Middle Tennessee State University
BBA in Management and Leadership
Murfreesboro, USA
BBA
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning, On-Campus
Key Summary
Managers make things happen! They allocate resources, empower their employees, develop skills in others, and lead the organization. They make things happen by asking questions, encouraging critical thinking, and motivating the team to discover solutions. The best managers are leaders who manage resources and challenge others to achieve and grow.
Available fully online
This program is available fully online, allowing for maximum flexibility for students who are not able to participate in person.
A major in Management and Leadership consists of 27 hours of management courses. All Management and Leadership majors must have 50 percent of the required management and leadership courses in residence at Middle Tennessee State University.
Students interested in careers in management and leadership will complete a core of classes in leadership skills, human resources management, organization behavior, managing key performance indicators, and ethical leadership as a foundation for the major. Students may choose from among a list of electives to gain skills in the areas of leading change/innovation, leading organizations/teams, global mindset, and decision making/problem-solving.
The program includes a Business Administration minor. An alternate business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.
Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) Program
High achieving students majoring in Management and Leadership who intend to pursue a master's degree in Management (M.S.) or Business Administration (M.B.A.) may apply to participate in the Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) pathway. The pathway allows undergraduate students an opportunity to complete select requirements for both the bachelor's and master's degrees simultaneously. Upon successful completion of the ABM pathway, students must submit an application (including the application fee) to the graduate program. Additional application requirements will be waived, and the student will be admitted to the program automatically.
The Management and Leadership program at MTSU provides the foundation for students to successfully pursue many different career paths in leadership, administrative management, and human resource management. Examples include:
- Compensation specialist
- Employee benefits professional
- Employee relations specialist
- Government administrator
- Human resources manager
- Human resources recruiter
- Industrial/labor relations specialist
- Industry administrator
- Nonprofit manager
- Training/Development Director
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