Management

Global Awareness and Understanding (GAU) Course List
Department of Management and Organization
Management Degree Requirements for 2007 and 2008 Management Entrance Requirements for 2009 and 2010

Recommended MGMT Academic Plan
Program Years 2007 and 2008

Bold type requires grade of C or better.

Italics indicates courses that satisfy both major and General Education requirements.

GAU code is used to identify the Smeal College Global Awareness and Understanding requirement.

GWS, GQ, GA, GH, GS, and GHA are codes used to identify General Education requirements.

US, IL, and US;IL are codes used to designate courses that satisfy University United States/International Cultures requirements.

W suffix signifies the course satisfies the University Writing Across the Curriculum requirement.

§ Entrance to Major requirement.

Notes

Students entering Penn State summer/fall 2007 and thereafter are required to earn a grade of C or better in ACCTG 211, B A 241, B A 242, MATH 110 or MATH 140, MIS 204, and SCM 200 or STAT 200.

Management Degree Requirements
Program Years 2007 and 2008

1. Take all of the following Management courses (12 credits) - A grade of "C" is required in all MGMT courses.
1. MGMT 326 (3) Organizational Behavior and Design [Prerequisite: B A 304]
2. MGMT 341 (3) Human Resources Management [Prerequisite: B A 304]
3. MGMT 451W (3) Business, Ethics, and Society [Prerequisites: B A 241 & B A 242 or B A 243]
4. MGMT 461 (3) International Management [Prerequisites: B A 304]
5. MGMT 471 (3) Strategic Management [Prerequisites: MGMT 326; B A 411 or taken concurrently]
2. Select three credits of Related Area (3 credits)
• Select three credits from one of the Two-Piece Sequences below. Courses cannot double count in Related Area and the Two-Piece Sequence.
3. Select one Two-Piece Sequence (6 credits) from the following list
• Accounting - Select two courses from the following
• ACCTG 404 (3) Managerial Accounting
• ACCTG 471 (3) Intermediate Financial Accounting I
• ACCTG 472 (3) Intermediate Financial Accounting II
• Economics - Select two courses from the following
• Select 3 credits of 300/400 level Economics
• Select 3 credits of 400 level Economics
• Entrepreneurship - Take the following two courses
• MGMT 425 (3) New Venture Creation
• MGMT 426 (3) Invention Commercialization
• Finance - Take the following two courses
• FIN 305 (3) Financial Management of the Business Enterprise
• FIN 408 (3) Financial Markets and Institutions
• Information Systems Management- Take the following two courses
• MIS 390 (3) Information Systems Management and Applications
• MIS 446 (3) Information Technology and Business Strategy
• Insurance - Take the following two courses
• INS 301 (3) Risk and Insurance
• INS 405 (3) Corporate Risk Management
• International Business- Select two courses from the following
• I B 303 (3) International Business Operations
• I B 403 (3) International Business and National Policies
• I B 404 (3) Contemporary Issues in International Business
• I B 440 (3) Globalization and Its Implications
• I B 450 (3) Business Environment of Europe
• Marketing- Take the following two courses
• MKTG 330 (3) Buyer Behavior
• MKTG 445 (3) Global Marketing
• Real Estate- Select two courses from the following
• R EST 301 (3) Real Estate Fundamentals
• R EST 420 (3) Analysis of Real Estate Markets
• Risk Analysis- Select two courses from the following
• B A 427 (3) Risk and Decisions
• INS 405 (3) Corporate Risk Management
• SCM 456 (3) Supply Chain Risk Analysis
• Supply Chain and Information Systems- Take the following two courses
• SCM 404 (3) Demand Fulfillment
• SCM 405 (3) Manufacturing and Service Strategies

In lieu of a sequence, an approved University minor may be substituted if sufficient credits are available.

Management Entrance Requirements
Program Years 2009 and 2010

Entrance to the Management (MGMT) major is based on University policy, which outlines strict procedures for applying to and being offered enrollment in a Smeal College major. Offers are competitive and decisions are based on the following:

• Completion of the following Entrance-to-Major courses by the end of Spring semester of your second year: ACCTG 211, [B A 241 & B A 242 (or B A 243)], ECON 002, ECON 004, [ENGL 015 or ENGL 030], MIS 204, [MATH 110 or MATH 140], and [SCM 200 or STAT 200].
• Earning a grade of "C" or higher in ACCTG 211, [B A 241 & B A 242 (or B A 243)], MIS 204, [MATH 110 or MATH 140], and [SCM 200 or STAT 200].
• A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 earned by the end of the Fall semester of the second year and maintained through to the end of the Spring semester of the second year.
• Complete the one-time only application to a major on eLion at the start of the Spring semester of the second year.
• Students must be enrolled as a pre-major in the Smeal College or enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS).
• In addition to the above requirements, students not enrolled in the Smeal College of Business who are interested in MGMT (or any other Smeal major) must earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 at the end of their first year (completion of the second semester) to be eligible to apply for a Smeal major in their second year.