Management

Major Requirements

Major: Management

Degree Type: B.S.
Minimum Credits Required for Degree: 120

University Degree Requirements

1. Satisfactory completion of all requirements of the curriculum in which one is enrolled.
2. Earn a minimum total of 120 credits in approved coursework.  Some academic programs exceed this minimum.
3. Satisfactory completion of the general education requirements as specified by the university.
4. A minimum institutional GPA of 2.00 based on work taken at NDSU.
5. At least 36 credits presented for graduation must be in courses number 300 or higher.
6. Transfer Students: Must earn a minimum of 60 credits from a baccalaureate-degree granting or professional institituion. 
   1. Of these 60, at least 36 must be NDSU residence credits as defined in #7.
   2. Within the 36 resident credits, a minimum of 15 must be in courses numbered 300 or higher and 15 credits in the major field of study.
7. At least 36 credits must be NDSU resident credits.  Residence credits include credits registered and paid for at NDSU.

For complete information, please refer to the Degree and Graduation Requirements section of this Bulletin.

University General Education Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Communication (C)		12
ENGL 110	College Composition I
ENGL 120	College Composition II
COMM 110	Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Upper Division Writing †
Quantitative Reasoning (R) †		3
Science and Technology (S) †		10
Humanities and Fine Arts (A) †		6
Social and Behavioral Sciences (B) †		6
Wellness (W) †		2
Cultural Diversity (D) *†
Global Perspectives (G) *†
Total Credits		39

*	May be satisfied by completing courses in another General Education category.
†	General education courses may be used to satisfy requirements for both general education and the major, minor, and program emphases, where applicable.  Students should carefully review major requirements to determine if specific courses can also satisfy these general education categories.

•  A list of university approved general education courses and administrative policies are available here.

Major Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
All courses taken for the Management Major require a grade of C or better. A minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA is required for admission to the professional program, to enroll in 300 - 400 level courses, and to graduate.
Admission to Professional Program Requirements
COMM 110	Fundamentals of Public Speaking (May satisfy general education category C)	3
ECON 201	Principles of Microeconomics (May satisfy general education category B and G)	3
or ECON 202	Principles of Macroeconomics
ENGL 120	College Composition II (May satisfy general education category C)	3
MATH 144	Mathematics for Business	4
PSYC 111	Introduction to Psychology	3
or SOC 110	Introduction to Sociology
Management Major Requirements
ACCT 200	Elements of Accounting I	3
ACCT 201	Elements of Accounting II	3
MIS 116	Business Use of Computers (May satisfy general education category S)	3
PHIL 216	Business Ethics (May satisfy general education category A)	3
STAT 330	Introductory Statistics (May satisfy general education category R)	3
STAT 331	Regression Analysis	2
ECON 201	Principles of Microeconomics (May satisfy general education category B and G) 1	3
or ECON 202	Principles of Macroeconomics
PSYC 111	Introduction to Psychology 1	3
or SOC 110	Introduction to Sociology
ENGL 320	Business and Professional Writing (May satisfy general education category C)	3
Admission to Professional Program Required prior to taking the following courses:
FIN 320	Principles of Finance 2	3
MGMT 320	Foundations of Management 2	3
MRKT 320	Foundations of Marketing 2	3
MIS 320	Management Information Systems 2	3
BUSN 430	Legal and Social Environment of Business 2	3
BUSN 489	Strategic Management (Capstone Course) 2	3
MGMT 330	Foundations of Organizational Behavior	3
MGMT 360	Operations Management	3
MGMT 450	Human Resource Management	3
Management Elective Courses (MGMT Prefix) 300-400 Level		12
Select courses from current MGMT curriculum
Management Elective Courses 300-400 Level		9
Select courses from within the CoB, Prefixes of BUSN, MRKT, FIN, ACCT, MIS, ENTR (includes courses cross-listed with CoB courses)
Management Elective Course 300-400 Level		3
This 300-400 level elective can be external to the CoB and must be satisfied with a single 3-credit 300 - 400 level course. It cannot be used to satisfy other requirements (includes courses cross-listed with CoB courses)
At least one of the following international courses must be included in the plan of study and can count in one of the managment 300-400 level elective areas:
BUSN 340	International Business
BUSN 341	Global Business Environment
FIN 440	International Finance
MGMT 440	International Management
MRKT 440	International Marketing
Total Credits		93

1	Take the second course of the pair, which was not taken for the admission into the professional program.
2	Denotes Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) course.

Degree Requirements and NoteS

• Students follow the published curricula for the management program of study from the semester/year of entrance in the College of Business (CoB) to graduation provided enrollment at NDSU has not been discontinued for more than one year. Students who change their major are subject to meeting the curricular requirements in effect at the time the new major is declared. 
• Business courses from programs that do not hold AACSB International accreditation cannot be used for major or minor requirements in the (CoB); such courses may be eligible for use as degree electives.
• The CoB accepts a maximum of nine credits of non-NDSU 300-400 level business courses from AACSB programs with approval of the department.
• A grade of 'C' or better is required in transfer courses accepted for all accounting, business administration, finance, management, management information systems, and marketing courses.
• No courses for the major may be taken with Pass/Fail grading.
• Of the credits completed in residence at least 30 credits must be in 300-400 level CoB courses.
• Students must be accepted to the Management major prior to the completion of the last 30 credits in 300 and 400 level CoB courses.
• A Business Administration minor is NOT offered with this major.
• For multiple majors within the CoB, at least 15 unique credits of 300-400 level CoB courses must exist between the majors.
• Internship and cooperative education credits may be applied toward the total credits required for graduation as non-major electives or 300-400 level electives not used in pre-major categories.
• Student may choose to take the Human Resource Management Track  or the Supply Chain Management Track within the Management major:

Human Resources Management

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
MGMT 452	Compensation Management	3
Select two of the following:		6
MGMT 451	Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
MGMT 453	Understanding and Managing Diversity in Organizations
MGMT 454	Labor-Management Relations

Supply Chain Management 

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
MGMT 461	Supply Chain Management (Required)	3
MGMT 462	Modeling the Supply Chain (Required)	3
Select one of the following:		3
MGMT 451	Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
MRKT 430	Sales and Personal Selling
MRKT 438	Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Sales Technology
MRKT 460	Marketing Strategy
AGEC 378	Introduction to Transportation & Logistics