Mar 29, 2024  
2023-2024 EIU Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 EIU Undergraduate Catalog

Management Major

Management (B.S.B.)



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Total Semester Hours Required for the Degree: 120 semester hours

Major


Management majors take a core of basic management courses and then select major elective courses in the areas of human resource management, international business, general management, or related areas of business to meet their career objectives. Because the study of management lends itself to many disciplines, job opportunities are found in small and large for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. 

The BSB in Management comprises:

  1. 43 semester hours in general education
  2. 38 semester hours in the business core
  3. 27 semester hours in major courses; and
  4. 12 semester hours in electives

Plus one of the following concentrations:


General Management Concentration


Management majors who select the General Management Concentration must complete three of the following courses (which may not be repeated for additional Management credit), plus one Management-approved elective (3 Credits):

Human Resource Management Concentration


Management majors who select the Human Resource Management Concentration must complete the following courses plus one Management-approved elective (3 Credits):

International Concentration


Management majors who select the International Concentration must complete three of the following courses plus one Management-approved elective (3 Credits):

  • One course from GEO, ECN, HIS, or PLS (with international focus and approval by Chair). Credits: 3

Footnotes:


Calculation of the major GPA is based on courses taken at EIU with the prefix BUS and MGT and approved MGT Electives with the prefix ACC, ENT, FIN, MAR, and OSC.

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