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Business Administration: Management (B.S.)

The field of management offers opportunities that are challenging, diverse, and rewarding in nature. All organizations have a common characteristic, which is the need for good managers. Organizations, whether they are for profit or nonprofit, public or private, large, medium, or small, national or international in scope, need effective managers. Because managerial skills are universal in their application, career opportunities are varied. Supervisory and managerial positions can be found in retailing, Healthcare, recreation and leisure facilities, food service, distributorships, wholesaling, manufacturing, and the financial services industry. In addition, many opportunities exist in organizational supportive positions such as those involving personnel, labor relations, and health and safety.

Requirements

Required Courses

CIS 460Management Information Sys

3
CIS 463Business Modeling

3
MGT 351Operations Management

3
MGT 448Applied Project Management

3
MGT 474Organizational Behavior

3
MGT 475Human Resource Management

3
MGT 480Current Issues in Mgt

3

Any TWO (2) 300/400 level MGT courses.

Required Courses Business Core

ACC 224Principles of Financial Accounting

3
ACC 225Principles of Managerial Accounting

3
CIS 271Practical Computer Applications

3
ECON 203Principles of Macroeconomics

3
FIN 300Principles of Finance

3
GBUS 140Introduction to Business

3
GBUS 220Business Communications

3
GBUS 280Business Statistics

3
GBUS 303Quantitative Business Analysis

3
GBUS 315AI for Business Applications

3
GBUS 325International Business

3
GBUS 344Legal Environment of Business I

3
GBUS 420Professional Development Seminar

1
MGT 350Principles of Management

3
MKT 331Principles of Marketing

3
MGT 498Management Strategy & Policy

3

Master of Business Administration Fast Track

The WLU Fast Track is designed to connect West Liberty University undergraduate degree programs with the WLU Master of Business Administration (MBA) graduate program.

Undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) students can get a jump start on their MBA by taking up to 4 courses or 12 credit hours as they complete their undergraduate program, creating an efficient and attractive pathway from their bachelor’s degree to a master's degree.

Undergraduate Fast Track Admission Requirements:

  • Students must apply for conditional MBA admission through the Chair of the
    Graduate Programs (see Chair for application)
  • The Peregrine entrance exam is normally completed in the MGT498
    undergraduate capstone course
  • Students must, at a minimum, have earned a total of 75 undergraduate credit
    hours
  • Students must have, at a minimum, a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher for
    admission acceptance
  • Students can take a maximum of four graduate course replacements, graduate
    courses that count backward toward the undergraduate degree as well as
    forward toward the MBA

Fast Track Course Equivalent Lists

Management

 

Graduate Course
 Undergraduate Equivalent
CIS 530 Information Technology Management
 CIS 460 Management Information Systems
MGT 545 Strategic Human Resource Management
 MGT 475 Human Resource Management
MGT 565 Value Chain Management
 MGT 351 Operations Management
MGT 580 Principles of Project Management
 MGT 448 Project Management

 

Electives

Graduate Course
 Undergraduate Equivalent
ACC 550 Managerial Accounting Decision Analysis
 ACC 300 - 400
ECON 520 Global Economics
 ECON 300 - 400
GBUS 525 Social Responsibility & Business Ethics
 GBUS 300 – 400
MKT 535 Integrative Marketing Management
 MKT 300 - 400
MGT 560 Public & Non-Profit Management
 Restricted MGT Elective MGT 300 - 400