College of Business and Technology

Department of
MANAGEMENT

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• BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR
  • Business Administration - Bachelor of Science Degree
  • Business Administration Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree
    • Management Emphasis
• Minor in Business Administration
• Minor in Entrepreneurship
• Minor in Health Care Management
• MGT Courses

For additional areas of emphasis see departments of Accounting/Finance, Economics, and Marketing and Management Information Systems.

• Kyle W. Luthans, Chair
• Professors: Fleig-Palmer, Hodge, S. Jensen, Konecny, Luthans, D. Palmer
• Associate Professors: J. Messersmith, Zuckweiler
• Assistant Professor: N. Palmer

Department Objectives:

• To provide students with a high quality undergraduate experience that will lead to successful completion of a Business Administration degree and appropriate entry level jobs in their chosen careers.
• To provide students with a variety of classroom experiences including lecture, case study, problem-solving, computer exercises, presentations and role-playing that lead to a thorough understanding of the subject matter. To complement this classroom experience with a learning environment fostering a strong student/faculty relationship through advising and mentoring.
• To insure that students are exposed to both the theory and practice of business by giving them opportunities to apply classroom knowledge to actual situations in the marketplace.
• To develop students' ability to perceive and analyze problems and opportunities in order that they might apply those techniques in finding solutions throughout their professional careers.

College of Business and Technology Graduation Requirements

• All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology must take at least 50% of their major area credit hour requirements from the College of Business and Technology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
• All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology must take a minimum of 30 of their last 36 hours of credit needed for their degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
• All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology are required to complete 3 hours of designated Experiential Learning (EL) coursework.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR

The Department of Management offers one option and one emphasis in this major:

1. Business Administration - Bachelor of Science Degree
2. Business Administration Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree
   (Select one Emphasis; two Emphases maximum)
   • Management Emphasis

For additional areas of emphasis see departments of Accounting/Finance, Economics, and Marketing and Management Information Systems.

Minors in Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, or Health Care Management are available for students pursuing majors in other disciplines.

Courses with the prefixes MGT are offered by the department.