2024-2025 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Business Administration in Management
Website: http://www.gvsu.edu/management
Accreditation
All B.B.A. programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Requirements for the B.B.A.
Core Courses
All business core courses acquaint you with various fields in business and help you learn to communicate, interact, and assume responsible positions in your chosen field.
For the B.B.A., you must complete the following courses.
- ACC 212 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3 credits)
- ACC 213 - Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- BOTH ECO 210 - Introductory Macroeconomics (3 credits) AND ECO 211 - Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits)
- Upper-division economics course - (not ECO 490) (3 credits)
- FIN 320 - Managerial Finance (3 credits)
- MGT 268 - Business Processes and Management Information Systems (3 credits)
- MGT 331 - Managing People and Organizations (3 credits)
- MGT 366 - Operations Management (3 credits)
- MGT 495 - Administrative Policy (3 credits)
- MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
Students are required to select one class from the following list. This course may count toward the major or minor, if applicable.
- ACC 333 - Corporate Governance and Accounting Ethics (3 credits)
- ECO 440 - Public Economics and Ethics (3 credits)
- FIN 330 - Ethics in Finance (3 credits)
- MGT 340 - Ethics and Business, Social Justice, and Sustainability (3 credits)
- MGT 438 - Business Ethics (3 credits)
- MKT 375 - Marketing Ethics (3 credits)
Required Business Electives
Three upper-division business courses are not applied to the major or minor (nine credits total). However, these courses can be applied toward a second business major, if one is declared.
Elective Courses
Students may elect nonbusiness or business courses to fulfill their elective course requirements. Students may apply up to six hours of internship and independent research credit, in any combination, toward their degree requirements. Business majors may not take any of the major courses, except the internship and study abroad courses, on a credit/no-credit basis.
Requirements for an Emphasis in Management Information Systems
The management information systems (MIS) emphasis provides students with the appropriate knowledge and skills to define, design and develop management information systems in modern businesses. In addition, it provides them with specialized skills in the area of enterprise resource planning systems. This specialization provides a strong technical background while, emphasizing the business process knowledge and analytical skills necessary to successfully plan and implement such systems.
Required Courses
- CIS 160 - Learn to Code in Python (3 credits)
- CIS 333 - Database Management and Implementation (3 credits)
- MGT 351 - Enterprise Information Systems (3 credits)
- MGT 371 - Systems Analyses and Design (3 credits)
- MGT 471 - Enterprise Systems Configuration (3 credits)
- MGT 475 - Customized ERP Solutions (3 credits)
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)
Quantitative group - choose one:
- MTH 122 - College Algebra (3 credits)
- MTH 125 - Survey of Calculus (3 credits)
- MTH 201 - Calculus I (4 credits)
- PHI 103 - Logic (3 credits)
- MGT 361 - Management Science (3 credits)
Elective Courses
Choose one of the following:
- MGT 350 - Principles of Electronic Commerce (3 credits)
- MGT 477 - Applied Business Intelligence (3 credits)
- MGT 478 - Business Intelligence Development (3 credits)
Suggested Order of Coursework in Management-MIS Emphasis
Year 1:
Fall
- Historical Analysis (GE) (3 credits)
- Social & Behavioral Science, Non-ECO (GE) (3 credits)
- Philosophy & Literature (GE) (3 credits)
- Physical Science without Lab (GE) (3 credits)
- U.S. Diversity (GE) (3 credits)
Winter
- Life Science with Lab (GE) (4 credits)
- MTH 110 - Algebra (4 credits)
- WRT 150 - Strategies in Writing (4 credits) or WRT 120 (Fall) (3 credits) and WRT 130 (Winter) (3 credits)
- Arts (GE) (3 credits)
Year 2:
Fall
- Global Perspectives (GE) (3 credits)
- ACC 212 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- ECO 211 - Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits)
- CIS 231 - Problem Solving Using Spreadsheets (3 credits)
Winter
- ECO 211 - Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits)
- MGT 268 - Business Processes and Management Information Systems (3 credits)
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)
- Quantitative Group (MTH 122 or PHI 103) (3 credits)
- ACC 213 - Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
Year 3:
Fall
- FIN 320 - Managerial Finance (3 credits)
- MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
- MGT 366 - Operations Management (3 credits)
- MGT 331 - Managing People and Organizations (3 credits)
- CIS 160 - Learn to Code in Python (3 credits)
Winter
- Business Ethics (3 credits)
- CIS 333 - Database Management and Implementation (3 credits)
- MGT 351 - Enterprise Information Systems (3 credits)
- Issues (GE) (3 credits)
- Upper-Division Seidman Elective (3 credits)
Year 4:
Fall
- Issues (GE) (3 credits)
- MGT 371 - Systems Analyses and Design (3 credits)
- MGT 471 - Enterprise Systems Configuration (3 credits)
- Upper-Division Seidman Elective (3 credits)
- Upper Division Economics Course (3 credits)
Winter
- MGT 495 - Administrative Policy (3 credits)
- MIS Elective (3 credits)
- MGT 475 - Customized ERP Solutions (3 credits)
- Upper-Division Seidman Elective (3 credits)
- Free Elective (3 credits)