The Summer College Management Program's primary objective is to help you begin to develop the skills , the knowledge , and the professional orientation that employers demand of college graduates. Skills include teamwork, leadership, technology, communications, and decision-making. Knowledge includes a basic understanding of management, international business, and career options.
Professional orientation refers to recognition of management ethics and social responsibility.
As a Summer College management student, you enroll in the specially designed three-credit Introduction to Management course, which combines classroom discussions, readings, field trips, and seminars by guest speakers. The course will guide you to understand the art and science of management. You'll learn about management's role in maintaining ethical, productive, and socially conscious organizational structures. You'll heighten technology skills to locate and communicate information, and you'll grapple with issues that challenge managers in a dynamic global environment. For your second three credits, you may enroll in any liberal arts course.