Prerequisites for Business and Management Majors

• ECON 100 Principles of Microeconomics
• MATH 118 Introductory Statistics

Required Core Courses

• MGMT 100 Foundations of Business Management
• ACCT 110 Financial Accounting
• MGMT 234 Organizational Communication and Behavior
• MGMT 250 Marketing
• MGMT 260 Finance
• MGMT 325 Operations Management and Decision Making
• MGMT 340 Strategy
• MGMT 370 Internship

Required Courses

• MGMT 137 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• MGMT 221 Project Management
• MGMT 320 Negotiations and Change Management
• MGMT 395 Leadership and Managing Change (Capstone)

Electives

The student will select two electives from the following list:

• ACCT 200 Intermediate Accounting
• ACCT 205 Cost Accounting
• MGMT 222 Human Resources Management
• MGMT 224 Socially Minded Leadership
• MGMT 225 The Manager and the Legal Environment
• MGMT 236 Retail Management
• MGMT 290 Special Topics in Management (when relevant)

Minor in Business

The Minor in Business is an excellent complement for students in any Major to understand the nature of business functions in nonprofit, for-profit, and public organizations.

Required Courses

• MGMT 100 Foundations of Business and Management
• MGMT 110 Financial Accounting
• MGMT 234 Organizational Communication and Behavior
• MGMT 250 Marketing
• MGMT 260 Finance

You'll work with your advisor to tailor a program to your interests and career goals. Simmons offers many options for customizing your studies, including dual majors, accelerated programs and a wide variety of complementary minors.

Business and management complements study in many disciplines, including marketing, finance, government and economics.

A minor in business and management is also available.

• Patricia Deyton
• Professor of Practice
• Phone: 617-521-3876
• Office: M418

• Indra Guertler
• Professor of Practice
• Phone: 617-521-3883
• Office: M438

• Cynthia Ingols
• Professor of Practice
• Phone: 617-521-3837
• Office: M347

• Yulong Li
• Associate Professor
• Phone: 617-521-3853
• Office: M336

SOM Honor Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma and Alpha Delta Sigma

Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) is the premier honor society for students enrolled in business and management programs accredited by AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). An undergraduate student becomes eligible for membership in the second semester of junior year. The top 10% of each undergraduate class, ranked by GPA, are invited to join. The Society's mission defines this lifelong commitment to its members' academic and professional success: to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business, to foster personal and professional excellence, to advance the values of the Society, and to serve its lifelong members.

Alpha Delta Sigma (ADS) is a national honor society sponsored by the American Advertising Federation. It recognizes and encourages scholastic achievement in advertising and marketing studies. The requirements are that the student must be current in dues membership, be a senior or rising senior, have taken at least two advertising or marketing courses, and have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.25.