2023-2024 Academic Catalog

May 09, 2024

2023-2024 Academic Catalog

MGMT 100 - The Art and Science of Management

This course is designed to encourage students to consider how business is embedded into the larger society and how managers solve problems. It will introduce students to basic management skills and the context in which they are applied. For student interested in management, entrepreneurship, finance, and marketing, this required course provides an introduction to the topics they will study in greater depth in their future course work.

For students not majoring in a management-related discipine, it provides an opportunity to learn basic skills that will be helpful in their current and future activities in organizations. The course structure includes readings, lecture, service learning, case analyses, role plays and experiential exercises. The course involves considerable interaction between the professor and students, and among students, because the practice of management is about working with, listening to, and respecting people who have different backgrounds, experiences and opinions.

Prerequisites: VE Placement or IDND 018

Juniors and Seniors by permission only

Course Designation/Attribute: VE

Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year