Majors & Requirements

Miami Plan and School of Business Requirements

The B.S. in Management is based on the Miami Plan foundation courses that consist of 36 hours in areas outside of the School of Business. In addition, the School of Business core includes 45 hours of courses from all the business disciplines.

Management and Organizations

This major was approved by the University Senate in March of 2004 and became effective in the Fall of 2004.  All students in Organizational Leadership (OL) or Human Resource Management (HR) have the option to continue with their current major requirements or to switch to the new major.  Since the start of Fall semester, students will no longer be allowed to register for the OL or HR majors and they will be phased out as current students graduate.  If you have questions about whether you should change your major, or for more information on this major, please contact a permanent faculty member in this area of the department.  They include the following:

  • Dr. David Cowan
  • Dr. Megan Gerhardt
  • Dr. Rebecca Luzadis
  • Dr. Joe Rode
  • Dr. Joshua Schwarz
  • Dr. Kay Snavely
  • Dr. David Walsh
  • Dr. Peng Wang
  • Dr. Mark Wesolowski

Essentials: Required Courses (9 hours):

  • MGT 291 Organizational Behavior & Theory (3) *FBS Core
  • MGT 303 Human Resource Management (3)
  • MGT 304 Cross Cultural Management (3)

Foundations: Take any 4 of the following courses (12 hours):

  • MGT 381 Managerial Communication & Consulting (3)
  • MGT 402 Employment Law (3)
  • MGT 404 Compensation Management (3)
  • MGT 405 Labor Relations and Conflict Management (3)
  • MGT 406 Staffing Organizations (3)
  • MGT 414 Motivation & Work (3)
  • MGT 415 Leadership & Learning (3)
  • MGT/FIN 463 Employee Benefits (3)
  • MGT 490 Contemporary Issues (3)

Integration & Synergy: Required Courses in Senior Year (6 hours):

  • MGT 474 Human Capital Metrics (3)
  • MGT 475 Organizational Change Management (3)

Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain mini-site

The Supply Chain Management Major is cross functional with Marketing. If you have questions about whether you should change your major, or for more information on this major, please contact a permanent faculty member in this area of the department.  They include the following:

  • Dr. Bryan Ashenbaum
  • Dr. Byron Finch
  • Dr. Xiaowen Huang
  • Dr. Rocky Newman
  • Dr. Peter Salzarulo