Management and Leadership

Sample program plan information is provided for sample purposes only. Students should consult with their academic advisor about their individual plan for course registration and completion of program requirements.

First Year - Fall Semester (16 hours)

MTH 114 Applied Finite Math — 3
BUS 100 Contemporary Business — 3
Core Courses — 6
EHS 120 University Experience — 1
ENG 101 English Composition — 3

First Year - Spring Semester (15 hours)

ATG 157 Accounting Principles-Financial — 3
PSY 101 Psychology Principles — 3
MIS 173 Info. Sys. Bus. Apps. — 3
Core Electives — 3
COM 103 Speech — 3

Sophomore - Fall Semester (16 hours)

ATG 158 Accounting Principles-Managerial — 3
ECO 221 Microeconomics — 3
Q M 262 Quantitative Analysis I — 3
Elective — 3
Core Course — 3
BUS 220 Career Planning — 1

Sophomore - Spring Semester (13 hours)

ECO 222 Macroeconomics — 3
M L 250 Interpersonal Effectiveness — 2
M L 350 Managing for Results in Orgs. — 2
MTG 315 Principles of Marketing — 3
Core Course — 3

Junior - Fall Semester (16 hours)

M L 300 Environment of Organizations — 2
M L 357 Leading Organizations — 2
FIN 322 Business Finance — 3
ENG 306 Business Communication — 3
Business Elective — 3
Elective — 3

Junior - Spring Semester (15 hours)

M L 353 Operations Management — 3
M L 356 Human Capital in Organizations — 3
BLW 342 Legal Environment of Business — 3
Elective — 3
Business Elective — 3

Senior - Fall Semester (15 hours)

M L 358 Managerial Decision Making — 3
M L 452 Strategic Management in Organizations — 2
BUS 400 Client Consulting Project — 2
M L Elective — 3
Electives — 6

Senior - Spring Semester (15 hours)

M L Electives — 6
Electives — 9

The Bradley Core Curriculum exposes all students to the requisite range of knowledge, skills and perspectives that prepares them for further learning and guides them on the path of continued growth to facilitate their success and fulfillment in a changing, complex world. In essence, the Bradley Core Curriculum lays the foundation for a lifetime of intellectual development.

More specifically, the Bradley Core Curriculum advances Lydia Moss Bradley’s intent that the university “furnish its students with the means of living an independent, industrious and useful life,” by equipping them with a common set of attributes, understandings and tools to:

Make connections between thoughts, ideas and people through more emphasis on collaboration, critical thinking, decision-making and inquiry across disciplines and cultures;
Become better communicators with the integrative, reflective and multidisciplinary mindset necessary in today’s global society; and
Embrace the flexibility of a customizable Bradley Experience by pursing the subject areas that best support or complement their individual interests, abilities and future plans.

Core Learning Outcomes

The Bradley Core Curriculum was designed to help students achieve specific Core Learning Outcomes that span all aspects of the program.

Critical and creative thinking. Bradley graduates will think critically, independently and creatively, and will employ evidence-based decision-making to solve problems and build new knowledge.
Effective communication. Bradley graduates will be effective oral, written and non-verbal communicators as well as active readers and listeners.
Multidisciplinary integration. Bradley graduates will approach learning in an integrated manner, connecting knowledge and skills across multiple disciplines.
Practical application. Bradley graduates will apply knowledge and skills from the classroom in real-world situations.
Social awareness. Bradley graduates will understand and act ethically upon their connections to larger communities.

Core Values

The Bradley Core Curriculum is grounded in a set of fundamental perspectives, Core Values, that lie at the heart of the university's scholarly enterprise.