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 Learning Outcomes (PLOs):

PLO1. Students will demonstrate the ability to apply management and leadership theories to complex organizational issues.

PLO2. Students will demonstrate the ability to identify, collect, and analyze financial, economic, and operational data, and present recommendations for managerial action.

PLO3. Students will demonstrate the ability to manage projects utilizing a variety of productivity tools.

PLO4. Students will demonstrate the ability to develop a marketing strategy for a product or service.

PLO5. Analyze a strategy and predict its impact on an organization.

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 for Prior Learning is accepted for general education, elective credit and as determined appropriate by the faculty, toward program major requirements 
  • Students may complete a minor or concentration, listed below

Minor: 

Concentrations:

Required Courses

Research Methods

RES 200Research, Writing, and Analysis

1

Note: RES 200 is required for students completing a fully-online program. 

Student Success Seminar

GEN 103Student Success Seminar

5

Note: GEN 103 may be waived for on-campus students who (1) enter NLU with an associate’s degree or 90 or more quarter credit hours of transfer credit; and (2) have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.000 or above in their previous undergraduate studies. Students will be required to complete or transfer in additional coursework in general education to meet the 60-quarter credit hour requirement. Fully-online students are required to complete this course. 

Communications

One written communications course and one oral communications course
ENG 101Beginning English Composition

5

and

ENG 203Effective Speaking for the Undergraduate

5

Humanities

PHI 107Ethics, Logic and Critical Inquiry

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

ART 102Art Appreciation I

2

ART 103Art 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

MTH 102Statistical Foundations

5

Physical and Life Sciences

SCI 101Physical Science

5

or

SCI 102Survey of Biological Science with Lab

5

or

SCI 225Human Impact on 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

HIS 102Civics and American Government

5

or

HIS 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

PSY 101Introduction to 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/