Statements of Policy - UMUC Europe

Objectives
The student who graduates with a major in management studies
will be able to:
• Use a multidisciplinary approach researching organizational
problems, issues, and opportunities.
• Analyze information, solve problems, and make decisions
from a holistic, global perspective.
• Apply important management concepts and theories from
several disciplines.
• Evaluate various strategies and operations for business, notfor-profit,
and governmental organizations to determine the
best approach.
• Examine the global dimensions involved in managing
business, not-for-profit, and governmental organizations.
• Analyze global competition and competitive strategies.
• Assess important trends in international ventures, marketing,
financing, and human resource management.
• Integrate the emerging online marketplace into overall
organizational strategies.
• Assess the significance of a multicultural, multinational
organization.
• Develop effective written and oral communication consistent
with the management and professional environment.
• Apply appropriate information technology to analyze
problems and issues, develop business research, report key
data, and recommend management strategy and action plans.
• Describe the history and development of theories and concepts
in management and related fields (such as accounting,
economics, statistics, finance, marketing, human resource
management, business law, and strategic management), and
their application to various management situations.
• Evaluate ethical, social, civic, cultural, and political issues as
they relate to the environment of organizational management,
operations, human resources and human factors, information
systems, governmental regulation, and domestic and
international ventures.
Requirements for the Major
A major in management studies requires the completion of
36 semester hours of coursework in management studies, drawn
from various disciplines as appropriate; at least 18 semester hours
must be earned in courses numbered 300 or above. Specific course
requirements are listed below.
Management Studies Coursework (36 s.h.)
Required Foundation Courses (9–12 s.h.)
Students who do not have previous business experience must take
the following course:
BMGT 110 Introduction to Business and Management (3)
Students must take the following foundation courses:
ACCT 220 Principles of Accounting I (3)
BMGT 230 Business Statistics (3) or
STAT 200 Introduction to Statistics (3)
Students must take one of the following introductory
economics courses:
ECON 201 Principles of Economics I (3)
ECON 203 Principles of Economics II (3)
Required Core Courses (6 s.h.)
Students must take the following core courses:
UMUC Bachelor’s Degrees
BMGT 364 Management and Organization Theory (3)
HRMN 302 Organizational Communication (3)
Supplemental Major Courses (18–21 s.h.)
To complete the 36 semester hours required for the major, students
must take courses from the following disciplines: accounting,
business and management, environmental management, fire
science, human resource management, management studies, and
marketing. Recommended courses are listed below.
BMGT 330 Entrepreneurship and New Venture
Planning (3)
BMGT 340 Business Finance (3)
BMGT 365 Leadership and Change (3)
BMGT 378 Legal Environment of Business (3)
BMGT 380 Business Law I (3)
BMGT 381 Business Law II (3)
BMGT 392 Global Business Management (3)
BMGT 464 Organizational Behavior (3)
BMGT 482 Business and Government (3)
BMGT 495 Strategic Management (3)
BMGT 496 Business Ethics (3)
HRMN 300 Human Resource Management (3)
MGST 486A Internship in Management Studies
Through Co-op (3)
MGST 486B Internship in Management Studies
Through Co-op (6)
MRKT 310 Marketing Principles and Organization (3)
Additional Required Coursework (3 s.h.)
Students must take one of the following courses to complete the
general education requirement in computing:
ACCT 326 Accounting Information Systems (3)
IFSM 300 Information Systems in Organizations (3)
Recommendation
The following course may be applied to general education or
elective requirements, as appropriate:
COMM 390 Writing for Managers (3)
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