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- Juran Research Center
- Management Information Systems Research Center
- Medical Industry Leadership Institute
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Curriculum
The Carlson School undergraduate curriculum features:
- Immediate exposure to business with freshman contemporary management and corporate responsibility & ethics courses (NEW for fall 2013!)
- An immersion core of four key business courses sophomore year
- A choice of 10 majors and 9 minors
- International experience requirement, with programs offered across the globe
- An option to integrate public and nonprofit management coursework with your studies
First Year Coursework
- ECON 1101 Principles of Microeconomics* (4 credits)
- ECON 1102 Principles of Macroeconomics* (4 credits)
- MATH 1142 Short Calculus* or MATH 1271, Calculus I* (4 credits)
- MGMT 1001 Contemporary Management* (3 credits)
- MGMT 1005 Corporate Responsibility & Ethics* (3 credits)
- WRIT 1301 or 1401 Freshman Writing, or equivalent* (4 credits)
- PSY 1001 Introduction to Psychology (4 credits)
- Liberal Education Requirement
Students who enter the program as a Junior transfer student will take MGMT 3001 instead of MGMT 1001.
Students must complete all designated courses (*) with a C- or better.
Second Year Coursework
Fall semester
- SCO 2550 Business Statistics: Data Sources, Presentation, and Analysis* (4 credits)
- ACCT 2050 Introduction to Financial Accounting* (4 credits)
- BA 3000 Career Skills (1 credit)
- Liberal Education Requirement
Spring semester
- Immersion Core
- MKTG 3001 Principles of Marketing* (3 credits)
- FINA 3001 Finance Fundamentals* (3 credits)
- SCO 3001 Introduction to Operations Management* (3 credits)
- MGMT 3004 Business Strategy* (3 credits)
- One additional course of student's choice
Students must complete all designated courses (*) with a C- or better.
Additional Requirements
Additional key business coursework will be taken throughout your undergraduate degree, including:
- MGMT 3033W Business Communication* (3 credits)
- HRIR 3021 Personnel and Industrial Relations* (3 credits)
- ACCT 3001 Introduction to Management Accounting* (3 credits)
- IDSC 3001 Information Systems for Business Processes and Management* (3 credits) (students planning to major in MIS should complete this class during their sophomore year
Students will declare a major during their sophomore year.
Majors and Minors
Choose from 10 majors and 9 minors:
- Accounting Major and Minor
- Entrepreneurial Management Major and Minor
- Finance Major and Minor
- Finance & Risk Management Insurance Major and Minor
- Human Resources and Industrial Relations Major and Minor
- International Business Major and Minor
- Management Information Systems Major and Minor
- Marketing Major and Minor
- Public/Non-Profit Management Major
- Supply Chain & Operations Management Major and Minor
Liberal Education Reqirements
All students earning a degree at the University of Minnesota must complete Liberal Education Requirements.
International Experience
All students will complete their international experience as part of the program requirements. Short term programs or semester
length programs may be used to meet this requirement. Students will
participate in International Experience (IE) 101 early in their
program to begin planning for studying abroad.
