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 30 credits must be NDSU resident credits.  Resident credits include credits registered and paid for at NDSU.
  6. At least 36 credits presented for graduation must be in courses numbered 300 or higher.
  7. Students presenting transfer credit must meet the NDSU residence credits and the minimum upper level credit. Of the 30 credits earned in residence, a minimum of 15 semester credits must be in courses numbered 300 or above, and 15 semester credits must be in the student’s curricula for their declared major.

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

University General Education Requirements

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

Category C: Communication12
College Composition I
College Composition II
Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Upper Division Writing
Category R: Quantitative Reasoning 3
Category S: Science and Technology 10
Category A: Humanities and Fine Arts 6
Category B: Social and Behavioral Sciences 6
Category W: Wellness 2
Category D: Cultural Diversity *†
Category G: Global Perspectives *†
Total Credits39
*

Courses for category D & G are satisfied by completing D & G designated 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.

Major Requirements

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 pre-major program, to enroll in 300-400 level courses, and to graduate.
Pre-Major Requirements
COMM 110Fundamentals of Public Speaking3
ECON 201Principles of Microeconomics3
or ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics
ENGL 120College Composition II3
MATH 144Mathematics for Business4
PSYC 111Introduction to Psychology3
or SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology
Management Major Requirements
ACCT 200Elements of Accounting I3
ACCT 201Elements of Accounting II3
TL 116Business Software Applications3
PHIL 216Business Ethics3
STAT 330Introductory Statistics3
STAT 331Regression Analysis2
ECON 201Principles of Microeconomics 13
or ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics
PSYC 111Introduction to Psychology 13
or SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology
ENGL 320Business and Professional Writing3
Admission to major program required prior to taking the following courses:
FIN 320Principles of Finance 23
MGMT 320Foundations of Management 23
MRKT 320Foundations of Marketing 23
MIS 320Management Information Systems 23
BUSN 430Legal and Social Environment of Business 23
BUSN 489Strategic Management (Capstone Course) 23
MGMT 330Foundations of Organizational Behavior3
MGMT 450Human Resource Management3
SCM 460Production & Operations Management3
Management 300-400 Elective Courses
A. Select 300-400 level courses from current MGMT prefix courses. 312
B. Select 300-400 level courses from within the College of Business prefixes: BUSN, MRKT, FIN, ACCT, MIS, ENTR (includes courses cross-listed with CoB courses) as well as SCM 320 and SCM 462. 39
C. This 300-400 level elective can be external to the CoB and must be satisfied with a single 3-credit 300-400 level course (includes courses cross-listed with CoB courses). It cannot be used to satisfy other requirements. 33
3: 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 (A, B, or C):
International Business
International Entrepreneurship (Prereq: ENTR 201 or MGMT 470)
Global Business Environment
International Finance
International Management
International Marketing
Total Credits93
1

Take the other course not taken for the pre-major requirement.

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. 
  • The CoB accepts a maximum of up to (but not including) 50% of upper-division (300-level and 400-level) business courses1 required for degree completion, with a minimum grade of C2. All transfer courses are subject to approval by the course discipline chair or designated representative.
    1. Defined as courses with the following prefixes: ACCT, BUSN, ENTR, FIN, MGMT, MIS, MRKT, SCM
    2. Credits that do not qualify for degree completion will still be accepted as general credits toward graduation, within the restrictions defined by university transfer policy.
  • 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 Track

MGMT 452Compensation Management3
Select two of the following:6
Negotiations
Understanding and Managing Diversity in Organizations
Labor-Management Relations
Total Credits9

Supply Chain Management Track

SCM 320Integrated Supply Chain Management3
SCM 462Modeling the Supply Chain3
Select one of the following:3
Introduction to Transportation & Logistics
Negotiations
Sales and Personal Selling
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Sales Technology
Marketing Strategy
Production & Operations Management
Total Credits9