Management Concentrations
Management BSBA
Do you have a desire to find solutions to evolving challenges in the business world? Do you want to prepare for a management position?
ECU's BSBA in management prepares students with the skills necessary to meet the business demands of today and tomorrow. The curriculum provides a solid business core, helping you learn how to deal with the people-based challenges you will encounter in a management position. Graduates have employment opportunities in a wide variety of supervisory/management positions.
General Business Concentration
The concentration in general business offers students the opportunity to acquire a general overview of the skills necessary to manage human and physical resources. Although primarily designed for distance education students, students on campus may choose this concentration. Enrollment in this concentration will be limited by the resources available. Distance education students will receive priority in enrollment in distance education courses.
Human Resource Management Concentration
Human Resource Management (HRM) is one of the faster growing business disciplines and is critically important to enabling organizations to build and sustain high performance. Recent surveys of business leaders have identified organizational effectiveness, change management, and attracting and retaining the best talent as critical to long-term competitiveness and success. The U.S. Bureau of labor Statistics (BLS) reports that an average of 9% growth is expected in the United States across all reported HRM positions through 2026. BLS also reports an expected growth of 13% in North Carolina. The HRM concentration is designed in alignment with the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) competency model for human resources practitioners, and coupled with internship experience and HR certification, coursework will prepare students to enter this critically important field.
International Business Concentration
The international business major in the College of Business is a highly structured program that is best suited to students in their first semester of the freshman year. There are certain requirements that are unique to this major including a full semester study abroad and the fulfillment of a foreign language requirement.
Management Concentration
A concentration in management can provide you with the skills you need to succeed in future business enterprises. The concentration is designed to help you learn how to deal with the people-based challenges you will encounter in a management position.