0 cr)
LSBE 2000 - Interpersonal and Teamwork Skills
(1.0 cr)
PSY 1003 - General Psychology
[LE CAT, SOC SCI]
(4.0 cr)
WRIT 1120 - College Writing
[LE CAT, WRITING]
(3.0 cr)
MATH 1160 - Finite Mathematics and Introduction to Calculus
[LE CAT, LOGIC & QR]
(5.0 cr)
or
MATH 1290 - Calculus for the Natural Sciences
[LE CAT2, LOGIC & QR]
(5.0 cr)
or
MATH 1296 - Calculus I
[LE CAT, LOGIC & QR]
(5.0 cr)
or
MATH 1596 {Inactive}
[LE CAT2, LOGIC & QR]
(5.0 cr)
Communications or Foreign Languages
COMM 1112 - Public Speaking
[LE CAT, COMM & LAN]
(3.0 cr)
or
COMM 1222 - Interpersonal Communication
[LE CAT, LECD C, COMM & LAN]
(3.0 cr)
or
Foreign Language Courses-LSBE students are encouraged to take at least one year of college-level foreign language. (See LSBE Advising and Academic Services Office)
General Requirements
Program Requirements
1. LSBE students are encouraged to take at least one year of college-level foreign language.
2. 50% of all required business credits, including the upper-division economics elective, must be taken from LSBE faculty.
3. Students must complete a minimum of 30 credits while enrolled in LSBE.
4. No more than 9 credits (3 courses) pertaining to a specific major may be taken abroad, unless an exception is approved by petition.
LSBE Core (18 cr)
MGTS 3301 - Production and Operations Management
(3.0 cr)
FIN 3601 - Corporate Finance
(3.0 cr)
MGTS 3401 - Organizational Behavior and Management
(3.0 cr)
MKTG 3701 - Principles of Marketing
(3.0 cr)
MGTS 3801 - Human Resource Management
(3.0 cr)
MGTS 4481 - Strategic Management
(3.0 cr)
Supporting Courses (17 cr)
In addition to economics and international requirements listed below, you may complete up to 3 credits of additional internship credits and upper division (3xxx or above) non-LSBE courses, for a total of 17 credits of supporting courses. NOTE: PSY 3020, STAT 3611 and SOC 3155 are equivalent to ECON 2030, and cannot be used to fulfill these requirements.
Economics Requirement
Take exactly 1 course(s) from the following:
·
ECON 3xxx
·
ECON 4xxx
International Requirement
Take exactly 1 course(s) from the following:
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ACCT 4505 - International Accounting
(3.0 cr)
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AMIN 3410 - Fur Trade in Canada and the United States
[CDIVERSITY]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3628 - Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3632 - Latin American Cultures
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3638 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
(3.0 cr)
·
ECON 3150 - Development Economics
(3.0 cr)
·
ECON 3402 - Global Economic Issues
(3.0 cr)
·
ECON 4410 - International Economics
(3.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3501 - British Literature I
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3502 - British Literature II
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 5566 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 5583 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
FIN 3649 - International Finance
(3.0 cr)
·
FR 4412 - Contemporary French Culture and Society
[HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
·
FR 4422 {Inactive}
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
·
FST 4225 - INTB 4201, Chinese Business and Economics
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
·
FST 4295 - INTB 4211 Innovation in Ireland (GLOBAL PER)
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3461 - Geography of Global Resources
(3.0 cr)
·
GER 4302 - German Women Writers and Filmmakers
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
·
GER 4305 - German Cinema
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
·
GER 4404 - Contemporary Germany
[HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
·
HCM 4560 - International Comparisons of Health Care Systems
(3.0 cr)
·
HIST 3243 - Europe in Crisis in the 20th Century
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3244 - Holocaust & Genocide in Europe in the 20th Century
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3257 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3264 - Russian Empire under the Tsars: Russia under the Romanovs from Peter the Great to Lenin
[GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3386 - The United States and the World since 1898
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3615 - Modern Africa
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3616 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3726 - Modern Middle East: 18th Century-Present
[GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3825 - Islamic History from Muhammad to the Ottomans
[GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4474 - International Management
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4483 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4861 - International Human Resource Management
(3.0 cr)
·
MKTG 4774 - International Marketing
(3.0 cr)
·
POL 3451 - Theories of International Relations
(4.0 cr)
·
POL 3456 - International Security: War and More
(4.0 cr)
·
POL 3517 - Western European Political Systems
(4.0 cr)
·
POL 3570 - Politics of Developing Nations
(3.0 cr)
·
SOC 3945 - Social Stratification
(3.0 cr)
·
SPAN 3042 - Civilization, Cultures and Communities in Latin America
[HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
·
SPAN 3044 - Civilization, Cultures and Communities of Spain
[HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
·
SPAN 4011 - Latin American Prose
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
·
SPAN 4018 - Latin America From Within
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
·
SPAN 4027 - Contemporary Literature and Culture of Spain
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
·
WS 3000 - Transnational Perspectives on Feminism
[SOC SCI, GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
·
WS 3001 - Gender Relations in the Global South
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
·
WS 3002 - Latin American Women: Culture and Politics
(3.0 cr)
·
WS 3400 - Women and Film
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
Advanced Writing and Professional Development Requirement (4 cr)
BCOM 3141 - Business Communications
(3.0 cr)
or
WRIT 3121 - Advanced Writing: Business and Organizations
(3.0 cr)
LSBE 3000 - Career Development for the Business Professional
(1.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Human Resource Management
The work of the human resource management (HRM) professional encompasses a broad range of activities affecting the relationship between an organization and its employees--its human resources. HRM involves strategic functions, such as organizational planning and human resource policy making, and diverse activities that involve designing and implementing policies, and selecting, developing, evaluating, and rewarding a workforce. Typical HRM activities include equal employment opportunity, the study and design of jobs, employee benefit programs, union-management relations, counseling, and the development of work systems that are consistent with the prevailing organizational philosophy.
