College Catalog: 2015-2016

Students enrolled in the Business Administration major will learn and experience a variety of subjects spanning all aspects of the business community and business practice. Accounting, economics, business ethics, business law, finance, information systems, international business, management, marketing, and organizational behavior are some of the subjects that are explored as students prepare for their business careers in today’s dynamic global and entrepreneurial economy.

Students who have completed their Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Ramapo have been employed in multinational, national, and local organizations of all sizes, across industries, and in both for-profit and non-profit sectors. Their employers include national and local C.P.A. firms;  corporations and entrepreneurial ventures;, consultants; technology, retail, entertainment, sports, banking and other service industries; manufacturing; education; health care; nonprofits; and government, Additionally, many Ramapo business students are accepted into graduate and doctoral programs.  Student must choose one of the following concentrations within the Business Administration major:   Finance, Management, or Marketing, and may choose up to two concentrations within the major.

Management is a fundamental and necessary activity in every organization – regardless of the company’s size, scope, or purpose. Managers are responsible for setting the organization’s objectives and leading people to achieve them as they interface with stakeholders, systems, and equipment to achieve those goals productively and ethically. While these basic functions of management have not changed, the growth of the global economy, technological transformation, and diversity in the work place are changing how organizations operate. Preparing students to be successful managers in these dynamic times is the Management concentration and its faculty’s purpose.

At Ramapo College, Management students receive an in-depth and comprehensive exposure to management functions, roles, and responsibilities. That exposure is grounded in academic tradition, includes contemporary case analysis and active learning, and builds central practitioner competencies and qualities. Students are rigorously prepared for promising careers in different industries, in private and public sectors, and for advanced academic education. The educational goals and objectives of the Management Program are infused throughout its curriculum, furthered by a dedicated faculty with broad academic and practitioner experience.

The Management Program at Ramapo College prioritizes the following for development within its students:

1. Strategic, contemporary, and synergistic management and leadership perspective and capability.
2. Ethical leadership and socially responsible action.
3. Global and multi-cultural understanding and appreciation.
4. Research, presentation, and interpersonal communication effectiveness.
5. Conceptual, analytical, critical reasoning, and problem solving competence.

The Management Program participates in the Cooperative Education and Study Abroad programs, and sponsors student clubs and extracurricular activities related to the major. Its students are advised and mentored by the faculty.

Students completing the Management Program receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.

Goal 1: Communication: Our students will demonstrate effective oral and written communication using appropriate current technology. 

Outcome 1: Students will deliver well prepared oral presentations. 

Outcome 2: Students will compose well written business documents. 

Goal 2: Ethics: Our students will consider the moral implications of business actions and processes, and propose ethically sound solutions.

Outcome 1: Students will detect ethical dilemmas and offer potential alternatives and solutions.

Goal 3: Foundation: Our students will have a broad-based knowledge in the functional areas of business. 

Outcome 1: Students will comprehend principles and practices in key business disciplines. 

Goal 4: Perspectives: Our students will consider diverse points of view and apply them towards issue resolution.

Outcome 1: Students will be able to identify and analyze different points of view when seeking to resolve business-related issues. 

Goal 5: Reasoning: Our students will be critical thinkers and decision makers able to use qualitative and quantitative methods. 

Outcome 1: Students will be able to identify and analyze problems and opportunities, generate alternatives, and recognize appropriate solutions. 

Goal 6: Reasoning in the Discipline: Our students will be critical thinkers and decision makers able to use qualitative and quantitative methods. 

Outcome 1: Management students will be critical thinkers and decision makers who are able to carry out systematic analysis. They should be able to identify and analyze problems and opportunities and to evaluate alternatives, from a management perspective.

1. Transfer students who have 48 or more credits accepted at the time of transfer are waived from the courses marked with a (W) below.  Waivers only apply to General Education Requirements; waivers do NOT apply to School Core or Major Requirements.
2. Double counting between General Education, School Core, and Major may be possible.  Check with your advisor to see if any apply.
3. Writing Intensive Requirement (three general education courses and participation in the ASB Business Writing Across the Curriculum (BWAC) program):  three writing intensive courses in the general education curriculum are required: First Year Seminar, Critical Reading and Writing, and Readings in the Humanities; the rest of the Writing Intensive Requirement is met by participation in the ASB BWAC program.
4. Not all courses are offered each semester.  Please check the current Schedule of Classes for  that semester course offerings.
5. The Career Pathways Program requirements must be completed prior to graduation.  Visit the Cahill Career Center/ASB Office.

Note: A 2.0 GPA in the major is required for graduation.

General Education Requirements
Four Year Plan
Graduation Requirements
Anisfield School of Business Website
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