Furthermore, the old program required participants to enroll in six upper-division core courses. However, the new program allows students to choose from four of the six upper division core courses and requires two electives that can be selected from upper division management courses. The undergraduate management courses offered during summer will be applicable to the minor. Students that are already admitted to the program and are continuing in the 2001-2002 academic year have the option of either completing the requirements that were in effect when they were admitted or completing the new requirements. Patrick said that competition for enrollment in the minor might increase after the implementation of the new curriculum because a greater number of students will be eligible to apply.
Students have varied reactions to the program changes.
But it sucks because I already did both calculus and statistics. Other students feel that the changes may de-emphasize some of the necessary classes needed to prepare students for the business world. Aside from what GSM administrators characterize as a huge demand for undergraduate management curricula, the graduate school will also be expanding. The GSM is home to five types of MBA programs, one of which is the information technology for management focus, which was ranked first in the country by the Financial Times. The majority of the IT faculty also teaches management minor courses.