Nov 21, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Management, B.S.

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In today’s rapidly changing business environment, you deserve the best education as you work towards a successful career in management. Pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Management at University of Houston-Clear Lake is one way to achieve this goal. Our College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. This accreditation ensures that you will acquire the necessary leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills that can be applied to areas such as personnel management, production, small business management, nonprofit and public administration, and retail and sales management.

This degree plan allows you to learn the foundations of management by selecting an area of specialization such as entrepreneurship and small business management, leadership, human resource management and environmental management. To further understand the art and science of management, you will complete electives in negotiations, teamwork and leadership, dispute resolution, organizational communication, human resources and employee training. Upon graduation, you will possess the expertise and training required to face a complex collection of challenges that emerge in a rapidly changing business environment. Selecting this degree plan will enable you to be workforce ready with the skills that employers desire.

The degree in management leads to the Bachelor of Science. A minimum of 57 upper-level (33XXand 43XX) hours and a total of 120 hours are required for the baccalaureate degree.

University Core Requirements (42 hours)

Communication (6 hours)

Choose TWO courses from the UHCL core approved list.

Mathematics (3 hours)

Choose ONE course from the UHCL core approved list.

MATH 1324 recommended for this requirement. This course is required for this major.

Life and Physical Sciences (6 hours)

Choose TWO courses from the UHCL core approved list.

Language, Philosophy and Culture (3 hours)

Choose ONE course from the UHCL core approved list.

Creative Arts (3 hours)

Choose ONE course from the UHCL core approved list.

American History (6 hours)

Choose TWO courses from the UHCL core approved list.

Government/ Political Science (6 hours)

Choose TWO courses from the UHCL core approved list.

Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 hours)

Choose ONE course from the UHCL core approved list.

ECON 2301 recommended for this requirement. This course is required for all business majors.

Component Area Option (6 hours)

Choose SIX hours from the UHCL core approved list.

Two 1-hour Life and Physical Science Labs are required co-requisites for the chosen science courses.

College Core Requirements (48 hours)

The following courses constitute the Business Core and are required of all business students. No more than six hours of grades in the range of D+, D or D- are permitted in upper-level (33XX and 43XX) Business Core Requirements.

Core Requirements for Business Majors (48 hours)

ACCT 2301 - Principles of Accounting I - Financial Credit Hours: 3
ACCT 2302 - Principles of Accounting II - Managerial Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 1301 - Business Principles Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 1305 - Business Computer Applications Credit Hours: 3
DSCI 3321 - Statistics I Credit Hours: 3
DSCI 3331 - Quantitative Methods for Management Credit Hours: 3
ECON 3311 - Money and Banking Credit Hours: 3
FINC 3331 - Business Finance Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 3303 - Information Systems for Management Credit Hours: 3
LEGL 3301 - Business Law Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 3301 - Management Theory and Practice Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4312 - Strategic Management (Capstone) Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 3301 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3
WRIT 3312 - Written Communications in Business Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

When ECON 2301 is used to satisfy the Social Behavioral Sciences requirement, an additional elective will be needed.
MGMT 4312 requires permission.

Major Requirements (21 hours)

All courses within the major requirements must be completed with a grade of C- or better. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher is required to graduate. Management majors may take any 15 hours of upper-level (33XX and43XX) management electives or select one of the four of the concentrations offered.

Required two courses (6 hours)

MGMT 3331 - Human Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4354 - Organizational Behavior Theory and Application Credit Hours: 3

Management Electives (15 hours)

Choose any 5 upper-level (33XX or 43XX) MGMT courses beyond those already required (15 hours) OR Complete one of the management concentrations (15 hours).

Additional Information

Students can: (1) select a concentration OR (2) take five upper-level management elective courses of their choice.

Elective Requirements (9 hours)

Any 3 upper-level (33XX or 43XX) courses offered by Colleges of Business, Human Sciences & Humanities & Science & Engineering or Education.

Management Concentrations (optional)

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Concentration (15 hours)

Required two courses (6 hours)

MGMT 4336 - Principles of Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4337 - Applied Small and Family Business Management Credit Hours: 3

Choose three courses from the list (9 hours):

MKTG 4333 - Marketing for Entrepreneurs Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 3313 - Organizational Communication Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 3341 - Human Resource Planning, Staffing and Selection Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4326 - Effective Negotiations Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4353 - International Business Management Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4371 - Seminar on the Social Responsibility of Business Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4391 - Selected Topics in Management Credit Hours: 3

Leadership Concentration (15 hours)

Required two courses (6 hours)

MGMT 4327 - Leadership Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4334 - Leading Teams Credit Hours: 3

Choose two courses from the list (6 hours):

LEGL 4353 - Dispute Resolution Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 3313 - Organizational Communication Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4326 - Effective Negotiations Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4328 - Cross Cultural and International Leadership Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4332 - Organizational Design and Learning Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4341 - Leadership in a Global Business Environment Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4356 - Employee Training and Organizational Development Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

May replace LEGL 4353 with MGMT 4391 special topics course titled Dispute Resolution.

May replace MGMT 4326 with MGMT 4391 special topics course titled Effective Negotiations.

Management Elective (3 hours)

Any upper-level (33XX or 43XX) MGMT course not already taken (3 hours).

Human Resource Management Concentration (15 hours)

Required three courses (9 hours)

MGMT 3341 - Human Resource Planning, Staffing and Selection Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 3351 - Wage and Salary Administration Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4325 - Legal Concepts for Human Resource Professionals Credit Hours: 3

Choose one course from the list (3 hours):

MGMT 4316 - Human Resource Management Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4326 - Effective Negotiations Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4333 - Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4351 - Industrial Labor Relations Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4356 - Employee Training and Organizational Development Credit Hours: 3
LEGL 4353 - Dispute Resolution Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

May replace LEGL 4353 with MGMT 4391 special topics course titled Dispute Resolution.

Management Elective (3 hours)

Any upper-level (33XX or 43XX) MGMT course not already taken (3 hours).

Environmental Management Concentration (15 hours)

Required two courses (6 hours)

ENVR 3311 - Foundations of Environmental Management Credit Hours: 3
ENVR 4315 - Introduction to Environmental Law Credit Hours: 3

Environmental Management Electives (6 hours)

Choose two courses from the ENVR rubric 4000 level (6 hours).

Management Elective (3 hours)

Any upper-level (33XX or 43XX) MGMT course not already taken (3 hours).

Graduation Requirements

Students must complete the final 30 semester hours of 3000- and 4000-level coursework in residence at UHCL.
Students must complete a minimum of 12 semester credit hours of upper-level (3000-4000 level) coursework: (1) in the major and (2) in residence at UHCL.
Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.000 on coursework completed at UHCL with grades of “C” or better on at least 30 hours of resident upper-level work. Grades of “C-” or below cannot be applied toward the 30 hours of resident upper-level work.