Bachelor of Business Administration with a Major in Management

Program Overview
The management major is designed to give students the basic knowledge, skills, and values of management that build on the foundation provided by the University Core Curriculum and that are required for professional careers in management. The program of study provides courses in key areas of management education: organization behavior and development, human resources management, information systems, operations management, and small business management. The program stresses the importance of critical thinking skills, diverse cultural perspectives, and ethical awareness.

Selected Educational Outcomes
1. Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of operations management.
2. Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of organizational behavior.
3. Graduates will apply management concepts to solve business problems.
Educational outcomes are assessed by embedded test items in major courses, internship evaluations, and examination of projects.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration with a Major in General Business
Core Curriculum 60
Core IMPACTS (See VSU Core Curriculum) 42
BUSA 2000 Information Systems and Data Transformation in Business 3
BUSA 2100 Applied Business Statistics 3
BUSA 2106 The Environment of Business 3
ECON 2106 Principles of Microeconomics 3
ACCT 2101
& ACCT 2102		 Principles of Accounting I
and Principles of Accounting II		 6
Senior College Curriculum  
BUSA 3450 Management Information Systems 3
BUSA 3100 Introduction to Data Analytics 3
DATA 3200 Data Visualizations and Analytics 3
BUSA 3300 Data Visualizations and Analytics 3
FIN 3350 Financial Management 3
MGNT 3000 Principles of Management 3
MKTG 3050 Introduction to Marketing 3
BUSA 4900 Strategic Management 3
International Option: Select One of the Following: 3
ECON 3600 International Economics 3
FIN 3650 Multinational Corporate Finance 3
IB 3000 Introduction to International Business 3
MKTG 4680 International Marketing 3
MGNT 4800 International Management 3
Professional Growth  
BUSA 2999 Career Development 0
BUSA 3999 Experiential Learning 0
BUSA 4999 Career Path 0
Total Hours Required for the Degree 120
Required Online General Business Core  
ACCT 3100 Introduction to Fraud Examination 3
ACCT 3700 Internal Auditing 3
MKTG 3620 Consumer Behavior 3
MGNT 3250 Management and Organization Behavior 3
ECON 4100 Economics of Business and Work 3
ECON 4500 Growth and Business Cycles 3
MGNT 3910 Small Business Management 3
MGNT 4700 Quality Management 3
General Electives  
Electives may consist of business and/or non-business courses  
Total Hours Required for the Degree 120

Note:

1. If ECON 2105 is taken in Area E, the grade must be a "C" or better.

2. The grade in each of these courses must be a “C” or better.

3. If PERS 2799 Personal Finance is not taken in Area B, it must be taken as a general elective. If ECON 2105 is not taken in Area E, it must be taken as a general elective, and the grade must be a "C" or better.

Accelerated Undergraduate-to-Graduate Track

Contingent upon acceptance in to the Accelerated Undergraduate-to-Graduate Track, students wishing to pursue a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) or a Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.) at Valdosta State University may take up to 9 semester hours of graduate-level coursework (courses numbered 5000 or above) that will count toward Business electives for their major or toward general electives for the undergraduate degree.

Acceptance in to the Accelerated track requires:

1.  Written notification by an LCOBA professional advisor from the Student Engagement Center to the LCOBA Director of Graduate Programs of her/his willingness to serve as the student's Accelerated Undergraduate-to-Graduate Track advisor.

2.  Completion of 75 credit hours of undergraduate coursework: 

a.  At least 15 hours must be LCOBA courses, with at least a 3.0 GPA for those LCOBA credits; and

b.  A grade of “C” or better must be earned in each of those LCOBA courses.

3.  An overall GPA in undergraduate course work of at least 3.0.

Graduate courses taken as an undergraduate will count toward the 120-hour graduation requirement but will not count toward the student’s undergraduate GPA or the calculation of academic honors.

Upon acceptance into the Accelerated Undergraduate-to-Graduate Track in the M.B.A. or M.Acc., students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 to remain in good standing. Students who do not maintain good standing or who do not wish to continue with the Accelerated Undergraduate-to-Graduate Track may revert to their original track to complete the remaining requirements for their undergraduate business degree (B.B.A.).