Mission
The mission of the Department of Management is to be recognized as a premier student-centered business management program. We want our students to become leaders with ethical values, global perspectives, and effective communication skills. We facilitate their education in an environment emphasizing creativity, diversity, collaboration, and civic engagement.
Additional Learning Opportunities
Woodbury’s Career Development Office offers various programs, services, and resources to help students explore careers and secure internships. The staff works with students one-on-one to develop successful internship search strategies and help students connect with employers through internship postings, résumé collections, on- and off-campus interview opportunities, alumni connections, and employer outreach.
Internship
Each student in the BBA Management program is required to gain first-hand professional experience by completing a 120-hour internship. A supervised internship provides real-world experience that cannot be replicated in the classroom. We encourage students to, if possible, complete more than one internship. In addition to the benefit of gaining practical work experience, multiple internships can be a major differentiator that potential future employers may find helpful.
Study Away
Management students are encouraged to spend a semester living and studying/working in another country. This process supports our goal of a globally embedded education.
Technology and Computer Requirements
Students use word processing software (such as Word), presentation software (such as PowerPoint), spreadsheet software (such as Excel), data management software (such as Access), and planning software (such as Project). All new students are responsible for using word processing and spreadsheet software. This means students should be able to create, edit, organize, analyze, synthesize, format, and present new and existing information, write formulas, move columns and rows, and import, export, and visually display data. Students needing to upgrade their Excel or Access skills are encouraged to enroll in the appropriate courses. Students are encouraged to own laptop computers capable of reliable internet access as well as word processing software (such as Word), presentation software (such as PowerPoint), and spreadsheet software (such as Excel). Although computer labs are available on campus, class sessions frequently involve online research and group collaboration.
Program Learning Outcomes
Employment and acceptance into a graduate program are both considered evidence of student success.
Leadership
• Understand the importance of developing and practicing quality leadership skills.
• Manifest global awareness in their professional decision making.
Assessment Process
Placement Exam Requirements
Management students who have not received transfer credit for a 200-level math course are encouraged to take the Math Placement Exam, but it is not required. See the Academic Proficiencies and Placement section of the Academic Journey chapter of this catalog for more information.
Formative Assessment Experiences
For BBA core courses, formative assessment processes include students providing structured feedback to their peers; detailed feedback from professors on homework submissions through online course management systems; peer interaction through online forums; evaluation of students’ formal presentations; and business strategy simulation games in MGMT 336, Management Information Systems and MGMT 483, Business Policy and Strategy.
For Management major courses, formative assessment processes include detailed feedback from professors on homework submissions through online learning platforms, evaluation of presentation skills, field projects, an internship project, and faculty advising via one-on-one meetings.
Summative Assessment Experiences
Summative assessment processes for BBA core courses include research and reflection papers, formal presentations, portfolio presentations, final exams, and the capstone project.
Summative assessment processes for Management major courses include formal presentations, portfolios, poster and research paper submissions and presentations, and final exams.
Program Specific Academic Standards
Like all BBA students, Management majors are required to maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade point average to graduate. However, Management majors must earn a grade of “C” or better in the final capstone course (MGMT 483) to graduate. Students must repeat the course until they achieve the mandatory grade.
Curriculum Summary
Program Major Curriculum
| Unit Type (UT) |
Number of Units (U) |
| Major (MA) |
63 |
| General Education (GE) |
49 |
| Unrestricted Electives (UE) |
5 |
| Internship (IN) |
3 |
| Minimum Total Units Required |
120 |
Suggested Sequence of Courses
First Year
Fall Semester
| MGMT 100 | Fundamentals of Business Enterprise | 3 |
| WRIT 113 | First-Year Academic Writing | 3 |
INDS ___
| Interdisciplinary Core Elective | 3 |
| ENVT 220 | Environmental Studies | 3 |
____ ___
| Unrestricted Elective | 3 |
____ ___
| Unrestricted Elective | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Spring Semester
| MGMT 110 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| MDST 120 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| LSCI 105 | Information Theory and Practice | 1 |
| MATH 220 | Business Math | 3 |
____ ___
| Natural Science with Lab Elective | 3 |
| PSYC 150 | General Psychology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Second Year
Fall Semester
Spring Semester
| ACCT 206 | Managerial Accounting for Decision-Making | 3 |
| MGMT 201 | Organizational Communication | 3 |
| MGMT 326 | MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR | 3 |
| MGMT 336 | MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 3 |
| WRIT 313 | Advanced Academic Writing | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Third Year
Fall Semester
| FINA 360 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 335 | Managing Workplace Diversity | 3 |
| MGMT 350 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| MRKT 301 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
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| Humanities Elective | 3 |
____ 3__
| Upper Division Interdisciplinary Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Spring Semester
| MGMT 340 | Social & Political Environment of Bus | 3 |
| MGMT 366 | Small Business Management | 3 |
| MGMT 400 | Operations Management | 3 |
____ 3__
| Upper Division General Education Elective | 3 |
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| Unrestricted Elective | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13 |
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
| MGMT 461 | Leadership | 3 |
| MGMT 474 | Project Management | 3 |
MGMT 490_
| Internship | 3 |
MGMT 3__
| Upper Division Management Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Spring Semester
| MGMT 483 | Business Policy and Strategy | 3 |
MGMT 3__
| Upper Division Management Elective | 3 |
MGMT 3__
| Upper Division Management Elective | 3 |
____ 3__
| Upper General Education Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Type:
MGMT 483 and MGMT (Upper Division Management Elective): MA.
Upper General Education Elective: GE.
Program Minor Curriculum
| ACCT 205 | Financial Accounting for Decision-Making | 3 |
| FINA 360 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 100 | Fundamentals of Business Enterprise | 3 |
| MGMT 110 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| MGMT 326 | MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR | 3 |
| MRKT 301 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
FINA 360 requires the following prerequisites to be taken: ACCT 206, Managerial Accounting for Decision-Making; ECON 203, Macroeconomics or ECON 204, Microeconomics
Optional Program BEES Concentrations
Courses taken in pursuit of a BEES concentration (Business Analytics, Entertainment, Entrepreneurship, or Sustainability) will be applied toward major elective requirements.
Completion of a BEES concentration may require more than the 120 minimum unit requirement for the BBA in Management, due to potential prerequisites.
Completion of a BEES concentration requires the successful completion of five courses within any given concentration.
Business Analytics
Entertainment
Entrepreneurship
Note: Students may take any five courses listed here.
Sustainability
Note: Students may take any five courses listed here.