Management, General Management Concentration, B.S.

The General Management concentration is designed for students who want to become managers but do not have a specific field in mind. The concentration allows students to build strong communication and/or data analytic skills in addition to studying key areas of management. Students will be able to choose courses that match their own preferences and interests due to the versatile design of the concentration.

Required Business Courses

Majors must complete a minimum of 30 credits in the major at Westfield State University in order to graduate.

Required Business Core - 39 Credits

ACCT 0104 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
ACCT 0105 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
FINC 0207 - Financial Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0107 - Software Applications in Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0220 - Production/Operations Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0221 - Business Management: A Survey of Organizational Development and Management Principles Credits: 3
MGMT 0241 - Business Law I Credits: 3
MGMT 0250 - Quantitative Approaches to Business Decisions Credits: 3
MGMT 0308 - Organizational Development & Behavior Credits: 3
MGMT 0321 - Management Information Systems Credits: 3
or ACCT 0345 - Accounting Information Systems Credits: 3
MGMT 0325 - Business Policy and Strategy Credits: 3
MGMT 0338 - International Business Credits: 3
MRKT 0231 - Marketing Management Credits: 3

Non-Business Required Courses - 18 Credits

ECON 0101 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 0102 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ENGL 0103 - Speech Credits: 3
ENGL 0392 - Business and Technical Writing Credits: 3
MATH 0108 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 3
MATH 0115 - Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences Credits: 3 *

Note:

* MATH 0105 or MATH 0106 , Calculus I or II, will also satisfy this requirement.

General Management Concentration (18 credits)

Required Courses

Students must take the following courses:
MGMT 0314 - Human Resource Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0344 - Project Management Credits: 3
Students must choose any two from the following courses:
MGMT 0301 - Labor Relations Credits: 3
MGMT 0342 - Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
MGMT 0346 - Leadership Credits: 3

Elective Courses

Students must choose any two electives from the following courses:
(Note: Only one 200-level course may be counted toward major requirements)
COMM 0209 - Global Communication Credits: 3
COMM 0222 - Intercultural Communication Credits: 3
COMM 0303 - Persuasive Communication Credits: 3
COMM 0305 - Communication Internship Credits: 3-15
COMM 0340 - Organizational Communication Credits: 3
GPS 0340 - Data Collection and Analysis Credits: 3
MGMT 0224 - Business Analytics Credits: 3
MGMT 0398 - Business Internship Credits: 3-15
MRKT 0307 - Marketing Research Techniques Credits: 3
PSYC 0200 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology Credits: 3
SOCI 0311 - Complex Organizations Credits: 3

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a general education or common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in General Education: WISE or Common Core .