Management, BBA

Academics

Do you want to use your leadership and planning skills in the real world?

Are you interested in developing an understanding of the nature and capabilities of human and physical resources?

Management, BBA

The management major will give you the foundation you need to thrive in leadership roles in a variety of professions, including administrators, executives, operations managers, human resource managers, management consultants, proprietor managers and purchasing managers. Graduates are employed in industries such as manufacturing, public utilities, oil and transportation, merchandising, banking, government and non-profit entities.

And if you’re an entrepreneurial Lumberjack, a management degree with an entrepreneurship minor can give you the skills needed to set off on your own in the business world.

Curriculum requirements

Management, BBA

Degree Map

Management Curriculum

Students seeking a major in management must qualify for a Bachelor of Business Administration. The management major is designed for students interested in developing an understanding of the nature and capabilities of human and physical resources. The study and understanding of management principles and practices will aid those who intend to enter the field professionally as administrators, executives, operations managers, human resource managers, management consultants, proprietor managers, purchasing managers or other management positions. Students graduating with a management major are employed by a variety of organizations in industries, such as manufacturing, public utilities, oil and transportation, merchandising and banking, as well as government and nonprofit entities. A sound background in accepted management principles can accelerate progress to positions of greater responsibility.

University Core Curriculum Requirements

Communication - 010

Three hours from:

Three hours from:

Mathematics - 020

Three hours from:



Life and Physical Science - 030

Six hours from:

Language, Philosophy and Culture - 040

Three hours from:

Creative Arts - 050

Three hours from:

American History - 060

Six hours from:

Government/Political Science - 070

Six hours from:

Social and Behavioral Science - 080

Three hours from:

Component Area Option - 090

Three hours from:

Three hours from:

Business Common Requirement



Required Course

Passport

Business Analytics

Courses taken to satisfy this requirement may also appear in the major. Course will only count once toward the 120-hour total.

Three hours from:

College Requirements

Minimum GPA requirement of 2.0 for the Rusche College of Business - college requirements. Courses taken in the college requirements may also appear in the University Core Curriculum and in the major. These courses will count only once toward the 120-hour total.

Management Major

Students are encouraged to complete an internship in management

MGMT 4176
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. A minimum GPA of 2.0 within the business college requirements is required.
MGMT 3195
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 will not count toward the major.

Required Courses

Major Option 1

Complete 3 to 6 hours from the following:

Major Option 2

Complete 9 to 12 hours from the following:

General Electives

The student may be required to complete additional elective hours to complete the degree. Core Curriculum lab hours are included in the elective hours. The Rusche College of Business has a limitation of only four hours of kinesiology activity from SFA or transfer courses that can be used toward degrees.

  • Note: This program uses a total of 15 hours in two different areas of the degree. While the courses are used to fulfill both areas, the hours are only used once in calculating the total hours for the degree.

Total hours: 120

Special Problems

No more than three hours of Special Problem courses and no more than three hours of Internship courses may count toward a bachelor's degree in the 

Nelson Rusche College of Business
.  Internship courses may count only as electives and may not count toward completion of major course requirements in accounting. 

Grade Requirements

  • A grade of at least C in each first-year English course (
    ENGL 1301
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    ,
    ENGL 1302
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    )
  • A C average in work completed in the major field
  • A C average in work completed in the minor field

The required averages are based on those SFA courses taken in each category that are included in the student's official degree plan (Degree Works). Transfer and advanced placement coursework are not included in GPA calculations.

In-Residence Requirement

Undergraduate Degree Programs

Undergraduate degrees require at least 25% semester credit hours completed in-residence.

Undergraduate degrees with 120 hours total degree program hours require a minimum of 30 advanced (upper level) in-residence semester credit hours. The in-residence hour requirement will be fulfilled as part of the individual discipline major, which includes as least 12 advanced in-residence semester credit hours. Minor requirements also may contribute to the total in-residence hours as at least six advanced in-residence semester credit hours are required. The balance of in-resident hours will be fulfilled through additional advanced semester credit hours and may include further major and minor coursework.

Undergraduate degrees with more than 120 total degree program hour requirements will ensure semester credit hours for the specific discipline include at least 25% of total semester credit hours in-residence.

View HOP policy 02-214.

Texas Success Initiative Program

All students must satisfy provisions of the Texas Success Initiative program. See the 

TSI information
 catalog page.

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