Management Undergraduate Programs - Collins College of Business

Management Undergraduate Programs

Management professionals formulate the policies and direct the operations of corporations, nonprofit organizations and government agencies — or chart their own path by pursuing new ventures as entrepreneurs. Management majors develop communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills while learning management concepts. Degree options include innovation and entrepreneurship, business law, human resource management or sport management. Organizations do not manage themselves, and the skills necessary for good management are not inherent – they must be learned and developed over time.

Our approach heavily emphasizes hands-on experience. To succeed in an increasingly competitive international arena, students must be able to apply the knowledge they gain in class to an organizational setting. Our program focuses on the development of skills in managing people and facilitating effective organizational change. To that end, our students have successfully competed in the Love’s Cup for many years fro prize money.

The Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup is a statewide undergraduate and graduate business plan competition designed to encourage students to act upon their ideas and talents in order to produce tomorrow’s businesses. This competition is aimed at simulating the real-world process of entrepreneurs creating a business plan to soliciting start-up funds from potential investors. Students involved in this competition gain access to networks of successful entrepreneurs, lenders and investors, team building opportunities, business planning skills and media exposure.

TU’s management program offers innovative courses in organizational behavior and human resource management as well as experiential learning opportunities, case studies and computer-based simulations.

Management students gain practical experience through internships that involve working in either for-profit or not-for-profit organizations for course credit. Internships are viewed as an integral part of a student’s education. The management program is designed to educate students in all areas of business—accounting, economics, finance, marketing, international business and computer information systems—because the management profession involves interaction with all these areas.

International business programs complement the management major. Students meet with corporate leaders during spring break trips to cities such as Buenos Aires, Santiago, Brussels and London. TU has partnerships with a number of universities in various parts of the world and students can also participate in summer internships abroad.

  • Program Learning Outcomes
    1. Exhibit a clear understanding of the underlying dynamics of human behavior in organizations at the individual, group and organizational level through their ability to identify issues and effective solutions to address challenges in organizations.
    2. Exhibit a clear understanding of the dynamics and process of negotiations through their ability to analyze various negotiation situations.
    3. Exhibit a clear understanding of strategic management theory and application through their ability to identify, analyze, and solve strategic problems in organizations.
  • Program Options

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    Emphasizes the development of skills and knowledge necessary for effectively managing people and facilitating organizational change.

    Students can choose the general management degree or one of four specializations:

    • Business Law – Emphasis on issues and practices that reduce the risks of operating in today’s litigious business climate.
    • Human Resource Management – Focuses on the challenges facing managers related to the recruitment and selection of the most talented people to operate an organization, as well as the most effective approaches to leading, motivating and retraining people in an organization.
    • Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Examines the process of creating and capturing value whether in a new or existing enterprise.
    • Sport Management – Addresses a need in the sports industry for students trained in modern business practices.

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    Designed for business and non-business students interested in adding an entrepreneurship-focused minor to complement their academic major.

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    The Sport Administration Minor focuses on the issues and practices of business management in a sport context.



  • Typical Four-Year Schedule
    FRESHMAN – FALL SEMESTERFRESHMAN – SPRING SEMESTER
    Exposition and ArgumentationBusiness in Society
    Foreign LanguageForeign Language
    Math with ApplicationsBasic Calculus
    Business Information TechnologyBlock II – Historical & Social Interpretation
    Block I – Aesthetic Inquiry and Creative Experience++Block III – Scientific Investigation
    SOPHOMORE – FALL SEMESTERSOPHOMORE – SPRING SEMESTER
    Macroeconomics (Block II)Microeconomics (Block II)
    Concepts in Accounting Information IConcepts in Accounting Information II
    Statistics IStatistics II
    Block I – Aesthetic Inquiry and Creative ExperienceLegal Environment of Business
    General Education ElectiveBlock II – Historical & Social Interpretation
    JUNIOR – FALL SEMESTERJUNIOR – SPRING SEMESTER
    Principles of ManagementBusiness Finance
    Introduction to CISOperations Management
    Principles of MarketingOrganizational Behavior
    Block III – Scientific InvestigationGeneral Education Elective
    Free ElectiveFree Elective (upper level)
    SENIOR – FALL SEMESTERSENIOR – SPRING SEMESTER
    Negotiation and Management SkillsStrategic Management
    Writing for the ProfessionsManagement Internship
    Management ElectiveManagement Elective
    Management ElectiveGeneral Education Elective (upper level)
    General Education Elective (upper level)Free Elective (upper level)
    * Introduction to College Writing or its equivalent may be a prerequisite in some cases.