Courses

• SMG SM 121: Management as a System
  Required of all SMG freshmen. Introduces students to management through a cross-disciplinary curriculum, emphasizing the interdependencies within organizational systems. Includes weekly lectures that provide background information and theory and twice-weekly discussion sections that offer a close examination of assigned material in small classroom environments, inviting students to participate actively in the learning process. Required computer and professional skills laboratories provide students with essential computer, communication, and analytical skills.
• SMG SM 122: Management as a System
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: SMG SM121
  Required of all SMG freshmen. Continuation of SMG SM121. Continues to introduce students to management through a cross-disciplinary curriculum, emphasizing the interdependencies within organizational systems. Includes weekly lectures that provide background information and theory and twice-weekly discussion sections that offer a close examination of assigned material in small classroom environments, inviting students to participate actively in the learning process. Required computer and professional skills laboratories provide students with essential computer, communication, and analytical skills.
• SMG SM 221: Probabilistic and Statistical Decision Making for Management
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; SM121/122 or SM299; CAS MA121 or MA123 previous or concurrent
  Sophomore requirement. Exposes students to the fundamentals of probability, decision analysis, and statistics, and their application to business. Topics include probability, decision analysis, distributions, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, and chi-square. Please note: Students may not receive credit for both SMG SM 221 and CAS EC 305.
• SMG SM 222: Modeling Business Decisions and Market Outcomes
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CAS EC 101 and SMG SM 221; and sophomore standing.
  Sophomore requirement. Examines the use of economic and statistical tools for making business decisions. Topics include optimization (including linear programing), multiple regression, demand modeling, cost modeling, industry analysis (including models of perfect competition, monopoly, and oligopoly), and game theory. The course emphasizes modeling with spreadsheets. (There is also an Honors Program section for this course offered each Spring, numbered SMG SM 224).
• SMG SM 299: Management as a System (Intensive)
  Required of all students who did not enter as September freshmen and complete SMG SM 121/122. Prepares transfer students, from both inside and outside the Boston University community, for downstream coursework with the same level of skills and experience as those who matriculated at SMG from the beginning. Focuses on managerial functions and the relationships between those functions. The integration of perspectives is necessary to ensure that the individual student understands the complexity, challenge, and excitement of modern management in the global organization. Emphasis is placed on analytical skills, written analysis, oral presentation, and teamwork.
• SMG SM 411: Charting Your Career Path
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: SMG students only. SMG students must take SM411 concurrently with OB221.
  Equips students with tools to become self-aware and market-ready when joining the work force, with a focus on résumé and cover letter development, research techniques, networking tips, and interviewing skills.