Bachelor's Degree Business Administration & Management

This degree program requires a total of 120 credits.

• 33 Required Major Credits: Review the Required Major Courses outlined below or view the recommended course sequence to progress through this program.  
• 42 Business Core Credits: Effective for the catalog year beginning in fall 2025, UMGC requires you to take a series of required business core courses if you are in a business-related bachelor’s degree program. See the Business Core Courses dropdown to view the requirements listed for this major. 
• 26 Additional General Education Credits: To satisfy the general education requirements not covered by the business core, please review UMGC's general education coursework to explore your options. You will still need to complete coursework in research and computing literacy (4 credits); communication (9 credits); arts and humanities (6 credits); and biological and physical sciences (7 credits). 
• 19 Additional Elective Credits: To satisfy the elective requirements not covered by the business core, please review the course catalog or Schedule of Classes to help you select elective coursework. 

Review the courses required for the business administration and management major.

Core Courses (Major) 

• Strategic Decision Making and Problem Solving(3 Credits, BMGT 317)  
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation(3 Credits, BMGT 330) 
• Organizational Leadership(3 Credits, BMGT 365) 
• Global Management(3 Credits, BMGT 392) 
• Sustainable Process Improvement(3 Credits, BMGT 411)  
• Organizational Collaboration and Teamwork(3 Credits, BMGT 484) 
• Business Ethics(3 Credits, BMGT 382) 

Elective Courses (Major)

You must complete a total of three courses (9 credits) from any upper-level (300 or above) BMGT, HRMN, MRKT, ACCT, FINC, and OPMG courses.

Capstone Course (Major) 

• Business Administration and Management Capstone(3 Credits, BMGT 495) 

These are the business core requirements for this program: 

These two courses fulfill all 6 credits for the general education behavioral and social sciences requirement: 

• Principles of Macroeconomics(3 Credits, ECON 201) 
• Principles of Microeconomics(3 Credits, ECON 203) 

This course fulfills 3 of the 7 required credits for the general education research and computing literacy requirement: 

• Information Systems in Organizations(3 Credits, IFSM 300) 

This course fulfills all 3 credits for the general education mathematics requirement: 

• Introduction to Statistics(3 Credits, STAT 200) 

This course fulfills 3 of the 12 required credits for the general education communication requirement: 

• Academic Writing II(3 Credits, WRTG 112) 

These nine courses fulfill 27 credits of bachelor’s degree electives: 

• Accounting for Managers(3 Credits, ACCT 301) 
• Introduction to Business and Management(3 Credits, BMGT 110) 
• Building Sustainable Futures(3 Credits, BMGT 240) 
• Data, Cybersecurity, and AI in Business Strategy(3 Credits, BMGT 250) 
• Management and Organization Theory(3 Credits, BMGT 364) 
• Business Law I(3 Credits, BMGT 380) 
• Finance for General Managers(3 Credits, FINC 331) 
• Marketing Principles(3 Credits, MRKT 210) 
• Operations Management(3 Credits, OPMG 300)