CM General Education Requirements

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BSM GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

For BSM students Who Matriculated in CM Fall 2002 or Later:
7 Courses (21 credits)

BSM students who matriculated in CM in Spring 2002 or earlier click here.

The general education distribution requirement includes:

• A general education seminar (the exact requirement depends on the number of transfer credits a student entered with; see following chart).

Transfer Credits	Corresponding Seminar Requirements
0-29	A First-Year Seminar (a 100G-level course) in your first semester and MGT 330 later as part of your management requirements.
30 or more	MGT 330 taken at UMass Boston; or, if you have transferred credit for a course equivalent to MGT 330, and Intermediate Seminar (a 200G-level course).

• Two courses in the area of arts and humanities (AR and/or HU)

• Two courses in the areas of natural science and mathematics (NS and/or MT)

• Two courses in the area of social and behavioral sciences (SB)

• One course in the areas of world languages or world cultures (WL or WC)

Please note that…

At least four of the distribution and non-business elective courses must be at the 200 level or above.

Students who started at the University before Fall 2002 should consult their degree audit and speak with an advisor regarding their distribution requirements.

Non-business elective requirement:
4 courses (12 credits) for those entering in Spring 2002 or before,
6 courses (18 credits) for those entering in Fall 2002 or after.

Non-business electives may be taken from any CLA or CSM department or combination of departments, and at any level. Note that College of Management students must take a total of 20 courses (60 credits) in general education/non-business so if any of the other general education/non-business requirements are waived, these waived courses must be replaced by non-business electives.

Non-Business Foundation Courses: 5 courses (15 credits)

Non-business foundation courses provide the skills and conceptual background students need to be successful in their management courses. All College of Management students must complete:

• ENGL 101 Freshman English I

• ENGL 102 Freshman English II

• ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics

• ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics

• MATH 134 Calculus for the Managerial and Social Sciences

International Management Requirement:

All BSM students in the College of Management are required to take an international management course devoted to contemporary issues with an explicit international focus. Courses fulfilling the international management requirement are marked in the schedule book. Its symbol is a small circle with the letters "CM" inside. Courses satisfying the international management requirement should be chosen to simultaneously fulfill other general education/non-business or management requirements. Students from a foreign country are required to choose an international management course focusing on a country other than their own.

Diversity Requirement:

All BSM students in the College of Management are required to take a course that has been approved as meeting the criteria for the University's diversity requirement. Courses fulfilling the diversity requirement are marked in the schedule book with either a small globe or map of the United States (College of Management students may choose a diversity course with either a domestic or an international focus). Courses satisfying the diversity requirement should be chosen to simultaneously fulfill other liberal arts/non-business or management requirements.

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