MAJOR - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Department of Business Management
Department Mission: The Business Department aims to develop knowledge and skills in effective communication practices, critical thinking, intelligent problem-solving, informed decision-making, and responsible action. As part of our students’ development, they learn about the intrinsic connection between professional preparation and a liberal arts education. In addition to imparting key skills and knowledge, the Business faculty is committed to modeling and encouraging the further development of honesty, integrity and virtue in our students. Our hope is to provide an atmosphere of learning and study that will, in keeping with the highest values of a Catholic and Benedictine education, enable young men and women to engage in Business practices that help to make the world a better place to live.
Departmental Goals: To prepare our Business majors with the knowledge, skills, discipline, and ethics needed for personal and career success; to instill in our Business majors a commitment to ethical business practices and social responsibility; to provide our Business majors with opportunities to apply knowledge and skills gained during coursework to field experiences and in profession-affiliated student organizations; and to enhance our Business majors‘ ability to become independent learners and thinkers who can take responsibility for their careers in a changing business environment. We seek to achieve these goals within the context of a learning environment that reflects the values of Belmont Abbey College.
In support of these goals, the Business curriculum focuses on building the following kinds of knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Business ethics
- Leadership qualities and skills
- Creative thinking and taking initiative
- Critical thinking and reasoning
- Decision-making and problem-solving: using strategies, tools, and techniques
- Communications skills (including composing papers and giving presentations)
- Understanding globalization and diversity in the U.S. workplace and marketplace
- Technology (including using word processing, presentation software, spreadsheets, databases, and the internet)
- Teambuilding and collaboration
B.A. in Business Management (Traditional Students):
To be eligible for acceptance into the program for the degree, the student must have completed AC 211, AC 212, EC 201, EC 202, BU 265, and must have earned a grade of C or better in all courses.
Major requirements (300 Level or Above):
(15 lower-division hours)
- EC 201, 202 – Introductory Economics I and II
- AC 211 – Principles of Financial Accounting
- AC 212 – Principles of Managerial Accounting
- BU 265 Spreadsheet and Database Applications
(27 Hours at 300 level or above)
- BU 300 - Management
- BU 306 - Quantitative Analysis
- BU 309 - Marketing
- BU 310 - Finance
- BU315W - Business Communication
- BU 407 - Management Seminar
- BU 412 - Legal Environment of Business
- BU 436 - Operations Management
- IB 310 - International Business
Other Courses
- BU 453 - Internship
- Business concentration courses
- General Elective courses
NOTE: The concentration requirement for Business Management may not be in Accounting.
Double Major in Accounting and Business Management: For a double major in Accounting and Business Management, the requirements for each major must be filled.
Double Major in Sports Management and Business Management: For a double major in Sports Management and Business Management, concentration courses cannot be in Sports Management.
NOTE: For a B.A. degree no more than eight of the seventeen departmental requirements in AC/BU/CS/EC/IB may be transferred or awarded as experiential learning credit. A minimum of eight (8) of the fourteen (14) AC/BU/CS/EC/IB courses at the upper level must actually be taken at Belmont Abbey College. Transfer or experiential learning credit will not be awarded for BU 407.
It is the student’s responsibility to see that all degree requirements for graduation are fulfilled
Minor in Business Management:
- AC 211, EC 201, BU 300, and two additional upper-level (300 or 400) BU courses (excluding, BU 306 and BU 315).
- A minimum grade of “C” must be earned in each course required for the minor.
- At least three courses, including two upper-level BU courses, must be taken at Belmont Abbey College. A maximum of two courses may be transferred.
NOTE: A minor in Business Management is not available to Accounting majors.
Minor in Entrepreneurship:
Each of the following courses:
- ET 300 - The Entrepreneur
- ET 302 - Launching New Venture
- ET 303 - Financing New Ventures
- BU 412 - Legal Environment of Business
At least three (3) credits from one or more of the following:
- ET 401 - Social Ventures
- ET 402 - Prod Innovation & Development
- ET 450 - Internship I
- ET 452 - Internship III
All courses must be taken at Belmont Abbey College
It is the student’s responsibility to verify that all degree requirements for graduation are fulfilled.
Concentration Areas:
Requirements for concentrations: Students should take concentration area courses during their junior and senior years. Students concentrating in Management, Marketing, and International Business should take the corresponding Major requirement course (e.g. BU300, BU309, IB310, BU310 respectively) prior to taking any concentration courses.
- Accounting
- Entrepreneurship
- International Business
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Motorsports Management
- Sport Management 12 hours
It is the student’s responsibility to verify that all degree requirements for graduation are fulfilled.
Faculty:
Phyllis Barbour - Lecturer of Business
B.S., Gardner-Webb University
M.B.A., Queens College
Steve Bostian - Lecturer of Business
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.A., Appalachian State University
Dr. Jerome Butler - Lecturer in Business
B.S., Bethel College
M.A., George Washington University
Ph.D., Walden University
Dr. Travis Feezell – Interim Chair & Associate Professor of Business
B.A., University of Wyoming
M.A., University of Wales
Ed.D., University of Idaho
Daphne Friday - Lecturer of Business
B.T., Appalachian State University
M.B.A., Appalachian State University
Leo Gunter - Lecturer of Business
B.S., Clemson University
M.B.A., University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Dr. John Maness - Assistant Professor of Business
B.S., East Carolina University
M.B.A., Trinity College
Ph.D., San Jose State University
Mitchell McIntosh- Lecturer of Business
B.A., Belmont Abbey College
M.B.A., University of South Carolina
M.A., University of South Carolina
Jerome Murray - Lecturer of Business
B.A., Belmont Abbey College
M.B.A., Pfeiffer University
Christine Richards - Lecturer of Business
B.A., Indiana University
M.S., Pfeiffer University
Dr. Andrew Rudd - Assistant Professor of Sport Management
B.S., Lewis-Clark State College
M.S., University of Idaho
Ph.D., University of Idaho
Dr. Robert Stokes – Associate Professor of Business and Economics
B.S., University of Florida
M.B.A., University of Missouri
Ph.D., University of Missouri
