Management
The Department of Management and Accountancy provides undergraduate degree programs of excellence in Management, Accounting, and Industrial and Engineering Management. The department’s business programs are accredited by AACSB International—Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Our mission is to develop lifelong learners who are effective communicators and who understand that learning is a collaborative, reflective process that requires the integration of knowledge from many sources. Our distinctive setting within a small public liberal arts university contributes to our focus on the human element in management decisions. Our size facilitates intellectual interaction among students and faculty. This interaction, as part of our emphasis on excellent teaching and active learning, encourages students to become effective contributors to their future professional and social environments.
Program Requirements and Areas of Interest
In addition to the all-university courses required of every student, the Management program consists of two sections:
- A management core of 46 semester hours of classroom work
- A 15-semester-hour concentration in either Business Management and Administration, Health Care or Marketing
- Certificate in Health Care Administration is available for those individuals employed in the health-care field. Detailed information about this program is available from the Management and Accountancy Department.
Effectiveness
An impressive number of Management graduates continue their academic training in a variety of graduate-level programs. Our graduates have entered market research, human resource management, industrial relations, banking management, nursing home administration, production supervision, health care management, sales, inventory control and computer management, among other occupations.
Faculty
All full-time faculty members hold doctoral degrees and/or professional certification. In addition, local leaders in business, industry, health care, government agencies and the legal profession contribute their expertise to provide a truly outstanding level of professional competence and familiarity with the day-to-day world of management in a variety of organizational settings.
Admission and Transfer
For admission procedures and requirements, please contact the Office of Admissions. Work completed at other accredited colleges or universities may be transferred for degree credit, provided that course content and coverage are substantially equivalent to courses offered by UNC Asheville. Transfer of specific credits must be consistent with university policy and approved by the registrar and the chair of the Management and Accountancy Department.
Flexible Schedule
The Management and Accountancy programs at UNC Asheville are designed for full-time day students as well as employed individuals who wish to study on a part-time basis. Parallel day and evening schedules are maintained to provide maximum access to courses.
Departmental Objectives
Upon graduation, students will be able to:
Integrate discipline-based knowledge with knowledge from the different areas within the Department of Management and Accountancy, the Humanities and other university courses.
- Consider perspectives from a variety of cultures and value systems when addressing the human element of management.
- Develop and apply critical thinking skills.
- Develop and apply problem solving skills.
- Understand the skills associated with effective leadership and constructive participation.
- Demonstrate written and oral communication competency.
- Demonstrate competencies in the use of business-related technology.
- Alumni will be able to continually integrate new concepts, ideas and behaviors into their knowledge base.
More Information
Department of Management
and Accountancy
110 Owen Hall, CPO #1850
UNC Asheville
One University Heights
Asheville, NC 28804-8507
828.251.6554