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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Management (BSBA)

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) in Management prepares students for management positions in various sectors of business and industry, including banking and finance, retail, hospitality, service providers, and healthcare as well as local, state, and federal government, nonprofit organizations, and self-employment.

Please see the UNLV Lee Business School, Department of Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology web page for information about department programs, faculty and facilities. Degree worksheets and 4/5 year plan for the major are available on the UNLV Degrees Directory.

Available Options

  • Human Resource Management Concentration

Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify and explain the major tasks of the manager.
  2. Discuss and apply major theories concerning the behavior of people in modern business organizations.
  3. Identify and discuss alternate theories concerning the role of business in society, and implications of these theories.
  4. Identify and discuss key issues involved in international management.
  5. Identify and discuss key issues in the relations between workers and managers.
  6. Work with others to identify issues and prepare solutions in the practical management of business.
  7. Present analyses of and solutions to management problems in oral, written, and visual forms.

Advising

Please see advising information at the UNLV Lee Business School Student Advising Center.

Accreditation

For information regarding accreditation at UNLV, please head over to Academic Program Accreditations.

University Graduation Requirements

Please see Graduation Policies  for complete information.

Management (BSBA)Degree Requirements - Total: 120 Credits

General Education Requirements - Subtotal: 35-46 Credits

 

First-Year Seminar - Credits: 2-3

 

English Composition - Credits: 6

Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3

 

Constitutions - Credits: 3-6

 

Mathematics - Credits: 3

Distribution Requirement - Credits: 18-19

Please see Distribution Requirements  for more information.

  • Humanities and Fine Arts - Credits: 9
    • Humanities, 6 credits required from two different areas. It is recommended that students take  , as one of the humanities courses.
    • Fine Arts, 3 credits required
  • Social Science:
    • Automatically satisfied by business requirements
  • Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking: 9-10
    • Two Life and Physical Sciences - 6-7 credits
      • One science course with a lab
      • One non-lab science course
    • Analytical Thinking - 3 credits 

Multicultural and International Requirement - Credits: 0-6

Multicultural, one 3 credit course required
International, one 3 credit course required

These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements. A single course may not meet the multicultural and international requirements simultaneously. Visit the Provost webpage for the list of approved Multicultural and International courses​.

Major Requirements - BSBA in Management - Total: 72-76 Credits

Business Administration Core Requirements - Credits: 42-45

 

Other Lee Business School Requirements - Credits: 6-7

Management Major Requirements - Credits: 24

General Electives - Credits: 0-13

The number of electives necessary for each student varies based on how many credits a student uses to satisfy the requirements identified above. The minimum number of degree-applicable credits required to earn a degree from the Lee Business School is 120.

Total Credits: 120

 

Notes

  1. All courses in the major requirements section must be completed with a grade of C or better. 
  2. Any course that is included as a prerequisite for a Lee Business School course requires a minimum grade of C or better.
  3. MGT 301   and BUS 321  are Milestone Experience courses for Management B.S.B.A.
  4. BUS 496  is a Culminating Experience course for Management B.S.B.A.

Management Major with Human Resource Management Concentration - Credits: 24

Management majors who want to focus on human resources may do so by declaring the Human Resource Management concentration.  This concentration within the management major will prepare students for one of the most fundamental aspects of any business: hiring the right people for the right jobs.  Students will also learn how to retain, train, compensate and gain a competitive advantage through those they hire.  Students should declare their interest in the Human Resource Management concentration with an academic advisor in Lee Business School.  Concentration courses replace the management major requirements (24 credits).

Notes

  1. All courses in the major requirements section must be completed with a grade of C or better. 
  2. Any course that is included as a prerequisite for a Lee Business School course requires a minimum grade of C or better.
  3. MGT 301  and BUS 321  are Milestone Experience courses for Management B.S.B.A.
  4. BUS 496  is a Culminating Experience course for Management B.S.B.A.