2008-2009 Catalog - United States Air Force Academy

management major
The Management major prepares cadets for management and leadership roles in today’s technologically complex, global Air
Force. The curriculum is designed to develop cadets who can understand, analyze, and improve organizations through the
efficient and effective use of systems. The courses in the major help students develop adaptive capacity and the organizational
knowledge and skills vital for Air Force officers as well as future national leaders. The Management major is accredited by
the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and ranks among the most prestigious undergraduate
management and business degrees in the nation. The Academy’s curriculum, together with our core courses, provide an
excellent educational foundation for cadets interested in pursuing Air Force careers such as Acquisition Manager; Air Battle
Manager; Aircraft Maintenance; Communications and Information; Contracting; Cost Analysis; Financial Management; Health
Services Administrator; Intelligence; Logistics Readiness; Navigator; Pilot; Security Police; Space and Missile Operations;
and Special Investigator. Additionally, the Management major prepares cadets interested in pursuing graduate degrees in
Management, Management Science, and/or Business Administration.
The Management major is designed to produce critical thinkers who will lead organizations to quickly adapt and succeed in
rapidly changing, highly technical, global environments. Management majors study traditional managerial and business topics
such as organizational perspectives and theories, global organizations, complex human systems, financial and managerial
accounting, managerial finance, human resource management, marketing, production and operations management, information
systems, and strategic management. Related subjects, such as personal finance and investing, are also popular among our
majors.
Suggested Course Sequence
3rd-Class Year 2nd-Class Year 1st-Class Year
Chem 200 Aero Eng 315 Academy Opt
Econ 201 Beh Sci 310 Astro Engr 410
El Engr 315 Biology 315 English 411
English 211 History 302 Mgt 400
Engr Mech 220 Math 300 Mgt 423
For Lang 3 Mgt 303 Mgt 437
For Lang 4 Mgt 341 Mgt 472
Law 220 Mgt 342 Mgt Capstone Enrichment
MSS 200 Mgt 345 Mgt Capstone Prep
Ops Resch 310 Mgt 361 Mgt Opt (1st Class)
Physics 215 Mgt Opt (2nd Class) MSS 400
Pol Sci 211 Philos 310 Soc Sci 412
MANAGEMENT (Mgt)
Offered by the Department of Management.
Mgt 303. Management Perspectives. Introduces students to the complex and dynamic nature of the world in which Air
Force officers and managers operate. They are introduced to various perspectives that provide multiple insights into how the
world functions.
Mgt 341. Financial Accounting. Analysis of business transactions and recording of business data taught from the
perspective of understanding the theoretical and practical issues in measurement of income, assets, liabilities, and owner’s
equity. Annual reports are used to perform financial statement analysis. Alternative accounting methodologies permitted under
GAAP are explored.
Mgt 342. Managerial Accounting. Focuses on the uses of accounting information by managers. Discusses full cost
accounting and responsibility accounting, from the perspective of data collection and analysis, for short and long range
decisions. Topics include cost behavior, activity-based costing, contribution margin analysis, measurement of cost of goods
manufactured, capital budgeting, and management control systems.
Mgt 345. Human Managerial Systems I. Introduction to individual and group theories of behavior, and their integration
into the organization as-a-whole. Theories of attitude, behavior, and cognition are applied to the understanding of how to make
decisions based on accurate diagnoses of situations that involve people in organizational systems. Organizational behavior
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