Why Choose a Degree in Management?

A Management Degree prepares you to master the skills needed to excel in your chosen career.

Requirements for a Degree in Management

Requirements for the Management Major

Majors must complete a minimum of 30 credits in the major at Westfield State University in order to graduate.

Required Business Core - 39 Credits

• ACCT 0104 - Principles of Accounting I
• ACCT 0105 - Principles of Accounting II
• FINC 0207 - Financial Management
• MGMT 0107 - Software Applications in Management
• MGMT 0220 - Production/Operations Management
• MGMT 0221 - Business Management: A Survey of Organizational Development and Management Principles
• MGMT 0241 - Business Law I
• MGMT 0250 - Quantitative Approaches to Business Decisions
• MGMT 0308 - Organizational Development & Behavior
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• MGMT 0321 - Management Information Systems or
• ACCT 0345 - Accounting Information Systems (Accounting Concentration only)
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• MGMT 0325 - Business Policy and Strategy
• MGMT 0338 - International Business
• MRKT 0231 - Marketing Management

Non-Business Required Courses - 18 Credits

• ECON 0101 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECON 0102 - Principles of Microeconomics
• ENGL 0103 - Speech
• ENGL 0392 - Business and Technical Writing
• MATH 0108 - Elementary Statistics
• MATH 0115 - Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences *

Note:

* MATH 0105 or MATH 0106, Calculus I or II, will also satisfy this requirement.

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in the Common Core .