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Learn to lead with a management degree

Business with a liberal arts spin in Florida

From multinational corporations to the corner coffee shop, every business depends on its people. The Management major teaches the people skills of inspiring and motivating employees, as well as the analytical skills and tools for decision making all managers need. Small classes mean your professors will know you personally, which will come in handy when it’s time to look for an internship.

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Choose your own focus

Management is easily tailored to your interests, thanks to electives. Whether you’re aiming to start your own business or run a nonprofit, or you want to do an internship for course credit, this major allows for great flexibility.

Get started sooner

While some schools make their Management majors wait until their last two years to take Management courses, Eckerd College gets you started right away.

We mean business

All entrepreneurship minors have an opportunity to create real businesses on campus as part of the Entrepreneurial Experience Lab.

In Their Own Words

The more personalized attention at Eckerd was exactly what I needed. The Management faculty were all very approachable and helpful, but you had to put in the time to also get the most out of what was offered. All of the staff also had stories and experiences they could share of their time working outside of academia.
—Suzy Tramontelli ’14
Principal Product Manager at VideoAmp

Beyond the Classroom

Customize your major with an independent study. Recent topics include Creating a Business Plan, Small Business Development, Coaching as Leadership and Managing a Mission Team.

Recent Winter Term offerings include “London Street Markets: How Londoners Live, Buy, and Sell” and “Ecotourism in the Caribbean.” You may also spend a semester at our London Study Centre.

Do good by doing public relations work for CASA Pinellas, tutoring students at the Police Athletic League or staffing the food pantry at Daystar Life Center.

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Popular classes

Principles of Management and Leadership

Covers core management topics with an emphasis on personal reflection and self-development, leaning into the liberal arts. Builds teamwork and communication skills through multiple group presentations and service learning.

Technology, Society and the Environment

Explores critical issues that managers in business, nonprofit and public sectors all must confront to ensure sustainability for today’s organizations.

Business management majors stand in the ruins of Angkor Wat

Outcomes

Photo above by Anna Taylor ’16

What can I do with a management degree?

  • Business Founder
  • Consultant
  • Director of Event Activation
  • Director of Residence Life and Leadership Programs
  • Recruitment Specialist
  • Risk Management Analyst

Where our management majors go to graduate school

  • Bentley University
  • Boston University
  • Bryant University
  • Chicago State University
  • College Of Dupage
  • Columbia University
  • DePaul University
  • Drexel University
  • Duke University
  • Emory University
  • Florida Atlantic University
  • Florida Institute Of Technology
  • Florida Southern College
  • Florida State University
  • George Mason University
  • Georgia State University
  • Grand Canyon University
  • Holy Names University -Traditional
  • Joliet Junior College
  • Mercer University Regional Academic Center Macon
  • New England School of Law
  • New York University
  • Pacific University
  • Rollins College
  • Roosevelt University
  • Saint Leo University
  • Southern Methodist University
  • Southern New Hampshire University
  • St Petersburg College
  • St. Mary’s University
  • Stetson School of Law
  • Suny Farmingdale
  • Texas A&M University
  • University of Arkansas
  • University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  • University of Connecticut
  • University Of Florida
  • University Of Hawaii Maui College
  • University Of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
  • University Of Miami
  • University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University Of South Florida
  • University of Southern California
  • University Of Tampa
  • University Of Virginia
  • University of Virginia – Darden
  • University Of West Florida
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Xiamen University (China)

Where our management majors go to work

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