Program Competencies
Students completing the program will be able to:
- Identify legal and ethical issues in business and understand appropriate courses of action.
- Work effectively as first-line managers and leaders, and have an understanding of motivation, leadership, and teamwork consistent with effective organizational management.
- Understand the business and managerial tasks associated with developing and executing organizational strategies and will understand the implications of those strategies for both the firm's operations and its stakeholders.
Assessment
Management exit examination
Management Track Requirements
General Education
Refer to the General Education section for a complete listing of general education requirements for the University. Program requirements that are also general education requirements will count in both places (as applicable).
Business Qualifying Courses
| BBA 295 | Business Communication | 3 |
| CIS 211 | Software Tools for Business | 3 |
| MKT 204 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| MNGT 201 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Business Prerequisite Course
| ACCT 281 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 282 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BBA 200 | Business and Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| BBA 261 | Business Law and Regulations | 3 |
| CIS 275 | AI and Cybersecurity Skills for Business | 3 |
| ECON 101 | Introduction to Economics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Upper Core BBA Courses
Students must be admitted to the Department of Business Administration program to register for upper division business core courses. Admission requires completion of the business qualifying courses and a cumulative Morehead State GPA of at least 2.25 for all MSU and transfer courses.
| CIS 311 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| FIN 360 | Business Finance | 3 |
| BBA 315 | Quantitative Analysis for Business | 3 |
| BBA 363 | Ethical Decision Making in Business | 3 |
| BBA 370 | Operations and Service Management | 3 |
| BBA 380 | International Business | 3 |
| BBA 475 | Leadership and Career Development | 3 |
| BBA 499C | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MATH 305 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 27 |
BBA 380: (or international cooperative education, or international exchange course experience)
Track Requirements
| MNGT 311 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MNGT 465 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Approved Management Track Electives
Choose six hours (two courses) from the following:
| MNGT 310 | Small Business Organization | 3 |
| MNGT 339 or 439 | Cooperative Education III or IV | 1-8 |
| MNGT 362 | The Legal Environment and Business Practices | 3 |
| MNGT 365 | Financial Issues for Small Business | 3 |
| MNGT 399 | Special Class | 1-4 |
| MNGT 409 | International Management | 3 |
| MNGT 411 | Management and Employee Relations | 3 |
| MNGT 417 | Management and Marketing of Public and Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
| MNGT 420 | New Venture Creations | 3 |
| MNGT 425 | Training and Development in Industry | 3 |
| MNGT 450 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| MNGT 476 | Special Problems in Management | 1-3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
MNGT 439: (maximum of three credit hours of co-op credit)
Guided Electives
Management track students must choose four courses (12 credit hours) from the following categories. The same course cannot be used to fulfill the approved management electives and guided electives components of the degree program.
Category 1: Management
Choose nine hours (three courses) from the following:
MNGT 310, MNGT 339, MNGT 439: (maximum of three credit hours of co-op credit)
Approved General Business Electives - Choose three hours
Approved general business electives are any 300-level or 400-level business courses with the following prefixes: ACCT, BBA, CIS, ECON, FIN, MNGT, MKT, or REAL. The three hours of electives must consist of courses for which the prerequisites are met and courses that are not used to fulfill any other BBA degree requirement. A maximum of three hours may be taken as cooperative education.
Category 2: Health Care Management
| BBA 301 | The Healthcare System | 3 |
| FIN 484 | Healthcare Financial Management | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Choose six hours (two courses) from the following:
| HSM 361 | Healthcare Legal and Regulatory Environment | 3 |
| CIS 365 | Healthcare Informatics | 3 |
| MKT 365 | Services Marketing | 3 |
| FIN 376 | Risk Manage and Insurance | 3 |
| MNGT 439 | Cooperative Education IV | 1-8 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Free Electives