Management, B.S.

The Management major consists of 75 credits. All students must complete 39 credit hours of the Business Core, 18 credits of Non-Business Related Courses, and 18 credits of Management coursework in one of the four concentrations: Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship, General Management, and Sports Management.

Required Business Courses

Majors must complete a minimum of 30 credits in the major at Westfield State University in order to graduate.

Required Business Core - 39 Credits

ACCT 0104 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
ACCT 0105 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
FINC 0207 - Financial Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0107 - Software Applications in Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0220 - Production/Operations Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0221 - Business Management: A Survey of Organizational Development and Management Principles Credits: 3
MGMT 0241 - Business Law I Credits: 3
MGMT 0250 - Quantitative Approaches to Business Decisions Credits: 3
MGMT 0308 - Organizational Development & Behavior Credits: 3
MGMT 0321 - Management Information Systems Credits: 3
or ACCT 0345 - Accounting Information Systems Credits: 3
MGMT 0325 - Business Policy and Strategy Credits: 3
MGMT 0338 - International Business Credits: 3
MRKT 0231 - Marketing Management Credits: 3

Non-Business Required Courses - 18 Credits

ECON 0101 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 0102 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ENGL 0103 - Speech Credits: 3
ENGL 0392 - Business and Technical Writing Credits: 3
MATH 0108 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 3
MATH 0115 - Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences Credits: 3 *

Note:

* MATH 0105 or MATH 0106 , Calculus I or II, will also satisfy this requirement.

Management Core

These courses are common between all three possible tracks.

MGMT 0314 - Human Resource Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0344 - Project Management Credits: 3

Human Resource Management Track

These courses make up the Human Resource Management track:

MGMT 0301 - Labor Relations Credits: 3
MGMT 0330 - Advanced Human Resource Seminar Credits: 3

Additional Electives

6 credits total:

MGMT 0398 - Business Internship Credits: 3-15
MGMT 0313 - Collective Bargaining Credits: 3
MGMT 0346 - Leadership Credits: 3
EGST 0205 - Introduction to Gay And Lesbian Studies Credits: 3 *
EGST 0221 - Women in Modern Organizations Credits: 3 *
LSPA 0314 - Spanish for the Professions Credits: 3
PSYC 0353-0356 - Special Topics in Psychology Credits: 3
-when offered as Psychology of Gender
PSYC 0212 - From Disorder to Orientation Credits: 3 *
SOCW 0360 - Diversity and Social Justice Credits: 3
*Only one 200-level course may be counted toward major requirements.

Entrepreneurship Track

These courses make up the Entrepreneurship track:

MGMT 0342 - Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
MGMT 0302 - Small Business Management Credits: 3

Additional Electives

6 credits total:

MGMT 0346 - Leadership Credits: 3
MGMT 0327 - Small Business Institute Credits: 3
MGMT 0355 - Digital and Social Media Credits: 3
MGMT 0398 - Business Internship Credits: 3-15
MRKT 0306 - Logistics Management Credits: 3
MRKT 0337 - Consumer Behavior Credits: 3
MRKT 0336 - Fundamentals of Retailing Credits: 3
MRKT 0309 - Sales and Sales Management Credits: 3
ECON 0320 - Environmental Economics Credits: 3

General Management Track

These courses make up the General Management track:

Any two courses from the following three:
MGMT 0301 - Labor Relations Credits: 3
MGMT 0342 - Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
MGMT 0346 - Leadership Credits: 3

Additional Electives

6 credits total:

COMM 0209 - Global Communication Credits: 3 *
COMM 0303 - Persuasive Communication Credits: 3
COMM 0222 - Intercultural Communication Credits: 3 *
COMM 0340 - Organizational Communication Credits: 3
ECON 0305 - Introduction to Econometric Methods Credits: 3
GPS 0340 - Data Collection and Analysis Credits: 3
MGMT 0224 - Business Analytics Credits: 3 *
MGMT 0398 - Business Internship Credits: 3-15
MRKT 0307 - Marketing Research Techniques Credits: 3
PSYC 0200 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology Credits: 3 *
SOCI 0311 - Complex Organizations Credits: 3
*Only one 200-level course may be counted toward major requirements.

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in the Common Core .