Major in Management

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Better leaders. Better world.

At Clark, we don’t graduate future managers; we graduate future leaders. You’ll go beyond the nuts and bolts of income, revenue, forecasts, and profit margins, and will be immersed in management — embracing the legal, ethical, social, and environmental dimensions of the business world.

Through classroom projects, internship opportunities, and participation in on-campus organizations like the Entrepreneurship Club, Investments and Trading Society, and Net Impact, the management major will help you develop and exercise strong leadership skills and graduate with all the tools you’ll need to succeed in any business setting.

Requirements for:

Major

Minor

Accelerated BA/Master's

Why Study Management at Clark?

Join a community of students and scholars in Clark’s Graduate School of Management (GSOM), which has been named by Princeton Review as one of the best business schools in America; ranked 16th on Forbes’ list of America’s Most Entrepreneurial Universities; and is among the fewer than five percent of the world’s business schools to receive AACSB accreditation.
Benefit from our strong commitment to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), which integrates sustainability and social responsibility into our research and teaching.
Learn from distinguished faculty who have extensive management experience, including serving as marketing consultants to brands like Gillette, L.L. Bean, and Godiva; as social entrepreneurs; and as advocates for sustainable business practices with foreign businesses.
Connect classroom learning with community businesses and organizations through hands-on projects that let you make a real impact on important initiatives.

Our Stories

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Lessons outside the classroom

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Your Will. Your Way.

The Major Path

Studying business management in the liberal arts tradition at Clark is especially useful because management is increasingly being seen as more than just as a set of “hard” skills. In our classes, you’ll learn the nuances and “soft” skills that make management an art, rather than a science. Courses also stress putting theoretical knowledge into current practice; you will complete in-depth case studies and group projects based on real business challenges, and solve real-time problems for actual companies. All of your classes are taught by faculty members who are dedicated to responsible financial business practices on a global scale.

Fifteen courses are required for the major: one in economics, 12 in management, and an additional two management courses of your choice.

Skills you will learn include how to:

Understand the cultural, economic, environmental, and political factors shaping management today
Develop innovative solutions to complex management challenges
Solve real-world problems in a global context
Leverage crucial communication and managerial skills

The LEEP difference

An education merging knowledge, action, and impact

With Liberal Education and Effective Practice, lessons begin in the classroom but never end there. Your learning includes world and workplace experiences that forge your skills and shape your path.

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At Clark, your education extends beyond the classroom. LEEP Center advisers can help you choose from a range of opportunities that complement your coursework and let you put your management knowledge into practice.

The management major is designed to help you learn outside the classroom. Management students can participate in internships during the academic year or over the summer to connect what they’re learning with professional development.

Other opportunities include:

In alignment with Clark’s LEEP philosophy, participation in a Study Abroad and Away program is an opportunity to gain world and workplace experience to complement your on-campus work. Clark approves semester, yearlong, and summer opportunities to earn credit through academic coursework, internships, community-based learning, or research. Explore our Study Abroad and Away page, where you can search programs by academic interest, location, and language; after you’ve identified some appropriate programs, ensure they fit into your four-year plan by talking with your faculty adviser as early as possible.

You can participate in Clark’s many clubs, organizations, and athletic teams to complement your academic work. Here are some student organizations that might be of interest to you as a management student:

Internships

Constant Contact
data analyst intern
J. Jill
strategic planning intern
National Basketball Association (NBA)
talent acquisition operations
National Grid
marketing intern
Unum
account manager

Clark is committed to action-based learning, which means as an undergraduate you can join faculty and graduate students in their research. Faculty areas of focus include:

Alternative investments
Consumer choices around sustainable consumption
Workplace diversity
Employee rights and well-being
Corporate environmental sustainability practices

Read examples of Graduate School of Management research.

You also can apply for funding to support your own research on a project of your choice during the academic year or during the summer.

Present Your Research

Clark’s annual Fall Fest and Academic Spree Day are opportunities to share your research or creative work with the Clark community while you hone your presentation skills. Some projects management students and recent alumni have presented are:

Efforts-to-Outcome: A Constant Process for Improvement
Universal Banking: An Assessment of Combining Services
Application of Australian Business Plan to the American Market
Management of College Campus HIV & STI Screening: Process and Recommendations
Sustainability Through Higher Education: U.S. Best Practices and Recommendations for Bulgaria

In addition, you can submit your research results for publication in our student-run Scholarly Undergraduate Research Journal.

At Clark you’ll get more than a great education; you’ll also be prepared for a long, productive career and life of consequence. And once you’ve completed your degree, you can join other Clark alumni who have gone on to work for great organizations and attend some of the best graduate schools in the world.

Graduate School Placement

Graduate schools attended by management graduates from Clark include:

Carnegie Mellon University; MBA
College of William & Mary; master’s in Accounting
Columbia University; M.A. in higher education
American University Law School; J.D.
Emory University; MBA

Career Outcomes

Salesforce
content marketer
Beanfields PBC
CFO/COO
Target Corporation
senior in-store marketing planner
L.L. Bean
marketing analyst
Converse
inventory planner
State Street
compliance officer
Bain & Company
staffing manager assistant
Booz Allen Hamilton
management consultant

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