University of San Francisco

The Bachelor of Science in Management degree is geared toward students who have completed a minimum of 60 transferable college semester units.

Prospective BS Management (BSM) students may earn an accelerated bachelor’s degree in Management. The BSM can be completed in as little as 23 months.

Attend evening classes (and one Saturday) remotely or at the downtown San Francisco campus.

Designed for working professionals seeking to complete their unfinished bachelor’s degree, the University of San Francisco offers a Bachelor of Science in Management (BSM).

Students learn to balance theory and practice to become effective managers within all sectors of organizational life.

Program Goals & Learning Outcomes

PROGRAM GOAL 1 - DEVELOP EFFECTIVE AND ETHICAL LEADERS

• Students will analyze the effective qualities of a leader using organizational behavior frameworks.
• Students will evaluate personal leadership capacities and areas for future personal growth.
• Students will identify and describe stakeholders across multiple sectors; connect ethical theory to stakeholder values; recognize and interpret societal context that influences stakeholders.
• Students will effectively communicate orally and in writing using various mediums across diverse situations.

PROGRAM GOAL 2 - INNOVATIVE & CREATIVE DECISION-MAKING

• Students will create, analyze and integrate relevant quantitative and qualitative information to develop and evaluate management decisions.

PROGRAM GOAL 3 - DOMAIN CONCEPTS

• Accounting

Students will use accounting concepts and principles in creating and analyzing financial statements of organizations.

• Finance

Students will demonstrate ability to identify relevant information and apply specific knowledge and analysis skills to assess the economic value of real/financial assets or investment opportunities and make appropriate decision to create value.

• Organizational Behavior

Students will work effectively in groups and foster positive team dynamics.

• Technology

Students will describe the intertwined relationship among technology, information, and the organizational structure and operations in order to assess and evaluate the core technology concepts that enable sound organizational decision making.

• Marketing

Students will be able to identify the core concepts of marketing - price, product, place, and promotion. Strategy Students will develop specific and actionable strategic options to enhance the organization’s position through analysis of the changes in its competitive environment, its industry/sector, and its internal resources.

• Strategy

Students will develop specific and actionable strategic options to enhance the organization’s position through analysis of the changes in its competitive environment, its industry/sector, and its internal resources.

PROGRAM GOAL 4 - GLOBAL ORIENTATION

• Students will integrate diverse perspectives (e.g. cultural, religious, economic, political, historical, geographic, and environmental) in decision-making.