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Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Management Science

In general, the discipline of Management Science focuses on the development and application of scientific and mathematical modeling to aid organizations in all kinds of decision-making situations. The management science curriculum is designed to provide students with the analytical tools and computing technologies necessary for rational decision making. While the major is designed to teach students how to use their problem solving abilities in a diversity of areas, the variety of courses provides students with an opportunity to specialize in professional fields such as operations and logistics. Since management science majors study a wide variety of topics dealing with daily activities and problems faced by managers in today's ever-changing world, many career tracks are available to them. The minimum number of semester credit hours required for the Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Science is 120.

All candidates seeking this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements, the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) requirements, and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management Science must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements

Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements

Rhetoric (6 semester credit hours)

All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II

Domain I: Mathematics and Science

Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
MTC 1033 Algebra with Calculus for Business
Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two under the appropriate sections in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain II: Society and Culture

United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Studies (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 plus 3 additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
ECO 2013 Introductory Macroeconomics

Domain III: Literature and the Arts

Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain IV: World Society and Issues

(3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Common Body of Knowledge

All students seeking a B.B.A. degree in the College of Business must complete the following Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) courses in addition to the Core Curriculum.

In addition to the Core Curriculum requirements and requirements of the College of Business Common Body of Knowledge (CBK), all candidates for the degree must complete the following degree requirements. (TOP)

Degree Requirements

A. 9 semester credit hours of required management science courses:

MS 3063 Decision Support Systems
MS 3403 Logistics Management
MS 4343 Production/Operations Management

B. 15 semester credit hours of business upper-division electives chosen from the following:

ECO 3123 Forecasting Techniques in Business and Economics
FIN 4873 Computer Modeling of Financial Applications
IS 4153 Electronic Commerce
IS 4203 Business Process Re-engineering
MKT 3083 Marketing Research
MS 3313 Statistical Applications in Business
MS 3413 Purchasing and Inventory Management
MS 4323 Simulation Applications in Business
MS 4333 Project Management
MS 4353 Service Operations Management
MS 4363 Quality Management and Control
MS 4373 Applied Computer Modeling in Logistics
MS 4383 Applied Forecasting in Operations
MS 4543 Supply Chain Management
MS 4583 Current Technology: Issues for Business
MS 4913 Independent Study in Management Science
MS 4933 Internship in Management Science
MS 4953 Special Studies in Management Science
STA 4133 Introductory Data Analysis with Statistical Software
STA 4803 Statistical Quality Control

To substitute another course for one of the above electives, a student should submit a petition to the College of Business Undergraduate Advising Center and receive approval from any management science full-time faculty member before registering for the course.

C. 9 semester credit hours of electives taken outside the College of Business.

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