Bachelor of Business Administration in Management
Website: https://twu.edu/business/undergraduate-programs-college-of-business/bba-in-management/
Are you a natural leader or have a desire to learn to lead and manage? The B.B.A. in Management degree prepares you for a future career in management by honing your skills in planning, organizing, and leading. In addition to building your skills in managing people, our degree also gives you business analysis skills to help you understand how the dynamic business environment affects the company's bottom line so that you can make better business decisions.
The US Bureau of Labor projects continued growth in Management occupations over the next ten years. In north Texas, the continued growth in the industry means that there will be managerial job opportunities in a variety of business sectors here for many years to come. If your professional goals include being a successful manager in services, manufacturing, technology, healthcare, or even running your own business, the B.B.A. in Management can help you get there!
Classes are located on our Denton campus in face-to-face and online formats.
Marketable Skills
Defined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's 60x30 Strategic Plan as, "Those skills valued by employers that can be applied in a variety of work settings, including interpersonal, cognitive, and applied skills areas. These skills can be either primary or complementary to a major and are acquired by students through education, including curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities."
Core Skills
- Analytical Competence: B.B.A. Management Specific Application- Ability to collect and analyze information, problem-solve, and make decisions. General Employment Application- Knowledge of using spreadsheets, tables, and decision tools to understand and evaluate data (i.e. financial, survey, secondary, observational).
- Teamwork: B.B.A. Management Specific Application- Working well with teams to complete project work. General Employment Application- With the increased use of matrix organizational structures in today’s workplace, efficient and effective teamwork is essential to career success. Vital components of successful teamwork include learning and applying methods for group creation, role formation, successful team communication, and the ability to produce results.
- Ethical Reasoning: B.B.A. Management Specific Application- Ability to analyze and evaluate ethical situations in the workplace. General Employment Application- Ethical failures have hurt companies and destroyed millions of dollars in shareholder value. For this reason, firms seek individuals who understand and act in ethical ways.
- Diversity: B.B.A. Management Specific Application- Understanding the importance and positive performance implications of a diverse workplace while understanding how to best manage in a diverse environment. General Employment Application- Today’s workplace is growing more diverse and firms seek job candidates who can operate in this diverse environment.
Discipline-Based Skills
- Strategic planning: B.B.A. Management Specific Application- SWOT analysis, CPM, environmental scanning. General Employment Application- Ability to effectively analyze and evaluate the internal and external environment that the firm operates in.
- Data analysis and presentation: B.B.A. Management Specific Application- Create and format data as tables and graphs; perform basic arithmetic functions; understanding of Excel including pivot tables and analysis functions. General Employment Application- Analyze organization and client data Prepare reports, charts, and other common business uses of Microsoft Excel.
- Employee motivation: B.B.A. Management Specific Application- Excellent grasp of theories of motivation. General Employment Application- Influence other employees to perform well at work.
- Budget analysis: B.B.A. Management Specific Application- Understanding financial data. General Employment Application- Ability to read financial statements, spreadsheets, tables, and other decision tools used in the workplace.
- Business communication skills: B.B.A. Management Specific Application-Effectively communicate through a variety of mediums and modes. General Employment Application- Effectively communicate information, both written and verbal, to reach the desired needs of the firm.
Degree Requirements
Total Semester Credit Hours (SCH): 120
Major: 63 SCH
Program Code: MANAGEMENT.BBA CIP Code: 52.0201.00
Texas Core Curriculum
| Code | Title | SCHs |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 1013 | Composition I | 3 |
| ENG 1023 | Composition II | 3 |
| Mathematics | 3 | |
| Life & Physical Sciences | 6 | |
| Language, Philosophy, & Culture | 3 | |
| Creative Arts | 3 | |
| HIST 1013 | History of the United States, 1492-1865 | 3 |
| HIST 1023 | History of the United States, 1865 to the Present | 3 |
| POLS 2013 | U.S. National Government | 3 |
| POLS 2023 | Texas Government | 3 |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences | 3 | |
| CAO: Women's Studies | 3 | |
| CAO: First Year Seminar, Wellness or Mathematics | 3 | |
| Total SCHs | 42 | |
Courses Required for Major
| Code | Title | SCHs |
|---|---|---|
| Business | ||
| ACCT 2043 | Fundamentals of Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 2053 | Fundamentals of Accounting II | 3 |
| BUS 3013 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
| BUS 3163 | Business Communications | 3 |
| FIN 3053 | Business Finance | 3 |
| MGT 3003 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MGT 3313 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| MGT 3533 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGT 4333 | Business Policy (taken in final semester) | 3 |
| MGT 4563 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MKT 3113 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Major | ||
| BUS 3183 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
| FIN 4243 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGT 3273 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT 4223 | Human Behavior in Business Administration | 3 |
| MGT 4343 | Business Leadership Strategies | 3 |
| MGT 4523 | Diversity in Organizations | 3 |
| Advanced Business Electives | 12 | |
| Total SCHs | 63 | |
Advanced Business Electives are any College of Business courses at the 3000 or 4000 level, not otherwise required.
