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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
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 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.

