Business Management B.S.

Program Features

45 credits

Required courses:

MGT 200Principles of Management

3 credits

MGT 204Principles of Marketing

3 credits

MGT 211Financial Accounting Fundamentals

3 credits

MGT 212Managerial and Cost Accounting Fundamentals

3 credits

MGT 225Business Law I

3 credits

MGT 250Quantitative Business Analysis

3 credits

MGT 352Human Resource Management

3 credits

MGT 355Business Ethics

3 credits

MGT 452Organizational Strategy

3 credits

Concentration courses:

Fifteen credits from one of the following areas:

Accounting:

Select any five of the following:

MGT 331Intermediate Financial Accounting I

3 credits

MGT 332Intermediate Financial Accounting II

3 credits

MGT 333Intermediate Managerial & Cost Accounting

3 credits

MGT 335Tax Accounting I

3 credits

MGT 336Tax Accounting II

3 credits

MGT 431External/Financial Auditing

3 credits

Finance:

Select any five of the following:

MGT 307Financial Management II

3 credits

MGT 342Investment Analysis

3 credits

ECON 314International Finance

3 credits

ECON 332Forecasting Methods

3 credits

ECON 411Public Finance

3 credits

ECON 412Money And Banking

3 credits

Management:

Select any five of the following:

MGT 333Intermediate Managerial & Cost Accounting

3 credits

MGT 351Operations Management

3 credits

MGT 353Small Business Management

3 credits

MGT 354Retail Management

3 credits

MGT 359Labor History & Industrial Relations

3 credits

MGT 362Globalization & International Management

3 credits

MGT 453Organizational Leadership

3 credits

MGT 454Organizational Behavior

3 credits

ECON 332Forecasting Methods

3 credits

Marketing:

Select any five of the following:

MGT 354Retail Management

3 credits

MGT 370Consumer Behavior

3 credits

MGT 371Advertising Management

3 credits

MGT 375Innovation & New Product Development

3 credits

MGT 470Marketing Research

3 credits

MGT 471Marketing Management & Strategy

3 credits

ECON 332Forecasting Methods

3 credits

Entrepreneurship:

All of the following are required:

MGT 353Small Business Management

3 credits

MGT 363Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation

3 credits

MGT 370Consumer Behavior

3 credits

MGT 375Innovation & New Product Development

3 credits

MGT 453Organizational Leadership

3 credits

Co-requisite courses:

ECON 111GE: Principles of Macroeconomics

3 credits

ECON 112GE: Principles of Microeconomics

3 credits

MATH 110GE: General Statistics

3 credits

MATH 130GE: Applied Algebraic Methods

3 credits

ENGL 205Workplace Writing

3 credits

CMST 111GE: Introduction to Communication

3 credits

CPSC 100GE: Personal Computers and Their Uses

3 credits

PSY 100GE: General Psychology

3 credits

MATH 110, MATH 130 or advisor-approved substitutes

Additional requirements:

  • Majors must complete a minimum of five management (MGT) courses at East Stroudsburg University.
  • Majors must attain a major GPA of 2.5 or higher in all management (MGT) courses taken at East Stroudsburg University.
  • Incoming students are admitted as Pre-Business Management majors.  In order to be admitted to the Business Management degree program and be permitted to take upper level (300/400) management courses, pre-business management students must satisfy the following entrance-to-major requirements:
    • Complete all eight required co-requisite courses
    • Complete the following entrance-to-major lower-level business courses: MGT 211, 212, 225, 250
    • Complete a minimum of 45 total semester hours with a cumulative GPA of 2.25.
  • Transfer students (both from other colleges and other majors) must meet the above requirements. If they do not, they are admitted into the pre-business management program.
  • Please see the University requirements in the Undergraduate Catalog.

 


Program Curriculum Plan

(Subject to change by the University without notice)

Freshman Year

Fall

ECON 111GE: Principles of Macroeconomics

3 credits

CMST 111GE: Introduction to Communication

3 credits

Social Science General Education

3 credits

 

MATH 110GE: General Statistics

3 credits

Or

MATH 130GE: Applied Algebraic Methods

3 credits

 

CPSC 100GE: Personal Computers and Their Uses

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring

ENGL 090Composition Skills

3 credits

Or

ENGL 103English Composition

3 credits

 

ECON 112GE: Principles of Microeconomics

3 credits

PSY 100GE: General Psychology

3 credits

 

MATH 110GE: General Statistics

3 credits

Or

MATH 130GE: Applied Algebraic Methods

3 credits

 

Natural Science General Education

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Sophomore Year

Fall

MGT 211Financial Accounting Fundamentals

3 credits

MGT 225Business Law I

3 credits

Fine Art General Education

3 credits

Fine Art General Education

3 credits

Social Science General Education Elective

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring

MGT 212Managerial and Cost Accounting Fundamentals

3 credits

MGT 250Quantitative Business Analysis

3 credits

ENGL 205Workplace Writing

3 credits

Fine Art General Education

3 credits

Social Science General Education

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Junior Year

Fall

MGT 200Principles of Management

3 credits

MGT 204Principles of Marketing

3 credits

MGT 301Financial Management I

3 credits

Fine Art General Education

3 credits

Free Elective - Level 300/400

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring

MGT 301Financial Management I

3 credits

MGT 352Human Resource Management

3 credits

MGT 355Business Ethics

3 credits

Concentration Course 1

3 credits

General Education Elective

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Senior Year

Fall

Concentration Course 2

3 credits

Concentration Course 3

3 credits

Elective

3 credits

Elective

3 credits

Elective

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring

MGT 452Organizational Strategy

3 credits

Concentration Course 4

3 credits

Concentration Course 5

3 credits

Elective

3 credits

Elective

1 credit

Total Credit Hours:13

Total Credit Hours: 120

For more information, contact the department by calling 570-422-3251 or visit www.esu.edu/cbm.

For assistance or special accommodations, call 570-422-3954.