Majors and Degrees Offered
- Management (BA)
- Management (BA) with an emphasis in Health Care Administration
- Management (BA) with an emphasis in Human Resource Management
- Management (BA) with an emphasis in International Business
- Management (BA) with an emphasis in Marketing
Minor Offered
Certificates Offered
Course Listings
Special Study Opportunities
Management is the art and science of effectively coordinating people and resources to achieve the goals of an organization. It includes the administration of commerce and industry, banking, insurance, health, communications, government, and various facets of culture, education, and the arts. Students study principles and institutions through accounting, management, and economics, as well as the humanities, mathematics, and political and social sciences. The Department of Management prepares students for graduate studies, law school, and business careers.
The Department of Management at Webster University has been designed to meet the needs of younger students as well as mature adults who have had business and professional experiences before completing their academic careers.
The goal of the school is to provide the student with the foundation and perception necessary for leadership positions in the dynamic areas of industry, commerce, government, and institutional administration. To this end the program is offered on campus as well as at a number of locations in close proximity to the workplaces of prospective students. Moreover, the Department of Management makes extensive use of part-time faculty members with experience and skills in business and government.
Webster University management courses are also offered at Webster's international campuses, providing an opportunity for Webster University students to study with faculty members and students from various parts of the world.
Webster University also offers upper-division degree-completion programs in management for adults with professional work experience and the equivalent of two or more years of previous college-level work at its metropolitan campuses in Kansas City, Missouri; Orlando, Florida; and San Diego, California; and at its Weekend College Program at Marymount College in Los Angeles, California. These students must complete general education requirements. Degree-completion programs at campuses in Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville, S.C.
Special Requirements
Students are required to complete at least 36 credit hours in management courses, including MNGT 2100 Management Theory and Practices, MNGT 3400 Human Resource Management, courses in accounting, law, and economics, as well as an overview. The required minimum distribution of coursework varies, depending on the emphasis selected by the student.
Transfer students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours of academic work in the Departments of Business and Management at Webster University.
Required courses must be completed at Webster University once the student begins to matriculate at Webster University. Transfer courses taken prior to enrollment at Webster University may be used to substitute for required courses if accepted by the chair.
No more than one course completed with a grade of D may count toward fulfilling the specific requirements of the major.
At the international campuses, MNGT 3320 Business Law: International may substitute for MNGT 3290 Business Law I and MNGT 3300 Business Law II.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Graduates will explain the important terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques, and theories used in management.
- Graduates will be able to identify and apply appropriate terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques, and theories used in management when analyzing moderately complex situations.
- Graduates will be able to synthesize and integrate important concepts, principles, and theories used in management into solutions to moderately complex management problems.
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