Departmental Requirements
| Code | Title | SCHs |
|---|---|---|
| ECO 1013 | Principles of Microeconomics (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| ECO 1023 | Principles of Macroeconomics (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| FIN 2153 | Foundations of Money Management (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| MATH 1703 | Elementary Statistics I (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| MATH 2203 | Business Analysis I (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| Total SCHs | 15 | |
Recommended Plan of Study
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | TCCN | SCHs | |
| ENG 1013 | Composition I | ENGL 1301 | 3 |
| HIST 1013 | History of the United States, 1492-1865 | HIST 1301 | 3 |
| UNIV 1231 | Learning Frameworks: The First Year Experience | EDUC 1100, EDUC 1200, EDUC 1300 | 1 |
| MATH 1703 | Elementary Statistics I | MATH 1342 | 3 |
| ECO 1013 | Principles of Microeconomics | ECON 2302 | 3 |
| Life & Physical Science Core | 3 | ||
| SCHs | 16 | ||
| Spring | TCCN | ||
| ENG 1023 | Composition II | ENGL 1302 | 3 |
| HIST 1023 | History of the United States, 1865 to the Present | HIST 1302 | 3 |
| Wellness CAO Core | 2 | ||
| Life & Physical Science Core | 3 | ||
| ECO 1023 | Principles of Macroeconomics | ECON 2301 | 3 |
| SCHs | 14 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | TCCN | ||
| POLS 2013 | U.S. National Government | GOVT 2305 | 3 |
| Language/Philosophy/Culture Core | 3 | ||
| Multicultural Women's Studies CAO Core | 3 | ||
| MATH 2203 | Business Analysis I | MATH 1324 | 3 |
| ACCT 2043 | Fundamentals of Accounting I | ACCT 2301 | 3 |
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Spring | TCCN | ||
| POLS 2023 | Texas Government | GOVT 2306 | 3 |
| Creative Arts Core | 3 | ||
| ACCT 2053 | Fundamentals of Accounting II | ACCT 2302 | 3 |
| FIN 2153 | Foundations of Money Management | BUSI 1307 | 3 |
| Non-Business Elective | 3 | ||
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | TCCN | ||
| BUS 3163 | Business Communications | 3 | |
| BUS 3183 | Introduction to International Business | 3 | |
| FIN 3053 | Business Finance | 3 | |
| MGT 3003 | Principles of Management | 3 | |
| MGT 3313 | Business Analytics | 3 | |
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Spring | TCCN | ||
| BUS 3013 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 | |
| FIN 4243 | Financial Management | 3 | |
| MGT 3273 | Human Resource Management | 3 | |
| MKT 3113 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | |
| Advanced Business Elective | 3 | ||
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | TCCN | ||
| MGT 3533 | Management Information Systems | 3 | |
| MGT 4223 | Human Behavior in Business Administration | 3 | |
| MGT 4523 | Diversity in Organizations | 3 | |
| MGT 4563 | Operations Management | 3 | |
| Advanced Business Elective | 3 | ||
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Spring | TCCN | ||
| MGT 4333 | Business Policy | 3 | |
| MGT 4343 | Business Leadership Strategies | 3 | |
| Advanced Business Elective | 3 | ||
| Advanced Business Elective | 3 | ||
| Non-Business Elective | 3 | ||
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Total SCHs: | 120 | ||
Advanced Business Electives are any College of Business courses at the 3000 or 4000 level, not otherwise required.
