Management Degree (B.S.)

Overview

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

  • Study

    International Management in Italy

  • Pitch

    your business idea
    at Grinspoon
    Entrepreneurship
    Conference 

  • Explore

    business in Boston or NYC with
    the Women in Business Club 

Requirements

Program Description

The Management major focuses on a mix of theoretical and practical management knowledge and skills that will enable students to work as professional managers and leaders of modern organizations. Students learn to address a wide variety of challenges-financial, material, human, legal, political, and environmental-by learning the interpersonal, systems, and strategic skills to build and manage effective business teams.

The Management major consists of 75 credits. All students must complete 39 credit hours of the Business Core, 18 credits of non-business related courses, and 18 credits of Management coursework in one of the four concentrations: , , , or .

Required Business Courses

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

Required Business Core - 39 Credits

Non-Business Required Courses - 18 Credits

Note:

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

Management Core

These courses are common between all three possible tracks.

Human Resource Management Track

These courses make up the Human Resource Management track:

Additional Electives

6 credits total:

Entrepreneurship Track

These courses make up the Entrepreneurship track:

Additional Electives

6 credits total:

General Management Track

These courses make up the General Management track:

Additional Electives

6 credits total:

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.