Jul 04, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Human Resource Management, B.B.A.



Description

It is often said that people are a company’s most important asset. A degree in management helps students develop the leadership, decision making, and motivational skills needed to successfully organize and coordinate these assets. Our management majors develop a broad range of expertise, the kind of expertise that is valued in any organization in any business sector.  

What careers can this major prepare you for?

A degree in management prepares students for a wide variety of careers. Any position, from entry level to the C-suites, requires an understanding of people and the flexibility to address multifaceted challenges. A management degree prepares students for cross-functional positions but also more focused careers in areas such as administrative services, customer service, sales, human resources, job analyst, industrial relations, and general supervisor. A well-rounded degree in management is also extremely helpful for individuals interested in starting their own business or engaging in other entrepreneurial activities.  

What skills are developed within this major?

Management majors develop a range of skills from planning and organizing, to leadership and strategic thinking. They learn to coordinate and guide teams to accomplish individual, group and organizational goals.

Admission to Major


Major Declaration Standards

  • Completion of the required BBA lower core coursework with a final grade of C or better.

Pre-Business BBA Degree: BBA Major Declaration Course Requirements

  1. ENG 100 /ENG 101 - College Writing I  
  2. ENG 102 - College Writing II  
  3. MTH 148 - Mathematics for Business Majors I  
  4. ACT 221 - Introductory Accounting I  
  5. BUS 151 - World of Business  
  6. BUS 201 - Applied Business Statistics  
  7. ECN 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics  
  8. IST 203 - Spreadsheet Skills and Applications  

Hours Required for Degree


Minimum hours for the degree: 120

Minimum hours required for major: 33 hours, with a grade of “C” or better in each course.

College Requirements


See college page  for college requirements.

Major Requirements


A grade of “C” or higher is required for all Management courses. Management core courses in which a grade lower than a “C” was earned must be repeated. Management elective courses in which a grade lower than a “C” was earned must either be repeated or substituted by completing a different elective.

Honors Program


The College of Business - BBA Degree/Major Honors/Scholars Track Designation Program

  • Honors Student: Completion of 15 credit hours of the honors requirements 
  • University Scholars Student: Completion of 12 credit hours of the honors requirements listed. 

The Honors and Scholars requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration Degree program and associated majors focuses on three areas: graduate coursework, selected high-level experiences in specific business courses and areas, and preparing for the current jobs and careers of today and tomorrow. 

Business Honors Level I Requirement (9 Credit Hours)


The student will complete this requirement with business graduate 500 level courses and satisfy business BBA major or BBA Divisional Upper Core requirements. The student has the option to select concentration A or B.

Student will work with assigned College of Business professional advisor requiring these course selections.

Note: 500 level business graduate coursework does not satisfy College of Business degree completion requirements for business graduate programs.

Concentration A


  • Complete nine credit hours of 500 level graduate business courses to satisfy required BBA major requirements.

Concentration B


  • Complete three or six credit hours of 500 level graduate business courses to satisfy required BBA major requirements.
  • Complete three or six credit hours of the following 500-level graduate business courses FIN 501 for FIN 351  or MKT 501 for MKT 301 , which will satisfy one BBA Divisional Upper Core requirement course.

Business Honors Level II Requirement (6 Credit Hours)


The student will complete two of the four courses as an Honors Contract# course to satisfy this requirement. In addition, this requirement selection will satisfy business BBA major or BBA Divisional Upper Core requirements.

  • Business Internship based on specific major with no honors designation. Student must seek approval by the Department Chair or College of Business Administrator*
  • Honors Thesis - Student must seek approval by the Department Chair
  • # This is done in collaboration among the undergraduate business advisor, the business faculty honor advisor, honors advisor, and the course instructor. Students must reach out to the course instructor before the start of the semester to agree on an additional project, which may be more creative and/or experience-based than the rest of the coursework. Students will then record the agreement through the Honors Contract agreement form: https://honors.csuohio.edu/current-students/forms-3

    * The Business Internship course can be completed twice to satisfy this honors track requirement with the completion of two different approved internship experiences.

    1. The student would enroll for the first approved internship experience using the internship course associated with the student’s specific BBA major.
    2. The student would enroll for the second approved internship experience using the College of Business general internship course BUS 490 .