The Bachelor of Science in Business Management (BSBM) program aims to provide students with theories, concepts, skills, and techniques to become productive members of successful business organizations. The program includes current developments in management theory and practice to enhance the competencies of students in the different functional areas of business organizations, and to increase the responsiveness of students to significant and practical aspects of business management concepts.
Program Learning Outcomes:
1. Perform the core functions of management namely Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling
2. Demonstrate competence in the different functional areas of business, particularly in the fields of Human Resource Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Finance and Accounting, and Productions and Operations Management
3. Develop strategic solutions by utilizing the appropriate tools and technologies for better decision-making
4. Conduct research to develop innovative strategies for managing a sustainable business unit
5. Collaborate effectively across all levels of stakeholders within and of the organization
6. Uphold high ethical and moral standards by pursuing the profit motive with equal concern for people and the planet
Career Opportunities:
Corporate Management, Accounting and Finance Specialists, Marketing Management and Research, Entrepreneurship, Business Consultancy
Course Offerings
99.1 Fundamental Accounting Theory and Practice I. Fundamental accounting theory and terminology with reference to accounting principle and management’s use of accounting data. Prereq: Sophomore Year Standing. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
99.2 Fundamental Accounting Theory and Practice II. Continuation of Fundamental Accounting Theory and Practice I. Prereq: BM 99.1. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
101 Introduction to Management. Principles and techniques of business organization and management. An introduction to case problem solving. Prereq: None. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
102 Business Environment. The context in which business operates. Prereq: None. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
104 Organizational Behavior. The concepts and principles of behavior in business organizations. Prereq: BM 101 or COI. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
115 Management Accounting. Uses of economic and accounting concepts for managerial planning and control. Prereq: BM 99.1 and BM 99.2. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
121 Entrepreneurship. Prereq: BM 101. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
126 Introduction to Information Systems. Prereq: BM 101. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
127 Management of Technology in Business. Prereq: Junior Standing. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
141 Business Finance I. Introduction to the principles governing financial management of business enterprises with emphasis on short-range planning and management of working capital. Prereq: BM 115 or COI. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
142 Business Finance II. Long-range planning and management of the long-term financial position of a business organization, recapitalization and liquidation. Prereq: BM 141. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
144 Financial Institutions. Study of the structure, functions and operations of financial institutions, money and capital markets. Prereq: Econ 121 or COI. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
145 Investments. Principles and practices with special emphasis on the evaluation of project studies, security analysis and the establishment of standards for the selection of industry, issue, and security. Prereq: Econ 121 and Senior Standing. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
148 Special Topics in Finance. Prereq: Senior Standing. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
153 Human Resource Management. Factors and objectives which shape personnel policies of employers and practices which effectuate these policies. Prereq: BM 101. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
161 Basics of Business Law. Prereq: None. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
168 Special Topics in Business Law. Prereq: BM 161. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
170 Marketing Management. Principles, practices and development of integrated marketing programs. Prereq: Junior Standing. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
174 Marketing Research. A survey of the techniques used in marketing research. Selected problems in the analysis sales record, sales forecasting, estimating sales potentials, sampling consumer demand, determining the factors which influence demand for specific goods. Prereq: BM 170 and BM 182. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
178 Seminar in Marketing Management. Prereq: BM 170. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
180 Business Statistics. Statistical graphics, basics of sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, linear regression, analysis of variance, contingency tables, forecasting, and statistical quality control. Prereq: Math 20 or equivalent. 6 h. (3 lec, 3 lab). 4 u. Meeting type: lecture and laboratory.
181 Management Science I. Analysis and solution of management problems, deterministic models such as linear and integer programming, transportation models, assignment models, inventory management, and project management models. Prereq: Math 21, BM 180. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
182 Management Science II. Analysis and solution of management problems, stochastic models, decision theory, Markov processes, queuing, simulation, forecasting, regression, and other statistical applications. Prereq: BM 181. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
183 Computer Methods and Applications. The uses of computers in the solution of management problems. Includes programming solutions to quantitative problems, simulation, experimentation, and basic decision model-building. Prereq: BM 181. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
186 Operations Management. Introduction to strategic and operational decisions in manufacturing and service operations. Prereq: BM 101, BM 180. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
190 Strategic Management. Integration of the functional fields of business, stress being given to solving comprehensive case problems of business organization and management. Prereq: Graduating Standing. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
198 Special Topics in Management. Prereq: BM 101. May be taken twice provided that the topics are different. 3 u. Meeting type: lecture.
199 Research Methods in Business. Prereq: Graduating Standing. 3u. Meeting type: lecture.
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