Management Major

Leadership matters. Leaders shape an organization’s mission, values, and strategy. They win with people. Our management program educates and forms transformational business leaders who are trustworthy, healthy, inquisitive, and skilled.

How is Marian's management major distinctive?

Our Management major, will give you real-world insight through a number of high impact, experiential programs. You will connect with business leaders and enhance your personal values grounded in our Franciscan tradition.

As a management major, you will:

• Explore leadership concepts and best practices for driving organizational change and improving productivity.
• Learn great communication, teamwork, and social skills
• Build leadership skills to enhance your interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
• Compete in team competitions such as business plan, human resources, and/or logistics and supply chain management.
• Join A-Team, our student consulting course and work with clients such as Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Somerset, YMCA of Indianapolis, OneAmerica, and Indiana Members Federal Credit Union.
• Complete at least one internship.
• Apply for an Orr Fellowship.
• Achieve strong career outcomes

What will you study?

To earn our 128-credit degree in business management, you’ll complete general education, our business core, and required and elective courses in the management major:

• MGT 301: Foundations of Entrepreneurship
• MGT 325: Student Consulting: A-Team
• MGT 350: Operations Management
• MGT 351: Human Resources Management
• MGT 352: Organizational Behavior
• MGT 372: Creativity and Change
• MGT 395: Applied Managerial Decision Making
• MGT 450: International business
• MGT 330: Project Management

For complete details, review our Undergraduate Course Catalog or download our four-year plan of study and checklist.

Sample Four-Year Plan and Checklist

Add a double-major, minor, or specialization to your plan of study

Consider adding a double-major (Finance, Marketing, Business Analytics, or Logistics and Supply Chain Management), a minor, or a specialization to your management degree – you’ll be even more marketable after graduation. About 75 percent of our management majors earn a specialization in one of these subjects.

• Business in sports: This concentration is a great option for management majors who want to work in a managerial role for a professional sports organization. 
• Entrepreneurship: Earning a management degree with a focus on entrepreneurship is an excellent choice if you want to start your own business, join a family business, or work for a start-up company. 
• Human resources management: Pairing a management major with an HR concentration is a viable combination for good careers. You can join our student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest professional association for HR specialists.

Other specializations available for management majors are insurance and professional selling, both fields offering good career opportunities.

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What are your career paths?

Management graduates work in business sectors including:

• Banking and financial services
• Consumer, retail goods, and e-commerce
• Technology and telecommunications
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Hospitality and entertainment 
• Health-related companies
• Nonprofit organizations

According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), here is the employment outlook and median national salaries for business managers.

Management Careers

Marian students are encouraged to be active in professional associations and organizations before and after they graduate. Not only can membership in these types of groups help college students build a professional network, they often offer resources, programs, and career services for those who work in the management field

• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• Strategic Management Society (SMS)