Management, B.B.A.

B.B.A. Degree

All requirements for majors in the Department of Management are outlined below. Among the requirements are Required Courses (which may also be used to fulfill Core Curriculum requirements), Business Core courses, major courses, and electives.

Core Curriculum Requirements (43-45 credits)

Includes 12 hours of Pre-Business  required courses. See Core Curriculum  courses.

Business Core Courses (27 credits)

After completion of all pre-business courses, students pursuing a B.B.A. degree are required to take the following courses:

• ITEC 100 - Introduction to Information Technology or
• ITEC 281 - Data Management and Analysis with Spreadsheets

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• BLAW 203 - Legal Environment of Business
• ECON 340 - Global Economy and Business
• MGNT 322 - Organizational Behavior
• MGNT 333 - Statistical Decision Support
• MGNT 357 - Operations Management
• FINC 331 - Introduction to Business Finance
• MKTG 340 - Principles of Marketing
• MGNT 428 - Global Business Strategy

Required Courses (9 credits)

• MGNT 323 - Human Resource Management
• MGNT 421 - Leadership and Motivation
• MGNT 436 - Cultural Diversity and International Management

Choose four courses from the following list: (12 credits)

• MGNT 330 - Managing Technology and Information Resources
• MGNT 350 - Owning and Managing a Business
• MGNT 361 - Organizational Communications
• MGNT 425 - Management of Change
• MGNT 450 - Managing New Venture Creation
• MGNT 452 - Business Consulting
• MGNT 457 - Technology and Innovation Management
• MGNT 460 - Business and Society
• MGNT 471 - Special Topics in Management
• MGNT 481 - Management Study Abroad
• MGNT 490 - Management Internship

Electives (23 credits)

Total Credits Needed for Degree 120

Entrepreneurship Concentration

A degree in management with a concentration in entrepreneurship is designed to provide students with the skill sets needed to effectively create and manage business opportunities. The requirements for completion of the entrepreneurship concentration are as follows:

Graduation Requirements

Students must have an overall grade point average GPA of at least 2.0 in all courses taken at Radford to graduate with the B.B.A. degree. In addition, students must have at least an overall 2.0 major GPA. For the purpose of computing the major GPA, the major is defined all prebusiness and business core courses and the 18 to 30 hours prescribed for the major by the department. In addition, at least 50 percent of the business courses required for the B.B.A. degree must be taken at Radford University. Business courses are defined as those having the prefix ACTG, BLAW, FINC, MGNT, or MKTG. Students earning a business minor must earn a GPA of at least 2.00 in the courses comprising the minor. Courses in a minor are defined under each category. At least 50 percent of the business courses required for a minor must be taken at Radford University.