Group A Electives (15 cr)
Take 5 or more course(s) totaling 15 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
MGTS 4475 - Negotiations, Bargaining and Conflict Resolution
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4821 - Staffing Work Organizations
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4831 - Compensation Systems
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4841 - Training and Development
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4851 - Labor Relations
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4861 - International Human Resource Management
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4871 - Strategic Human Resource Management
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4881 - Human Resource Issues and Trends
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4895 - Special Topics: (Various Titles to be Assigned)
(3.0 cr)
Group B Electives (total of 2 courses required from 2 different categories) (6 cr)
1. Additional course from Group A.
2. ECON 3821 or selected human resource-oriented course from other discipline (department head consent required).
3. Upper division organizational management or entrepreneurship course (MGTS 44xx or MGTS 49xx) or HCM 4520 - Health Care Organization and Management; FST 4225 or 4295 may also be used.
4. Internship/Field Studies
MGTS 3897 - Human Resources Internship
(1.0-6.0 cr)
or
MGTS 3997 {Inactive}
(1.0-3.0 cr)
Organizational Management
Managers facilitate the work of others to accomplish goals that might not be achieved by a single individual and need to know about the environment surrounding the organization, the roles that managers can take, and the techniques that effectively guide employees. The curriculum allows students to become familiar with different types of organizations and their members. Among the many topics covered are organizational environments, groups and teams at work, leadership, and employee empowerment. Students are given the opportunities to learn more about organizations' complex systems.
MGTS 3401 - Organizational Behavior and Management, a part of the LSBE core, is a prerequisite for all of the courses that appear in the track. Organizational management track students are encouraged to take MGTS 3401 as soon as they are eligible for the course.
Organizational Management Group A (18 cr)
Students must take at least one macro, one micro, and at least two management and management process courses.
MGTS 4495 - Special Topics in Management, may fulfill one of the following areas: macro-organization, or management and management process (by petition only).
Take 6 or more course(s) totaling 18 or more credit(s) from the following:
Macro-Organization Behavior Courses
Focus on the organization (context, structure, processes, and behavior) and organizing.
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
·
MGTS 4411 - High Performance Organization Design and Transformation
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4483 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4421 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
Micro-Organization Behavior Courses
Study of individuals and groups within an organizational context, internal processes, practices.
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
·
MGTS 4431 - Leadership Studies
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4441 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4443 - Teams in Organizations
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4451 - Management Inquiry
(3.0 cr)
·
Management and Management Process
The practice of management within the work, organization, and larger organizational context.
Take 2 or more course(s) from the following:
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MGTS 4461 - Business Ethics
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4463 - Foundations of Sustainable Management
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4472 - Entrepreneurship
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4473 - Management of Innovation and Technology
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4474 - International Management
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4475 - Negotiations, Bargaining and Conflict Resolution
(3.0 cr)
Organizational Management Group B (3 cr)
Select one course from the following options for a total of 3 credits:
1. Select any other Group A course.
2. Any upper division LSBE elective in accounting, business law, finance, human resources, marketing, management information sciences, or health care management; FST 4225 or 4295 may also be used. Internships from these disciplines (ACCT 3196, FMIS 3397, MGTS 3897 and HCM 4597) cannot be used to fulfill this requirement.
3. Management Internship (MGTS 3497)
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