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MOL major
The Zimpleman Management and Organizational Leadership major requires 28 credits beyond the Drake Curriculum and Business Core requirements. All students gain valuable knowledge and experience with management and leadership skills. Nine of these 28 credits come from the students’ chosen track, where students have the unique opportunity to gain specific skills based on these tracks.
Track One: Organizational Sustainability and Resiliency
Organizational sustainability and resiliency students will gain skills in:
- Project management
- Database management
- Managerial Accounting
- Environmentally-focused decision-making
Click here to view the management and organizational leadership curriculum guide.
Track Two: Human Resource Management
Human resource management students will gain skills in:
- Setting compensation and benefits
- Leading through diversity
- Recruitment and applicant assessment
- Performance evaluation and management
This track is academically aligned with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) academic standards.
Click here to view the management and organizational leadership curriculum guide.
Track Three: Business Communication
Business communication students will gain skills in:
- Virtual communication
- Feedback delivery
- Vision communication
- Participative goal-setting
- Website design
Click here to view the management and organizational leadership curriculum guide.
Track Four: Non-Profit and Public Management
Non-profit and public management students will gain skills in:
- Working across for-profit, non-profit, and public organizations
- Public accounting
- Public economics
- Grant writing
- Strategic political communication
- Advocacy and lobbying
Click here to view the management and organizational leadership curriculum guide.
Track Five: Entrepreneurial Management
Entrepreneurial management students will develop the skills necessary to:
- Start their own business
- Create a breakthrough niche in an industry
- Bring entrepreneurial know-how to their future workplace
Click here to view the management and organizational leadership curriculum guide.
The Drake Curriculum
The Drake Curriculum
The Drake Curriculum, required of all undergraduates, is designed to help students meet personal and professional goals as they acquire fundamental knowledge and abilities in ten Areas of Inquiry. Zimpleman students work closely with their academic advisers to craft a program of study in general education that prepares students for civic and professional leadership.
The Drake Curriculum also requires:
- First-year seminars, which foster the development of critical thinking and written and oral communication skills through a topical focus
- Senior Capstone, in which students demonstrate the capacity to bring information, skills, and ideas to bear on one project
Management Minor
The Management minor works well for Zimpleman College of Business students who wish to gain managerial skills to complement the functional skills they may get through majors such as Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Marketing, and others. Moreover, the Management minor is perfect for non-Zimpleman College of Business students who wish to gain core managerial skills because they are preparing for a career in fields that require managerial skills (e.g., healthcare, public relations, educational leadership, church management).
Knowledge and Skills gained from the Management Minor
The Management minor helps students gain valuable knowledge and skills in core managerial areas:
- Human resources
- Logistics and operations
- International management
- Leadership of teams and organizations
Whatever your career plans, a management minor is always useful across sectors of the economy and personal career aspirations.
This minor is available to all students. Click here to view the management minor curriculum guide.
Entrepreneurship Minor
Our Entrepreneurship Minor is designed to meet the needs of all Drake students who are interested in being innovators and leaders in their fields. The minor is designed to guide you through the process of thinking like an innovator and turning your passion into marketable skills and businesses.
Combining classroom learning and hands-on experience, you will leave with everything you need to make a difference. Whether from opportunities to pitch your business ideas, obtain mentorship from your industry, internships in the Greater Des Moines area, or find funding for your early-stage business. This minor is essential for any student, regardless of major, who wishes to turn their undergraduate education into a business or be a force for change in their industry.
Be an innovator, be a changemaker, and let our Entrepreneurship Minor help you get there!
This minor is available to all Drake students. Click here to view the entrepreneurship minor curriculum guide.
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October 1, 2024
