COLLEGE of BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT
Associate Professor Steven Elias, department head
Professors Benson, Boje, Daily, Jun, Teich; Associate Professors Adler, Bishop, Chavez, Gray, Rosile, Assistant Professors Flinchbaugh, Rogers, Smith
(575) 646-1201
http://business.nmsu.edu/academics/management-gb/
DEGREE: Bachelor of Business Administration
MAJOR: Management
OPTIONS: Human Resources Management
Managerial Leadership
Project and Supply Chain Management
Small Business Management and
Entrepreneurship
MAJOR: General Business
OPTIONS: General Business
Entrepreneurship
Tribal Management
MINOR: Management
DEGREE: Bachelor of Business Administration
MAJOR: Management
The Department of Management invites you to consider a major in management. Do you like to work with people? Need help solving people problems at work? Hope to start your own business? Want to run an environmental project, or a bank, a store, a farm, or a government agency? Are you interested in how people from diverse backgrounds work together to achieve common goals? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should consider a degree in management. The mission of the department is to prepare graduates, with a Bachelor of Business Administration, for management careers in a broad spectrum of New Mexico, national, and globally oriented businesses. Management graduates work in small and large agricultural, manufacturing, government, transportation, public utility, merchandising, health care, environmental, and communications organizations among others.
The study of management offers the opportunity to develop skills in utilizing human, physical, and economic resources to achieve organizational objectives. These are important cross-functional skills in today's competitive job market. Students will acquire the skills and knowledge to develop their potential and to lead others in a common mission. Management majors may choose from program options in human resource management, managerial leadership, project and supply chain management, or small business management, and entrepreneurship.
Every candidate for this major must fulfill the following requirements in addition to the general education common core, College of Business foundation and the business core, Viewing a Wider World requirements and general electives (see above). Students will choose one or more of the four options that follow.
OPTION: Human Resource Management
Major Courses (24 credits)
| MGT 332, Human Resources Management | 3 |
| MGT 451, Selection, Placement, and Performance Evaluation | 3 |
| MGT 460, Compensation Management | 3 |
| MGT 458, Comparative International Management or MGT 465, Contemporary Issues in Human Resources Management | 3 |
| Electives in management, upper division | 12 |
OPTION: Managerial Leadership
Major Courses (24 credits)
| MGT 347, Management Functions and Processes | 3 |
| MGT 453, Leadership and Motivation | 3 |
| MGT 454, Work Teams in Organizations | 3 |
| Electives in management, upper division | 15 |
OPTION: Project and Supply Chain Management
Major Courses (24 credits)
| MGT 345V, Quality and Competitiveness: An International Perspective | 3 |
| MGT 351, Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| MGT 466, Managing Electronic Commerce: A Business Model Perspective | 3 |
| MGT 470, Project Management in Organizations | 3 |
| Electives in Management, upper division | 12 |
OPTION: Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship
Major Courses (24 credits)
| MGT 332, Human Resources Management | 3 |
| MGT 361, Small Business Management | 3 |
| MGT 461, Seminar in Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGT 448, Small Business Consulting | 3 |
| Electives in management, upper division | 12 |
MAJOR: General Business
The major in general business is based on a broad range of course options rather than a narrow focus on a single discipline. Graduates find careers in large and small businesses, in government agencies, and in the nonprofit sector. The general business major is well suited to the part-time and working student because it allows the student to select courses that will better meet their individual schedule. The entrepreneurship option is ideal for a student interested in starting or acquiring a small business or entering a family business upon graduation. The curriculum provides a focus on small and new enterprises, thus reflecting the entrepreneurial nature of contemporary business in the U.S.
Every candidate for this major must fulfill the following requirements in addition to the general education common core, College of Business foundation and business core, Viewing a Wider World requirements and general electives (see above). Students will choose one of the three options that follow.
OPTION: General Business
Major Courses (24 credits)
| Major requirements (upper division) | 24 |
No more than 9 credits may be taken in any one prefix:
Accounting (ACCT)
Business Administration (BA)
Business Computer Information Systems (BCIS)
Business Law (BLAW)
Economics (ECON)
Finance (FIN)
International Business (I B)
Management (MGT)
Marketing (MKTG)
Note: The general business option is offered through a 2+2 Online Distance Education Degree Completion Program as well. Program information is available on the College of Business website: http://business.nmsu.edu/academics/distance-ed/.
OPTION: Entrepreneurship
Major Courses (24 credits)
| MGT 332, Human Resources Management | 3 |
| MGT 361, Small Business Management | 3 |
| MGT/MKTG 461, Seminar in Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGT/B A 448, Small Business Consulting | 3 |
| Major requirements (upper division) | 12 |
Of the remaining 12 credits for the entrepreneurship option, no more than 9 credits may be taken in any one prefix:
Accounting (ACCT)
Business Administration (B A)
Business Computer Information Systems (BCIS)
Business Law (BLAW)
Economics (ECON)
Finance (FIN)
International Business (I B)
Management (MGT)
Marketing (MKTG)
OPTION: Tribal Management
This option is offered to students who complete the tribal management option offered at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute and wish to complete a BBA with a major in general business at NMSU.
Major Courses (24 credits)
| MGT 391, Management Internship and Cooperative Education I | 3 |
| MGT 491, Management Internship and Cooperative Education II | 3 |
| Upper division electives in business | 18 |
No more than 9 of the 18 credits may be taken in any one prefix:
Accounting (ACCT)
Business Administration (B A)
Business Computer Information Systems (BCIS)
Business Law (BLAW)
Economics (ECON)
Finance (FIN)
International Business (I B)
Management (MGT)
Marketing (MKTG)
MINOR: Management
The management minor requires 18 upper division credits in management. Business majors must take any six upper-division management or BUSA courses (3 credits each). NOTE: BUSA 365 totals 3 management credits for purposes of the management minor. The management minor for non-business majors consists of: one course from MGT 309 or MGT 315V (not both); plus five other upper division management courses (one 3-credit upper division course in the College of Business may substitute for one of the required five management courses).
To obtain a Management minor, a grade of C or better must be attained in the courses required.