Bachelor of Business Administration in Management
Hardin-Simmons University
Key Information
Campus location
Abilene, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 29,526 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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* full-time undergraduate tuition & fees; 12-17 hours per semester; does not include course-specific fees
Introduction
All organizations, whether business, educational, governmental, religious, or non-profit, are social entities. As social entities, organizations are made up of people and the things that they do are accomplished by, through, and with people. For an organization to be effective, the work of its people must be coordinated by someone or something. The coordination of the work of people and its study falls within the domain of management. The principles, concepts, and skills of management apply to all types of organizations.
The fields of business are the tools of management. A student majoring in management is expected to have a firm understanding of concepts and skills from all of the core business courses. In addition to the core business competencies, students in the management major study the interpersonal, group, leadership, and organization skills needed to effectively coordinate the work of others. Management majors also study the laws and regulations under which jobs are designed and employees selected, evaluated, compensated, and released.
The management major is built with flexibility for students. In addition to the required management courses, students build a program of study around their interests. Management electives include courses in computer and information systems, entrepreneurship, managerial economics, leadership, international management, and several courses stressing classical administrative theory, organizational theory, and strategy.
The applied and hands-on nature of management requires students to practice what they learn. Management majors are encouraged to gain practical experience leading, managing, and coordinating the work of others through internship and work experience and through involvement in extracurricular activities.
Because all organizations require effective management and leadership, a double major or a minor in management is also a perfect complement to nearly any major.
Management is not easy. Managers take responsibility for the performance of their teams, departments, or organizations, as well as coordinate with other teams, departments, organizations, and the environment. They make sure that the organization continues to produce what is needed as technologies, markets, and governments change. The managerial job is not as concrete as hammering a nail, removing an appendix, or floating a bond issue, but very few concrete tasks could be done without the organizational infrastructure managers create and maintain.
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Curriculum
BBA Core Curriculum
BBA Management Core Requirements
These courses are required to be fulfilled in the Core Curriculum.
- Finite Mathematics for Business
- Calculus I
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Principles of Microeconomics
Business Core and Major Requirements
Business Core
- Principles of Accounting I
- Principles of Accounting II
- Business Statistics
- Business Analytics
- Business Law I
- Management of Information Systems
- Business Ethics
- Intro to Computer Applications
- Personal Finance
- Principles/Financial Mgmt
- Introduction to Management
- Principles of Marketing
Major: Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resource Management
- Organizational Theory/Practice
- Entrepreneurial Management
- Operations Management
- Upper-level elective
- Business upper-level credits
Career Opportunities
Outcomes
The median annual wage for management occupations was $100,790 in May 2016, which was the highest wage of all the major occupational groups.