Business Management B.S.
“What Can I Do with a Major in Business Management?”
As companies strive to compete in a global market, they look for employees who are knowledgeable in current business practices and who can effectively evaluate the current competitive environment and meet customer needs. Businesses want employees with strong communication skills who are good at analyzing and solving problems and thinking critically.
A Business Management degree can provide those skills, and earning this degree can increase your job opportunities and salary potential. The study of business management provides a broad education in business management practices and can be pursued on its own or combined with a more specialized area of study such as Entrepreneurship or Supply Chain Management.
About the Program
The purpose of the Business Management program is to provide students with the knowledge, training, and skills development they will need to pursue a successful career in business management. As a Business Management major, you choose the area of specialization that you would like to pursue. The areas of concentration are: General Management, Entrepreneurship and Supply Chain Management. When you complete the course of study, you will receive a Bachelor of Science in Business Management.
If your goal is to become a professional manager who is not only a trained decision-maker, but also understands the complex relationships that exist between the manager, the organization, and society at large, then please contact the department for more information.
Are you interested in ...
- Effectively and efficiently managing people, methods, materials, equipment, and money to meet customer needs
- Individual and organizational success
- Leadership
- Effective communication
- Critical thinking and analyzing and solving problems
- Team work
Choose Business Management at ESU
- Small class size
- Modern teaching classrooms
- Qualified, experienced faculty
- Personal advising by faculty
- Three concentrations: General Management, Entrepreneurship, and Supply Chain Management
Is Business Management a career path for me?
Career Potential
- Operations and Manufacturing Manager
- Small Business Manager, Entrepreneur
- General or Human Resource Manager
- Business Analyst
Program Features
45 credits
Required courses:
| MGMT 200 | Principles of Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 204 | Principles of Marketing | 3 credits |
| MGMT 211 | Financial Accounting Fundamentals | 3 credits |
| MGMT 212 | Managerial and Cost Accounting Fundamentals | 3 credits |
| MGMT 225 | Business Law I | 3 credits |
| MGMT 250 | Quantitative Business Analysis | 3 credits |
| MGMT 301 | Financial Management I | 3 credits |
| MGMT 352 | Human Resource Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 355 | Business Ethics | 3 credits |
| MGMT 452 | Organizational Strategy | 3 credits |
Concentration courses:
Fifteen credits from one of the following areas:
Management Concentration:
Select any five of the following:
Human Resource Management Concentration:
| MGMT 461 | Global Human Resource Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 464 | Compensation and Benefits | 3 credits |
| MGMT 466 | Legal Issues in Human Resource Management | 3 credits |
And two of the following:
International Business Concentration:
| MGMT 319 | International Financial Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 331 | Intermediate Financial Accounting I | 3 credits |
| MGMT 362 | Globalization and International Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 372 | Global Marketing | 3 credits |
| MGMT 461 | Global Human Resource Management | 3 credits |
Entrepreneurship Concentration:
All of the following are required:
| MGMT 353 | Small Business Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 363 | Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation | 3 credits |
| MGMT 370 | Consumer Behavior | 3 credits |
| MGMT 375 | Innovation and New Product Development | 3 credits |
| MGMT 453 | Organizational Leadership | 3 credits |
Supply Chain Management Concentration:
| MGMT 325 | Logistics Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 351 | Operations Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 423 | Total Quality Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 455 | Supply Chain Management | 3 credits |
And one of the following:
| MGMT 350 | Quantitative Business Analysis II | 3 credits |
| MGMT 354 | Retail Management | 3 credits |
| ECON 332 | Forecasting Methods | 3 credits |
Co-requisite courses:
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.
4 Year Curriculum Program Plan for Business Management
Subject to change by the University without notice.
Freshman Year
Fall
| ECON 111 | GN: Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 credits |
| COMM 111 | GN: Introduction to Communication | 3 credits |
| FYE 100 | University Studies | 3 credits |
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| MATH 110/MATH 111 | GN: General Statistics | 3 credits |
| OR | | |
| MATH 129/MATH 130 | GN: Applied Algebraic Methods with Foundation Mathematics | 3 credits |
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| CMSC 100 | GN: Computer Literacy | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring
| ENGL 103 | English Composition | 3 credits |
| ECON 112 | GN: Principles of Microeconomics | 3 credits |
| PSYC 100 | GN: General Psychology | 3 credits |
| HPLW 105 | Health Promotion and Lifetime Wellness | 3 credits |
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| MATH 110/MATH 111 | GN: General Statistics | 3 credits |
| OR | | |
| MATH 129/MATH 130 | GN: Applied Algebraic Methods with Foundation Mathematics | 3 credits |
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| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Sophomore Year
Fall
| MGMT 211 | Financial Accounting Fundamentals | 3 credits |
| MGMT 225 | Business Law I | 3 credits |
| PSYC 100 | GN: General Psychology | 3 credits |
| XXXX ____ | Arts/Letters General Education course | 3 credits |
| XXXX ____ | Social Science General Education course | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring
| MGMT 212 | Managerial and Cost Accounting Fundamentals | 3 credits |
| MGMT 250 | Quantitative Business Analysis | 3 credits |
| ENGL 205 | Workplace Writing | 3 credits |
| XXXX ____ | Arts/Letters General Education course | 3 credits |
| XXXX ____ | Social Science General Education course | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Junior Year
Fall
| MGMT 200 | Principles of Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 204 | Principles of Marketing | 3 credits |
| MGMT 301 | Financial Management I | 3 credits |
| XXXX ____ | Arts/Letters General Education course | 3 credits |
| XXXX ____ | Social Science General Education course | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring
| MGMT 301 | Financial Management I | 3 credits |
| MGMT 352 | Human Resource Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 355 | Business Ethics | 3 credits |
| MGMT ____ | Concentration Course 1 | 3 credits |
| MGMT ____ | 300-400 Level elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Senior Year
Fall
Spring
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.