MANAGEMENT (B.A.)
FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall:
MGMT 205
ECON 205 or 206 or 200
Spring:
MGMT 205 (if not taken in the fall)
ECON 205 or 206
MATH 112 or ECMG 212
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall:
MGMT 281
Spring:
MGMT 284
ECON 306
NOTES:
1ECON 200 is a four (4) credit course that combines material taught in ECON 205 and ECON 206. This course is only offered in the Fall semester. Pre-requisite for
this course is MATH 120 (Pre-calculus math) or a Level III placement on Hood’s Basic Skills Inventory (BSI). Students who successfully complete ECON 200 with a C or better are waived out of ECON 205 and ECON 206.
2MATH 112 or ECMG 212 may be taken upon completion of MATH 099 or with higher level placement in Hood’s Basic Skills Inventory (BSI).
MATH 201 and 202 are strongly recommended for students planning to attend graduate school.
Completion of MATH 112 or ECMG 212 is desirable by the end of the sophomore year.
Management (B.A.) majors who wish to study abroad in the junior year should keep this plan in mind when scheduling courses each semester. If they wish to study in a country where a foreign language is spoken, they must enroll in the appropriate language courses at Hood in their freshman and sophomore years.
Contact Person: Dr. Anita Jose, Rosenstock 109, at 301-696-3691.
MANAGEMENT
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS ENTERING HOOD IN 2010-2011
Students are expected to have the following competencies: knowledge about the different functional areas of business, quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, and the ability to relate organizations to the greater society in which they exist. The management core enables students to achieve these competencies. Students are also required to meet either a study abroad requirement or a three-credit internship requirement. International students and adult students with substantial work obligations are exempt from the study abroad/internship requirement. Other students may request an exemption from the study abroad/internship requirement.
The major requires a minimum of 54-57 credits, depending on the internship situation, in management and related fields. Students may take a maximum of 60 credits in management.
REQUIRED COURSES: (Courses denoted with asterisk (*) must be taken at Hood.)
___ MGMT 205 Principles of Management
___ MGMT 281 Principles of Financial Accounting
___ MGMT 284 Principles of Managerial Accounting
___ MGMT 301 Organizational Theory & Behavior*
___ ECMG 303 Principles of Finance & Investment*
___ MGMT 306 Principles of Marketing
___ MGMT 312 Analytical Methods in Management*
___ MGMT 314 International Business*
___ MGMT 411 Seminar in Strategic Management*
___ MGMT 454 Legal Environment of Business
___ ECON 200 Principles of Economics OR ___ ECON 205 Principles of Macro AND
___ ECON 206 Principles of Micro
___ ECON 306 Microeconomic Analysis
___ MATH 112 Applied Statistics OR ___ ECMG 212 Stats for Econ & Management
___ ITMG 388 Management Information Systems
MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATIONS (9 credit hours)
To provide depth of knowledge over and above the common body of knowledge, students must complete a concentration. Students may choose any three management courses from the following and get a general business administration concentration or concentrate in a discipline by selecting three classes from one of the areas below. All depth of knowledge courses must be taken at Hood.
Accounting
___ MGMT 321 Intermediate Accounting I
___ MGMT 322 Intermediate Accounting II
___ MGMT 433 Cost Accounting
Finance
___ MGMT 402 Business Finance
___ MGMT 410 Investment Analysis
___ ECMG 478 International Financial Management
Human Resource Management
___ ECON 318 Comparative Market Economies OR ___ ECON 328 Labor Economics
___ MGMT 307 Personnel Management**
___ MGMT 313 Employment/Labor Law**
INDIVIDUAL INTEREST CONCENTRATIONS
International Economics and Finance
___ ECON 324 International Trade
___ ECON 460 International Finance and Open Economy Macro
___ ECMG 478 International Financial Management
Marketing
___ CMA 310 Public Relations OR ___ MGMT 406 Consumer Behavior
___ MGMT 420 Marketing Administration
___ MGMT 423 Marketing Research Methods
**Must be taken for the concentration
Management majors may develop, in consultation with their management faculty advisor, an individual interest concentration, which focuses on a particular career interest. Examples of such concentrations include information systems, public relations and environmental management.
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED COURSES
___ CAEN 306 Writing for Business and Management
___ MATH 201 Calculus I
___ PHIL 220 Professional Ethics