Management, B.S.
Drive innovation by bridging business principles and cutting-edge tech solutions with a STEM-focused management degree. Learn to interpret data, evaluate long-term impacts and solve complex business challenges.
Why Study Management at Kettering University
Speak the language of both business and STEM with Kettering University’s Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Management. Become a true business leader who understands management principles and knows how to apply technical knowledge to create industry-leading strategies.
Our curriculum includes cross-disciplinary learning with STEM courses so you can work alongside engineers, analysts and technicians to improve processes or create new products. You will also select a concentration in growing business areas like analytics and supply chain management to ensure you have the in-demand skills that match your ambition. Gain valuable experience as industry leaders guide our forward-focused academics.
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What You’ll Learn as a Management Major
Our rigorous management curriculum goes far beyond traditional lectures. Engage in an immersive, technology-driven learning experience featuring:
- Project-based learning exercises
- Interactive simulations mimicking real-world business scenarios
- Hands-on application of strategies, analytics and decision-making to help local businesses
- Global learning opportunities to study international business practices
Through our multidisciplinary business core, master fundamental management disciplines like accounting, data analytics, finance and management science. You can also focus your skills as you choose from our five concentrations:
Co-op Experience + Career Opportunities
Kettering’s industry partnerships create a pipeline for students to secure exceptional roles and accelerate their career tracks. Our management students often receive job offers for responsibilities beyond entry level in highly respected organizations.
Management Career Paths:
- Account Manager
- General Sales Manager
- Global Purchasing and Supply Manager
- Logistic Analyst
- Operations Manager
- Program Administrator
Companies You Can Work With:
- Benteler Automotive
- Blue Bird Corporation
- Divide by Design
- Dort Financial Credit Union
- General Motors
- Lear Corporation
- LogoFit
- Navistar
- Ventra LLC
Driving Toward the Top
Join Kettering’s Collegiate DECA chapter and accelerate your leadership prowess. At the 2024 International Career Development Conference (ICDC), our DECA students showcased their talents — with three advancing to the finalist rounds and one achieving a top-three ranking.
Learn More About the B.S. in Management
Concentrations for the Bachelor’s in Management Degree
In today’s dynamic business landscape, specialization can help you find success. Choose one of five cutting-edge management concentrations to develop advanced expertise aligned with your unique interests and career goals.
Master data analytics skills to improve processes, products and strategy through techniques like machine learning, data visualization and programming with R/Python.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Develop an entrepreneurial toolkit through courses in new venture creation, business planning, finance, entrepreneurship and more to launch innovative businesses and benefit from our Small Business Development Center right on campus.
Learn how to optimize complex global supply chain operations by studying logistics, sourcing, distribution and collaborative supplier management practices.
Gain expertise in the environmental, social and economic pillars of sustainability to help organizations make responsible, future-focused business decisions.
Build management prowess aligned with emerging technologies, integrating tech innovations into areas like strategy, operations and product development. Develop technical expertise in video gaming, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, robotics and intelligent manufacturing.
Senior Capstone and Senior Thesis
Make a difference during your senior year. For the Business Consulting Project capstone project, you’ll partner with a non-profit organization to assist local underserved communities. Use your knowledge and skills to consult on the organization’s social, environmental and economic challenges. Analyze complex issues and develop strategic solutions to address the consulting partner’s needs firsthand. More than just a final project, your capstone bridges academics with high-impact work, creating tangible value as you make a positive societal impact.
During your final year, you’ll also tackle your senior thesis, the most popular of which is the Business Plan Thesis. In this project, you create an entrepreneurial venture concept of new products, processes, methods and markets to develop. Work directly with a faculty advisor and Kettering University Small Business Development Center to prepare a commercially viable business plan.
Career Outcomes for Management Majors
Combine management smarts with technical brilliance to succeed in our digital economy. Kettering’s bachelor’s in management degree program opens doors across industries seeking innovative problem solvers and resourceful leaders. From automotive to renewable energy, industries seek business leaders who blend strategic management skills with technical prowess.
For example, you can analyze and coordinate an organization’s supply chain as a logistician. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects the employment of logisticians to grow 18 percent through 2032 and reports their median pay was $79,400 in 2023.
Or, you can identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency across an organization as a management analyst. The BLS forecasts management analyst roles to grow 10 percent through 2032 and reports median pay was $99,410 in 2023.
Accreditation
Kettering’s Bachelor of Science in Management program is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
The Student Perspective
Lexi Bahm
Management ’23
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Next Steps
Become a leader who unites business strategy with emerging technologies and begin a future-focused career at the forefront of innovation with Kettering’s Bachelor of Science in Management.