Honors Program:
Combined
BS and MBA or MSM
Master of Business Administration
or Master of Science in Management
Curriculum
Program of Study
With a total requirement of 150 credits, the Honors Program follows existing undergraduate and graduate core requirements. The program requires completion of the University's current General Education Requirements and College of Business Core. The specific Program Core remains the same except that nine (9) business and free elective credits are replaced with an internship/capstone project with their current employer and two graduate courses: MGT 6501 
, Organization Theory and Design and MGT 6503 , Leadership and Change Management. These graduate courses are used to complete the undergraduate requirements. Upon completion of the internship and the two graduate level courses, MGT 6501 and MGT 6503 , the Honors student shall be considered a degree-seeking student in the Graduate Business Program, even though conferral of the undergraduate degree shall not occur until the remaining 30 credits are completed to fulfill the Graduate Business degree requirements. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.5 in the undergraduate and graduate programs. If not, the student is no longer part of the Honors Program. See the Wilmington University Graduate Catalog for graduate course requirements. The changes to the specific undergraduate programs are detailed below.
Accounting
Nine (9) credits of Free Electives are replaced by:
MGT 6501 Organization Theory and Design
MGT 6503 Leadership and Change Management
Choose one of the following two courses:
BAC 490 Internship in Accounting
BBM 490 Internship in Business Management
Business Management
Nine (9) credits of Business Electives are replaced by:
BBM 490 Internship in Business Management
MGT 6501 Organization Theory and Design
MGT 6503 Leadership and Change Management
Finance
Six (6) credits of Finance Electives and three (3) credits
of Free Electives are replaced by:
FIN 490 Internship in Finance
MGT 6501 Organization Theory and Design
MGT 7591 Leadership and Communications
Human Resource Management
Nine (9) credits of Human Resource electives are replaced by:
HRM 490 Internship in Human Resource Management
MGT 6501 Organization Theory and Design
MGT 6503 Leadership and Change Management
Marketing
Nine (9) credits of Marketing Electives are replaced by:
BMK 490 Marketing Internship
MGT 6501 Organization Theory and Design
MGT 6503 Leadership and Change Management
Organizational Management
Nine (9) credits of Free Electives are replaced by:
BBM 490 Internship in Business Management
MGT 6501 Organization Theory and Design
MGT 6503 Leadership and Change Management
Sports Management
Six (6) credits of Sports Management or Business
Management Electives are replaced by:
MGT 6501 Organization Theory and Design
MGT 6503 Leadership and Change Management
Note: internships are already a requirement within the
Sports Management Program Core
This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2012-2013 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2012 semester, please refer to the academic catalog for the year you began your degree program.
