Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management

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Dean:  Dr. Fikru H. Boghossian

Mission

The mission of the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management (GSBM) is to:

1. Offer high quality undergraduate, masters, doctoral, and executive education programs that prepare a diverse student population to succeed as business professionals and to become engaged citizens in their neighborhoods and the global economy,
2. Conduct scholarly research that advances theory and practice in the business disciplines, contributes to teaching and learning, enhances the performance of organizations, and informs public policy decision making,
3. Contribute to local, state, regional, national, and international economic development initiatives in the pursuit of widely shared prosperity and well-being.

Core Values

The core values below guide the promotion of student learning and success, faculty scholarship and research, and community engagement at the GSBM.

Excellence: Excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, creative endeavors, student services, and in all aspects of the School’s operations is continuously pursued to ensure institutional effectiveness and efficiency.

Integrity: At the GSBM, honest communications, ethical behavior, and accountability for words and deeds are expected from all members of the School community.

Respect: Each person within the GSBM is to be treated with respect and dignity and is to be treated equitably in all situations.

Diversity: A broad diversity of people and ideas are welcomed and supported at the School as essential to quality education in a global interdependent society.

Innovation: The GSBM encourages and supports its faculty, staff, and students in all forms of scholarship including the discovery and application of knowledge in teaching and learning.

Leadership: The GSBM seeks to provide rigorous academic curricula and challenging co-curricular opportunities to promote the development of leadership qualities in students and to facilitate leadership development among faculty, staff, and students.

Goals and Objectives

1. Enhancing Student Success
   1. Improve retention and degree completion.
   2. Increase student enrollment.
   3. Recruit, retain, and support excellent faculty.
   4. Enhance students’ educational experiences.
2. Enhancing the School’s Status as a Doctoral Research University
   1. Increase number of doctorates awarded within the School.
   2. Increase opportunities for students to participate in research.
   3. Ensure that policies for enhancing doctoral achievement for underrepresented people of color are given adequate attention.
3. Enhancing Internal Operations
   1. Continue to provide an efficient, technology-based operating system that is responsive to student needs and supports staff/faculty effectiveness in teaching, scholarship and service.
4. Growing the School’s Resources
   1. Increase the alumni giving rate.
   2. Increase the number and size of grants awarded.
   3. Develop the School’s fund raising capacity from corporations.
5. Engaging with the Community
   1. Stimulate local economic development.

Measures of Success

1. Faculty
   Academic and professional credentials
   Scholarly accomplishments
   Demographic profile – Diversity
   Financial resources available for faculty support
2. Student body
   Number and quality of applicants—SAT scores
   Demographic profile – Diversity
3. Curriculum
   Alumni assessment
   Corporate partners’ review
   Accreditation reviews
4. Instruction and student services
   Student/faculty ratios
   Graduating students’ assessment
   Alumni assessment
5. Placement
   Placement statistics
   Graduating students’ assessment—Internships
6. Financial support
   Annual contributions
7. Alumni relations
   Alumni assessment
   Alumni support
8. Staff
   Diversity
   Staff survey – Satisfaction
   Retention
9. Technology
   Financial resources
   User survey
   Maintenance

Requirements for Majors in the Graves School of Business and Management

All students admitted to Morgan State University for the Fall of 2016 and any intra-University transfer students must follow the program outlined herein. Students enrolled in the Graves School of Business and Management before the Fall of 2016 will be required to follow either the catalog in which they were admitted or an appropriate catalog based on the University’s statute of limitations.

General Education Requirements

Students should consult the Academic Affairs section of this catalog for information concerning the University’s General Education Requirements.

Supporting Courses Requirements

In addition to the University General Education Requirements, students within the Graves School of Business and Management must take the following courses:

• MATH 110 MATH 110 - Algebra, Functions, and Analytic Geometry  
• MATH 201 MATH 201 - Calculus for Non-Science Majors  
• ECON 211 - Principles of Economics I  
• ECON 212 - Principles of Economics II  

MATH 113  satisfies the University’s General Education requirements. However, students may be placed directly into MATH 201  by placement examination, in which case MATH 201  would satisfy the General Education requirement. Students placed directly into MATH 201  will have to complete a three credit elective course to satisfy graduation requirements.

Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management Requirements

All students majoring in disciplines in the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management must complete the following courses:

• ACCT 201 - Principles of Accounting I /ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting I for Accounting Majors  
• ACCT 202 - Principles of Accounting II /ACCT 212 - Principles of Accounting II for Accounting Majors  
• MGBU 202 - Professional Development /MGBU 212 - Professional Development (Honors Students Only)  
• MGBU 326 - Business, Ethics and Society  
• MGBU 327 - Fundamentals of International Business  
• MGBU 381 - The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business  
• MGBU 499 - Business Policy  
• ENGL 357 - Business Writing  
• FIN 343 - Managerial Finance  
• INSS 141 - Digital Literacy and Application Software   
• INSS 360 - Management Information Systems  
• MGBU 324 - Organizational Behavior 
• MKTG 331 - Principles of Marketing  
• SSCM 220 Business Statistics
• SSCM 328 - Supply Chain and Operations Management

INSS 141  satisfies the University’s General Education Requirement for Information, Technological, and Media Literacy. Therefore, students who have successfully passed the INSS 141  core course will have met both the University’s and the Graves School of Business and Management’s requirements.

All lower division level courses must be completed before enrolling in upper division courses.

Major Requirements

Students should consult the departmental listings for major requirements.

