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Management, B.S.

This program, offered in both blended (a combination of face-to-face and online) and online-only formats, is designed for students who are current or aspiring managers or those professionals who take on management functions in their organizations. Students gain experience necessary to create and maintain strategic advantage of an organization through leveraging human, fiscal, and information resources. 

Program Details:

  • Requires 180 QH, including 60 QH of General Education, for completion 
  • A maximum of 60 QH of technical credit may be transferred
  • Credit by examination and portfolio are accepted for general education and elective credit
  • The Management Core must be taken at NLU
  • Students may complete a minor or concentration, listed below

Minor: 

Criminal Justice

Concentrations:

Aging Studies

Entrepreneurship 

International Management

Leadership

Urban and Policy Studies

Required Courses

Communications

One written communications course and one oral communications course
LAE 101English Composition I

5
and
LAE 202Effective Speaking

5

Humanities

LAH 120Logic and Effective Thinking

5
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in humanities.

Fine Arts

LAA 101Art Appreciation I

2
LAA 102Art Appreciation II

3
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in fine arts.

Quantitative Reasoning

LAM 106Basic Statistics

5

Physical and Life Sciences

LAN 110General Biology

5
or
LAN 150Survey of Physical Science

5
or
LAN 225Human Impact on the Environment

5
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in physical and life sciences.

Social Sciences

LAS 118Introduction to Politics and U.S. Government

5
or
LAS 203Survey of U.S. History

5
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in social sciences.

Behavioral Science

LAP 100General Psychology

5
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in behavioral sciences.

Additional General Education

Choose additional coursework in any general education area or other courses consistent with the integrated general education competencies of information and technology literacy, analytical skills, and ethics, values, and respect for human diversity (including Student Success courses) to bring total general education courses to 60 quarter hours.

Management Core - 54 QH

BUS 430Management and Leadership

5
BUS 431Professional Communication for Managers

5
BUS 450Data Analysis for Managers

5
BUS 452Legal and Corporate Governance Issues in Management

2
BUS 453Ethical Conduct and Social Responsibility in Management

2
BUS 499Strategic Management

5
ECO 440Economics for Managers

5
FIN 444Finance and Accounting Concepts for Managers

5
MIS 436Technology Applications in Management

5
MKT 458Marketing for Managers

5
OBD 432Organizational Behavior

5
PJM 454Project Management

5

Electives - 66 QH

Choose elective courses to meet the minimum degree requirement of 180 QH. 

For more information about this program, visit  http://www.nl.edu/academics/businessbachelors/bsmanagement/