Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
Business Management Major
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Both a major and minor in business management is offered. An optional concentration in international business is available to students who major in business management. International business is also available as a minor to non-business management students. The business management major trains students in the development of analytical and effective communication skills within the framework of a strong liberal arts curriculum. Business Management is the application of tools that are useful in executing plans and achieving goals. Students are introduced to and expected to practice individual and collective decision making, macro- and micro-level organizational skills, leadership and motivation techniques, and quality control through checks and balances. Business Management skills are used in for-profit ventures, not-for-profit organizations, foundations, institutions, educational institutions, and at all levels of government.
Upon successful completion of the major, students are able to do the following:
- Acquire, interpret, and analyze information concerning business management issues using logic, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and critical-thinking skills
- Interpret business management information and demonstrate abilities to plan, organize, lead, motivate, and complete individual and group projects in a timely manner
- Express and share their findings through written, oral, and visual presentations
All students must complete at least one internship experience that is designed to integrate their academic knowledge and skills with practical experience in the workplace. Goucher College’s Baltimore-Washington location affords ample opportunities in both business and government. International internships are encouraged.
Writing Proficiency Requirement
Students are required to earn at least a C- in BUS 206 and be granted writing proficiency by the instructor prior to achieving senior status.
Qualifications Required to Graduate With Departmental Honors
Students must achieve a 3.67 in all courses that count toward the major, including all courses substituted for major requirements. Once requirements for the major have been met, a student may elect to take additional courses without penalizing his or her eligibility for honors.
Academic Requirements for Completion of a Major, Minor, or Concentration
- Each student must receive at least a C- in every required course.
- Each student who receives lower than a C- in more than two required courses will not be permitted to continue in the major, minor or concentration.
- No required course may be taken more than two times. A withdrawal will be considered as having taken the course.
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The following courses are required:
Additional Information:
Students with low math placements must complete (and must also complete , 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 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 faculty. 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 faculty 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 program faculty and that cover both historical/theoretical and studio work.
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 and 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), (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).
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