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2012-13 Undergraduate Catalog

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2012-13 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Office Management, B.B.A.

Department of Business Communication and Entrepreneurship

Office Management majors receive preparation to become administrative office managers, word processing managers, and administrative assistants. The program offers preparation for support positions in other business areas such as banking, real estate, and management. The major consists of 30 hours, 50 percent of which must be taken in residence at MTSU. An elective business minor may be added, but additional minor(s) require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

Curriculum: Office Management

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Math) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (Math)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
BCEN 2320 - Document Production 3 credit hours
BCEN 2330 - Word Processing Concepts 3 credit hours
Nonbusiness elective 1 credit hour

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
BCEN 2340 - Microcomputer Word Processing Applications 3 credit hours
QM 2610 - Statistical Methods I 3 credit hours
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

QM 3620 - Statistical Methods II 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 3620 - Operations Management 3 credit hours
BCEN 3010 - Office Management 3 credit hours
BCEN 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Business Finance 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

BCEN 4350 - Records Management 3 credit hours
BCEN 4510 - Business Report Writing 3 credit hours
BCEN 4640 - Issues and Trends in Office Management 3 credit hours
BCEN 4660 - Corporate Communication 3 credit hours
BCEN 4810 - Internship Program 3 credit hours
BCEN electives 6 credit hours
Nonbusiness electives 6 credit hours
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Total hours in program: 120