Degree Requirements for B.S. Degree Programs within The Graves School of Business and Management

The Bachelor of Science Degree shall be awarded for the successful completion of an undergraduate curriculum in business. The minimum requirements for the receipt of the Bachelor of Science degree are stated below:

1. The completion of a minimum of 120 credits including the general education requirements, the Graves School of Business and Management requirements, and the department major requirements.
2. All 400-level courses of the departmental major requirements must be taken at Morgan State University.
3. No grade less than a “C” may be presented to fulfill the Graves School and departmental major requirements, including all supporting courses.

In order to evaluate student learning, the Graves School of Business and Management has established the following learning goals:

1. Effective Communication

• Be able to organize, present, discuss and defend positions effectively through formal written reports and summaries
• Be able to make clear, informative and persuasive presentations using appropriate visual aids
• Be able to communicate effectively electronically, i.e., via e-mail and the internet
• Listen to the ideas and opinions of others
• Understand the role of cultural diversity in domestic and global business and be able and willing to inter- act with a diverse population

2. Ethics

• Understand the impact of legal, ethical and ecological issues in business decision-making
• Understand the concept of social responsibility and be able to act ethically and with integrity, both individually and as a member of a group
• Accept responsibility for their decisions

3. Critical Thinking

• Be able to identify and define problem statements
• Be able to seek information and data most relevant to the problem
• Be able to evaluate options, taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of each option, and the consequences of decisions
• Be able to identify and understand the boundaries and constraints of the evaluation process
• Be able to develop implementation plans for continuous improvement

4. Technology

• Be familiar with technologies used in written and oral communication
• Recognize the relevance of life-long learning in an environment of rapidly changing technological knowledge
• Be familiar with relevant technologies used in solving business problems

5. Discipline Specific

• Knowledge of how the functional areas of business interact
• Be able to understand the fundamental principles of each functional area
• Possess the managerial skills necessary for the effective interaction of the functional areas
• Be able to integrate functional knowledge into the strategic planning process
• Be aware of the dangers of skills obsolescence

Additional Information

TRANSFER STUDENTS: Consistent with University policy, the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management will accept as transfer equivalent courses from a two-year higher education institution only those courses that address the following areas:

• Principles of Accounting I and II
• Intermediate Accounting I (Accounting majors only; must be validated by a higher level course)
• Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
• Business Communications
• Principles of Marketing (Marketing majors only; must be validated by a higher level course)
• Managerial Finance (Finance majors only; must be validated by a higher level course)
• Economics I and II
• Introduction to Hospitality Management

Students transferring from four-year institutions must complete at least 50 percent of the School of Business and Management requirements at Morgan.

The Graves School of Business and Management will accept transfer credits from an AACSB accredited business program. Transfer credit from non-accredited AACSB programs is limited to lower division courses. Exceptions may be made with the approval of the Dean.

Intra-University Transfer

Students who wish to transfer into the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management from another academic program within the University must have achieved a minimum grade point average of 2.0.

Off-Campus Courses

Students who wish to take courses at another University must receive prior approval of the Dean.

Honors Seminars Catalog Descriptions

The Honors Seminars in Professional Development

These courses are experiential professional development
seminars for honors students. During the courses, students practice their “soft skills” in order to facilitate continuous learning and professional development while in the Graves School of Business and Management. The Seminars include a speaker series, workshops and service activities. Students have an opportunity to hone their business research skills, build social confidence, practice group facilitation skills and strengthen their leadership ability. Emphasis throughout the course is placed on the three fundamental priorities of the Honors Program: performance, leadership, and service.

First-time freshmen take Seminar each semester they are enrolled at Morgan, beginning with MGBU 108  Seminar in the fall of their freshman year. Similarly, transfer or continuing students who enter the Honors Program typically begin the series by enrolling in MGBU 108 (Fall) or MGBU 109  (Spring). Transfer or continuing students who believe they have sufficient experience to begin the series at an advanced level should see the course professor for approval.

Second-year students (MGBU 208  and MGBU 209 ) are expected to display competence at an intermediate level. Their written communication skills are more polished and they are more adept at asking questions, taking on quasi-supervisory roles in their team activities. Their knowledge of the business world is broadened by exposure to additional guests. Second-year students take on the role of moderator for guest speakers, developing their social networking and group facilitation skills.

Third-year students (MGBU 308  and MGBU 309 ) are expected to display competence at an advanced level. They are adept at researching guests, their companies and their industries. Having been exposed to a wide variety of speakers and companies, they are comfortable acting as moderator or facilitator for a session with little outside supervision. Their questions reflect material learned in their core business courses and their internship experiences. They readily interact with guests in Seminar and reception settings, and they take on leader ship roles in Seminar by acting as coordinators of Honors Program activities. Third-year students help first and second-year students become acclimated in the program.

Senior honors students (MGBU 408  and MGBU 409 ) are expected to have mastered leadership and professional development skills. They serve as role models for other students in the program by asking insightful questions that reflect both the range and depth of the knowledge acquired in their core and major area courses and through their internship experiences. They are able to coordinate and implement specific activities with minimal supervision. They are given opportunities to explore additional topics of interest to graduating seniors, such as preparation for graduate school and the transition from college to the world of work.

Honors Program

The Graves School of Business and Management (SBM) honors students (as determined by the University Honors Program) must successfully complete Honors Freshman Orientation (ORBM 112 ), Honors Business Leadership Seminar (MGBU 212 ), Honors Business Policy (MGBU 498 ) and one course from their major to complete the four-course requirement. In addition, honors students must take the Honors Seminars in Professional Development each semester.

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