Goucher College 2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalogue

Nov 26, 2024

Goucher College 2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

Business Management Major

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The following courses are required:

EC 101 - Principles of Economics: Micro (3 Cr.)
EC 102 - Principles of Economics: Macro (3 Cr.)
EC 206 - Economic and Business Statistics (4 Cr.) or
MA 140 - Introduction to Statistics (4 Cr.) or
MA 141 - Statistical Data Analysis with Environmental Issues in View (4 Cr.)
BUS 105 - Quantitative Reasoning for Business (3 Cr.)
FOR STUDENTS WITH LOW MATH PLACEMENT
BUS 110 - Principles of Accounting I (3 Cr.)
BUS 120 - Principles of Accounting II (3 Cr.)
BUS 206 - Professional Communication (3 Cr.)
BUS 210 - Financial Management (3 Cr.)
BUS 229 - Marketing Management (3 Cr.)
BUS 231 - International Business Environment (3 Cr.)
BUS 245 - Organizational Behavior (3 Cr.)
BUS 247 - Introduction to Human Resource Management (3 Cr.)
BUS 290 - Internship in Business Management (3-4 Cr.)
BUS 380 - Strategic Management (3 Cr.)
Nine additional semester hours of electives at the 200 level or above, at least six of which must be at the 300 level, not including
BUS 270
or BUS 375 . Students completing the Arts Administration Concentration (and who therefore are double majoring in one of the arts) may use BUS 270 and BUS 375 as electives in the Business Management major.

Additional Information:

Students with low math placements must complete

BUS 105

(and must also complete

EC 100

, with an A- or better) in order to qualify for other required courses in the major (EC 101 and 102). Ordinarily, majors must take EC 101 or EC 102 by the end of the sophomore year and EC 206 or MA 140 by the end of the junior year. Before the senior year, students must be granted college writing proficiency in

BUS 206

to complete the requirement of writing proficiency in management. Students choose electives to provide a concentration in some particular level of interest.

Study-abroad course work for the purpose of receiving credit toward the management major must be pre-approved by the Business Management Department. In the event that a student wishes to reclassify a course taken abroad from a 200-level business management elective to a 300-level business management elective after the course has been completed, it will be necessary to submit (1) all available course materials concerning the content and schedule of the course, including at minimum a comprehensive published syllabus, and (2) a substantial portion of the student’s completed work as returned by the instructor, with all comments and grading. All course pre-approvals and reclassifications are at the discretion of the Business Management Department subject to its review of these materials.

Concentration in Arts Administration

The courses in arts administration may also be taken independently of the concentration. Arts administration is a rapidly expanding profession in performance and institutional arts organizations, including museums and galleries; in community or regional centers for the arts; and in government, corporate, and foundation agencies that are concerned with the development of the arts. Students who pursue a concentration in arts administration take a major in one of the arts and supplement that major with three courses in arts administration and four in economics and business management. The courses in the major provide a solid foundation in an art form. The additional courses enhance knowledge appropriate to the student’s interest in arts administration. Students major in art, dance, music, or theatre, completing a minimum of 27 credits that are chosen in consultation with the department and that cover both historical/theoretical and studio work.

Requirements include:

Other recommended courses are:

Additional Information:

Students who complete the Arts Administration Concentration, with a double major in Business Management and in the arts, may count

BUS 270

and

375

towards their elective credits in the Business Management major. Also, the frequent guest lecturers from the field can also be of assistance in arranging internships.

It is recognized that the best preparation for a career in arts administration is an academic background enhanced by practical, professional experience. Students have extensive opportunities for rewarding internships. Goucher is strategically located, with access to numerous arts organizations in the Baltimore-Washington area, as well as in New York and other cities.

Concentration in International Business

We are moving progressively further away from a world in which national economies and national firms are relatively isolated from one another by barriers to cross-border trade and investment, distance, time zones, language, and national differences in government regulation, culture, and business systems, and toward a world in which national economies are merging into an interdependent global economic system. With foundations in economic theory and core business functions, students study the global environment for international business, how firms become and remain international in scope, how to successfully negotiate international business relationships, cross-cultural management, etc. A number of semester-long and intensive three-week, study-abroad opportunities are particularly fitting for international-business (IB) students.

To complete the IB concentration, students take the same courses required of the business management major, with the exception that the nine semester hours of electives must consist of BUS 221 (or BUS 260 with international topic),

BUS 317

(or BUS 331 - inactive), and BUS 335.

In addition, students must take two languages courses beyond the 130 level (normally a conversation and comprehension course and a business course taught in the foreign language, when available).