Requirements for the Management Major
Due to the implementation of the new General Education Program, there are currently two programs of study for the Management major:
For students who entered SJU before the fall of 2010, or transfer students who entered SJU in the fall of 2010 with 15 or more credits:
GER Common Courses (See Curricula): six courses
GER University Distribution (See Curricula): fourteen courses, including:
Mathematics—one of the following two-course sequences:
MAT 105 |
Finite Mathematics with Applications in Business |
MAT 106 |
Brief Business Calculus |
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Calculus for Biology and Social Science |
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Calculus I-II |
Social/Behavioral Science:
Introductory Economics (Micro) |
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Introductory Economics (Macro) |
GER Electives: any four courses
Business Foundation: ten courses, including
Concepts of Financial Accounting |
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Managerial Accounting |
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Introduction to Information Systems |
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Business Statistics |
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Quantitative Methods for Business |
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Introduction to Finance |
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Essentials of Organizational Behavior OR |
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Essentials of Management OR |
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Honors Organizations in Perspective (Honors programs students only) |
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Legal Environment of Business |
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Principles of Marketing |
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Business Policy |
Major Concentration: six courses (three required, three elective)
Phase one: one Management Core required course
MGT 243 |
Negotiation Skills.Prerequisite: MGT 110 or MGT 120 Or MGT 121) |
Phase two: four elective courses selected from the following: upper division FBE, IBU, LEO, MGT, MHC.
Phase three: one required course
LEO 495 or MHC 495 |
Applied Sustainable Leadership Capstone Managing Human Capital: Research and Application Capstone senior status required |
For students who entered SJU in the fall of 2010 or later, or transfer students who entered SJU in the fall of 2010 with 14 or fewer credits:
GEP Signature Courses (See Curricula): six courses
GEP Variable Courses (See Curricula): six to nine courses, including
Integrated Learning Component (ILC): three courses.. NOTE: In no case may an ILC course be double counted towards completing other requirements of the management major.
Required:
Introductory Economics (Macro) |
Plus any two courses from the following areas:
Economics (maximum of one course from this section)
International Macroeconomics** |
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Industrial Organization* |
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ECN 370 |
Economic Development* |
ECN 380 |
Managerial Economics |
ECN 470 |
Ethical Values in the Marketplace |
*Prerequisite: ECN 101
**Prerequisite: ECN 102
English
Rhetoric in Modern Practice |
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Writing for Organizations |
Interdisciplinary Courses
IHS 346 |
Administration of Health Care and Public Health |
Political Science
Introduction to American Government and Politics (FYS) |
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Introduction to American Government and Politics |
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Introduction to Comparative Politics (FYS) |
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Introduction to Comparative Politics |
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Modern Political Thought |
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American Political Thought |
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Government and Business |
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Political Economy of Booms and Busts |
Psychology
Introductory Psychology |
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Psychology of Men and Women* |
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Personality* |
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Multicultural Psychology** |
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Social Psychology** |
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PSY 235 |
Psychology of Gender** |
*Prerequisite: PSY 100 or PSY 101
**Prerequisites: PSY 100 or PSY 101, and PSY 200
Sociology
Introductory Sociology |
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Social Problems |
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Sociology of Gender* |
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Classical Sociological Theory* |
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White Collar Crime* |
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Classes and Power in the United States* |
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Philadelphia: In Black and White |
* Prerequisite SOC 101 or SOC 102
Free electives: six courses
Business Foundation: ten courses, including
Concepts of Financial Accounting |
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Managerial Accounting |
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DSS 100 |
Excel Competency (non-credit) |
Introduction to Information Systems |
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Business Statistics |
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Quantitative Methods for Business |
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Introduction to Finance |
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MGT 110 or MGT 120 or |
Essentials of Organizational Behavior Essentials of Management Honors Organizations in Perspective (Honors program students only) |
Legal Environment of Business |
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Principles of Marketing |
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Business Policy |
Major Concentration: six courses (three required, three elective)
Phase one: two Management Core required courses
MGT 241 |
Management Skills (Prerequisite: MGT 110 or MGT 120 or MGT 121). (Not offered after Fall 2011. Substitute MGT 243 Negotiation Skills |
MGT 242 |
Advanced Topics in Organizational Behavior (Prerequisite MGT 110 or MGT 120 or MGT 121) not offered after Fall 2011. Substitute LEO 210, LEO 211, MHC 220, MHC 221) |
Phase two: three elective courses selected from the following:
A student opts to follow a track. If no track is selected, then a student follows the General Management Track. Each Management Track requires three courses, as described below.
Phase three: one required course
MGT 495 |
Management Intervention and Consultation (not offered after Fall 2011. Substitute LEO 495 or MHC 495). Prerequisites: MGT 241 and MGT 242 as noted above and Senior status. |