Bachelor of Science in Management EconomicsProgram Goals
The Bachelor of Science in Management Economics (BSME) program provides knowledge and training in business management anchored on conceptual foundations developed in the field of economics. The program is envisioned to respond to the growing needs of the North Luzon Super Region for managerial skill and expertise with solid grounding in economics.
Students of the program shall learn the skills for effective business practices adapted to a prevailing context, but responsive to change and conducive to innovation. In addition to learning about the fundamental business management areas of operations, marketing, finance, and human resources, the program covers macro- and micro-economic tools of analysis for management and decision making. Equipped with these tools and with the knowledge on how to wield them with flexibility, the student is prepared to analyze business operations and the economic situation of an organization, an industry, and the country. The program shall respond to the demand for business practitioners with a more holistic perspective of decision making and business operations, preparing careers in professional management, corporate planning, technical analysis, and industry analysis. It shall also hone the student’s research skills, not often given importance in undergraduate programs in management and business-related courses. The advantage of the program is the combination of theory and application from business and economics courses as well as research training. The inclusion of a thesis requirement and several courses developing research skills will not only prepare the student to perform research functions in the context of business enterprises but also to pursue graduate studies in business management or economics.
Program of Study
The program requires 140 units, consisting of 39 units of business administration courses, 27 units of economics, and 15 units of integrating courses of business administration, economics and management economics. The program requires 42 units of GE courses and 17 units of other required courses.
Required Courses 30 Units Accounting 1: Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 Units BA 101: Introduction to Business Management 3 Units BA 105: Operations Management 3 Units BA 115: Management Accounting 3 Units BA 141: Business Finance I 3 Units BA 142: Business Finance II 3 Units BA 151: Human Behavior in Organizations 3 Units BA 161: Law on Business Transactions 3 Units BA 170: Marketing Management 3 Units BA 180.1: Information Technology in Business I 3 Units Electives Any of the following: 9 Units BA 107: Management of Technology 3 Units BA 145: investments 3 Units BA 152: Human Resource Management 3 Units BA 172: Marketing Communication 3 Units BA 192: Entrepreneurship 3 Units BA 198: Special Topics in Business Administration 3 Units Economics 27 Units Econ 11: introductory Economics 3 Units Econ 101: Macroeconimics 4 Units Econ 102: Microeconomics 4 Units Econ 121: Monetary Economics 3 Units Econ 131: Introduction to Quantitative Economics 4 Units Econ 141: International Economics 3 Units Electives Any two (2) of the following: 6 Units Econ 106: Elements of Mathematical Economics 3 Units Econ 151: Public Economics 3 Units Econ 171: Economics of Agriculture 3 Units Econ 181: Labor Economics 3 Units Econ 191: Development Economics 3 Units Econ 194: Economic Anthropology 3 Units Econ 198: Special Topic in Economics 3 Units Integrating Courses (Required Courses) 15 Units Mgt Econ 143: Managerial Economics 3 Units BA 190: Strategic Management 3 Units Econ 161: Industrial Organization 3 Units Mgt Econ 199: Methods for Management Economics Research 3 Units Mgt Econ 200: Thesis 3 Units General Education (GE) Courses (42 Units) Arts and Humanities 15 Units Social Sciences and Philosophy 15 Units Natural Sciences and Mathematics 12 Units Other Required Courses Math 11: Colege Algebra 3 Units Math 14: Trigonometry 3 Units Math 100: Introduction to Calculus 4 Units Social Science 101: Fundamental Statistics for the Social Sciences 4 Units P.I. 100: The Life and Works of Rizal 3 Units
Retention Policy
To be retained in the BS Management Economics program, a student must maintain a cumulative grade of 2.50 or better in business administration and economics courses taken at the end of the sophomore year. Thereafter, the student has to maintain a cumulative average of 2.50 in economics, business administration, and management economics courses every semester until his/her second semester of third year standing. A student who fails to meet this retention grade will be put on probation. This probation can be lifted by earning a cumulative average of 2.50 or better at the end of the semester when the student was placed on probation. Failure to meet this requirement disqualifies the student from the program.
