{"id":8935,"date":"2012-02-16T00:32:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T00:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=8935"},"modified":"2025-06-17T13:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T20:07:24","slug":"retail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/retail","title":{"rendered":"Retail Management Concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why study Retailing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Retail Management Concentration provides a solid foundation of theory important to the retail management discipline. Specifically, students will acquire an interdisciplinary knowledge of merchandise acquisition, strategic retail promotion, retail operations and supply chain management. They will also gain an understanding of cutting edge uses of technology in retail management and gain the mindset necessary to find and apply new applications for technologies in the retail context as these new technologies emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements to declare the concentration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students must have completed BBUS 300 \u2013 Organizational Behavior, Ethics and Inclusivity (DIV), and BBUS 320 \u2013 Marketing Management to declare the Retail Management concentration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Retail Management curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in the Retail Management concentration must complete the following courses for graduation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Course Type<\/th><th>Course Numbers &amp; Names<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Core Courses <em>(prerequisites in parentheses)<\/em><\/td><td>BBUS 300 \u2013 Organizational Behavior, Ethics and Inclusivity,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/advising\/degree-requirements\/diversity\">Diversity Designated Course<\/a><br> BBUS 307 \u2013 Business Writing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/advising\/degree-requirements\/additional-writing\">Writing Designated Course<\/a><br> BBUS 310 \u2013 Managerial Economics\u00a0<em>(BMATH 144, STMATH 124, or MATH 112)<\/em><br> BBUS 320 \u2013 Marketing Management<br> BBUS 340 \u2013 Operations &amp; Project Management\u00a0<br> BBUS 350 \u2013 Business Finance\u00a0(310)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Required Retail Management Courses <em>(prerequisites in parentheses)<\/em><\/td><td> BBUS 445 \u2013 Merchandise Acquisition <em>(300)<\/em><br> BBUS 446 \u2013 Strategic Retail Promotion <em>(300, 320)<\/em><br> BBUS 447 \u2013 Retail Operations and Supply Chain Management <em>(300)<\/em><br> BBUS 448 \u2013 Retail Technology and Leadership <em>(300, 445, 446, 447)<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>General Electives <em>(any 300\/400 level UW courses)<\/em><\/td><td>30 Credits<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Capstone Courses<\/td><td><strong>Before you can register for the capstone courses, you must complete all core courses and meet with your advisor to file a graduation application<\/strong>.<br><br>BBUS 470 \u2013 Business Policy &amp; Strategic Management<br>BBUS 480 \u2013 Global Environment of Business<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Total Credits<\/td><td>90 Credits<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why study Retailing? 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