The management major is designed to offer students a variety of business courses to prepare them for careers in management, finance, or human resources as well as the necessary requirements to pursue graduate studies. Transfer students must take at least 15 credit hours of regular classroom coursework in the major at Simpson College. A person may not major in Management and Accounting or Management and Marketing. A person majoring in Management may minor in Marketing, Accounting or any of the other minors available. Readily available in the evening program are 3 in Communication Studies, Computer Science, English, and Sociology. Cooperative education experiences and internships cannot be used to fulfill electives in the major.

Management Course Descriptions

B.A. Degree Requirements for a Management Major:
Major course requirements, 55 hours
Cornerstone requirements, 28 (beyond those satisfied by a major requirement)Writing competency (Eng 102), 3
Mathematics competency, 0 (satisfied by major course requirement)
Elective, non-traditional credit, or minor requirements, 42
Total credits, 128 hours

Courses required for major:
___ Econ 101 Macroeconomic Principles, 3
___ Econ 102 Microeconomic Principles, 3
___ Econ 339 Corporation Finance, 3
___ Math 201 Elementary Statistics (Same as Econ 201), 3
___ Acct 251 Principles of Accounting I, 3
___ Acct 252 Principles of Accounting II, 3
___ Magt 131 Management Concepts, 3
___ Magt 231 Business Law I, 3
___ Magt 232 Business Law II, 3
___ Magt 234 Marketing, 3
___ Magt 333 Organization and Behavior, 3
___ Magt 372 Quantitative Decision Making, 3
___ Magt 385 Senior Seminar in Business Policy and Strategy, 3
___ CIS 205 Decision Support Systems*, 3
___ Any ethics course in the departments of Philosophy or Religion, 3
___ Two Management electives, one of which must be a 300-level Management course, 6

Note:  With a major in Management and a minor in Marketing, the two Management electives cannot be:

Magt 335 Marketing Research
Magt 336 International Marketing
Magt 337 Sales and Sales Management
Magt 338 Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and New Product Marketing
Magt 341 Advertising

*The prerequisite for CIS 205 is Management Information Systems, Magt 135/CIS 135, or permission of instructor.

Total hours in major, 51

Finance/Insurance Specialization

Students interested in a combined specialization in Finance/Insurance Specialization must choose as their two electives Magt 345, Principles of Insurance, and one of the following:
          ___ Econ 337 Investments and Securities Markets
          ___ Econ 343 International Trade and Finance
          ___ Econ 344 Money and Banking

Optional:  Management majors may, but are not required to, select one of the electives from the following:
          ___ Econ 343 International Trade and Finance
          ___ Econ 344 Money and Banking
   

MANAGEMENT MINOR:

It is understood that Acct 251 and 252, Econ 101 and 102, are prerequisites for 300 level Management courses. A business department major may not take this minor.
___ Magt 131 Management Concepts, 3
___ Magt 231 Business Law I, 3
___ Magt 232 Business Law II, 3
___ Magt 234 Marketing, 3
___ Magt 333 Organization and Behavior, 3
___ One 300-level Management elective*, 3

*All prerequisites must be taken to achieve the minor designation.  This may result in more than 18 hours of course credits to fulfill the minor.

Total hours in minor, 18