Management

The purpose of the Management major is to enable a student to choose a variety of management courses with the greatest flexibility (keeping in mind that core course requirements are the same for all majors). Substantial numbers of employers are looking for broadly educated students at the Bachelor’s degree level, and many students prefer to have a general business education early in their careers.

General Education Requirements

In order to graduate on-schedule without taking additional courses, it is highly recommended that students meet with an Undergraduate Academic Adviser concerning the selection of all of their General Education courses.

Each candidate for an Oakland University baccalaureate will need to satisfactorily complete approved courses in each of the following areas: Foundation, Exploration, Integration, Writing, U.S. Diversity, and Capstone. For details, refer to the General Education Requirements section of the catalog.

Requirements for the Major in Management, B.S.

Students seeking the Bachelor of Science degree in Management must complete a minimum of 120 credits including the following requirements:

Business Pre-Core Required Courses

• course Financial Accounting (4) 

• course Managerial and Cost Accounting I (4) 

• course Public Speaking (4) 
  or  course Group Dynamics and Communication (4) 
  or  course Communication in Organizations (4) 
  or  course Communication in Leadership (4) 
  or  course Interpersonal Conflict (4) 

• course Principles of Global Macroeconomics (4) 
  or  course Principles of Macroeconomics (4) 

• course Principles of Microeconomics (4) 

• course Business Problem Solving with Information Technology (3) 

• course Linear Programming Elementary Functions (4) 
  or  course College Algebra (4) 
  or  course Precalculus (4) 
  or course Calculus for the Social Sciences (4) 
  or course Calculus I (4) * 

• course Statistical Methods for Business I (3) 
  or  course Introduction to Statistical Concepts and Reasoning (4) 
  or  course Applied Probability and Statistics (4) 

• course Statistical Methods for Business II (3) 

• course ACHIEVE I (0) 

• course ACHIEVE II (0) 

*If a student places into and completes course or course with the required minimum grade, course or course or course is not required.

Business Core Required Courses

• course Managerial Economics (3) 

• course Managerial Finance I (3) 

• course Legal Environment of Business (3) 

• course Management Strategies and Policies (3) 

• course Management Information Systems (3)  

• course Marketing (3) 

• course Introduction to Organizational Behavior (3) 

• course Introduction to the Management of Human Resources (3) 

• course Operations Management (3) 

• course Business Writing (4) 
  or course Advanced Critical Writing (4) 

Management Required Courses

• course Achieve III - Management (0) 

• course Leadership and Group Performance (4) 

• course Negotiations & Deal-Making (3) 

Complete 12 credits of Management Elective Courses

The elective may be chosen from any area within the SBA (courses beginning with ACC, ECN, ENT, FIN, MGT, MIS, MKT, ORG, POM or QMM) and must be chosen from courses numbered 3000 or higher. A grade of C or better must be achieved in each prerequisite for a management elective course before a Management major may begin work in that management elective course. No more than 4 credits of independent study (course) may be used to meet the Major Elective Requirement.

Additional Requirements

Students must complete the core program and the requirements of 1 of the business majors in the SBA with a minimum grade of C in each of the pre-core, core, major courses, and major-dependent concentration courses. Once admitted to the business program as a pre-business or undecided business student or major, a student must complete all of the remaining business core, major and business minor coursework for the degree at Oakland University.

Students must complete at least 31 credits of courses offered by the School of Business Administration, excluding course, courseor course, course, course and course and course. Of these 31 credits, at least 12 credits must be in the student’s major.

Students earning an additional major are permitted to do so in all areas except Management. No more than 4 credits of independent study (4996) courses may be used to meet the Major Elective Requirement. Courses numbered 3800 and 4900 may be repeated for up to 8 credits provided the topics are different. All major courses require a 2.6 GPA or better or major standing to take these courses (excludes Economics and non-SBA major courses).

Students may not earn a double major in Management and another major in the School of Business Administration.

Applicable Minors

All Minors are applicable to this major with the exception of the following Minor(s): Business, Child Welfare, International Orientation for EGR/CS, and Sustainability Engineering.