B.S. in Management and Work - General Education Requirements

The School of Management and Labor Relations has General Education requirements that must be met as part of the 120 credits needed to complete the Bachelor of Science in Management and Work degree. These requirements, totaling 27 credits, are detailed below.  

General Education Requirements for the B.S. in Management and Work (27 credits)

Except for one writing in the discipline course that is part of the major, the General Education Requirements for the B.S. in Management and Work are automatically met if a student transfers with an associate's degree (A.A. or A.S.) from a New Jersey county college. For other students, any of the classes designated by the Rutgers–New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum within a given category are accepted by SMLR.

1. Writing and Communication (6 credits)
   College Writing [formerly expository writing] (01:355:101 or 01:355:104) plus a second class that involves writing with revision.  [Additionally, students will all take a third writing intensive class as part of their major related to writing in the discipline.]
   Your goals: Communicate complex ideas effectively, in standard written English, to a general audience, and respond effectively to editorial feedback through successive drafts & revision. Craft a persuasive written argument in the discipline.
   Related SMLR classes: 37:575:201; 37:575:202: 37:575:203; 37:575:300.
2. Quantitative Reasoning (3 credits)
   3 credits in college-level mathematics or in a course utilizing applied quantitative reasoning.
   Your goals: Formulate, evaluate, and communicate conclusions and inferences from quantitative information. Use quantitative reasoning to solve problems.  
   Related SMLR class: Applied Mathematics: 37:575:250
3. Science and Technology (6 credits)
   Courses from natural science departments or from other departments that are primarily science-based, or technology-based for a total of at least 6 credits. 
   Your goals: Be literate regarding concepts and method in science.  Explain the relationship between assumptions, method, evidence, arguments, and theory in scientific analysis.
   Related SMLR classes: None
4. Social Science (3 credits)
   Students must complete one course in social science for a total of 3 credits. This requirement is met automatically by classes in the major.  
   Your goals: Understand different theories about human culture, social identity, economic entities, political systems, and other forms of social organization, particularly as they relate to work. Use appropriate assumptions, methods, evidence, and arguments to study work and the human response to work.
   Related SMLR classes: All
5. Arts and Humanities (3 credits)
   Any one 3-credit course from an Art, Music, English, Classics, Religion, or other Humanities department; some humanities rich courses from area studies programs or interdisciplinary departments may be counted on a case-by-case basis.
   Your goals: Be literate in what the humanities are and can offer in terms of understanding human experience.  And/or engage in creative expression yourself.
   Related SMLR classes: None
6. History (3 credits)
   Any 3-credit course from a history department or any course primarily historical in nature from another department.
   Your goals: Recognize how history shapes the present; use evidence appropriately in historical argument.
   Related SMLR classes: 37:575:201, 37:575:202, 37:575:203, 37:575:207
7. Diversity (3 credits)
   Any approved course that provides opportunities to learn about human diversity issues in society and how workplaces can be more inclusive.
   Your goals: Analyze how race, class, language, religion, ethnicity, country of origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, economic status, abilities, or other social distinctions among people (and their intersections) influence work and economic opportunity.  Identify and consider how to rectify social justice issues at work.
   Related SMLR classes: 37:575:215, 37:575:265, 37:575:303,37:575: 307, 37:575:309, 37:575:320; 37:624:364