Majors at BYU

The Marriott School of Management has so many majors that you can choose from, including: Genera Business Entrepreneurship, Global Supply Chain Management, Marketing Management, Organizational Behavior Management, and Strategy. Of course there are hundreds more but for this post I'm going to tell you about Entrepreneurship, Marketing Management, and Organizational Behavior Management. They can all be found in the Marriot School, as mentioned above, in the Management department (which is the whole school). 

In order to get these three majors, there is a certain amount of credits you need and certain GEs you need to finish. For Entrepreneurship, you need to accomplish the GEs of 

ACC 200 : Principles of Accounting
BUS M 241 : Marketing Management
ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems
FIN 201 : Principles of Finance
IS 100 : Computer Spreadsheet Skills
IS 102 : Business Analysis Using Spreadsheets

As for the amount of credits, you need about 165 to graduate with an entrepreneurship major. 

Something that has made me a little interested in this is the fact that you can choose your own business, be your own boss, and you can have a little fun with it. You don't have to answer to anyone and you make your own schedule. 

The other major offered is Marketing Management and for this one you need to accomplish the GEs of 

ACC 200 : Principles of Accounting
BUS M 241 : Marketing Management
ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems
FIN 201 : Principles of Finance
IS 100 : Computer Spreadsheet Skills
IS 102 : Business Analysis Using Spreadsheets 

In order to graduate from this major, you need about 146 credits. 

Something that got me a little interested in this was the fact that you deal with marketing, something that I have always thought of as a kind of fun area to work in. You get to deal with people and with selling things and with a lot of different things everyday.

The Organizational Behavior Management needs the GEs of 

ACC 200 : Principles of Accounting
BUS M 241 : Marketing Management
ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems
FIN 201 : Principles of Finance
IS 100 : Computer Spreadsheet Skills
IS 102 : Business Analysis Using Spreadsheets

For the amount of credits, you need about 105 to graduate with this major. 

Something that seems a little interesting in this major is the fact that it's organizational behavior. It seems like something I would be really interested in and be able to have a lot of fun with, even if it is in the business department, which makes it seem serious and not so fun. 

Sorry if my credit hours are wrong, I couldn't find the page with the exact amount and so I had to add it up myself and I may have done it wrong. 

Values Auction

 values auction was a very useful assignment for me. It helped me see what kind of things I would want to look for when deciding on a major and in the future a job. Because I have taken Student Development before, I have actually done this values auction before, but I would have to say that this time around, I understood it more and I actually saw what and why I would want a certain value.

The values that I bid on were Time Freedom and Work with Others. Time Freedom was my original number 1 auction that I wanted. I didn’t put down any money budgeted for Work with others, but it was something I had been looking at as something I want. All of my other options were already taken and I thought that they weren’t really worth it or I didn’t have any more money to auction with. But I love these values because having the freedom to work when I want would be such a blessing because things happen in life that you cant control. And working with others is something that I would want to do, no matter what it is. I would never want to work behind a desk all day by myself.

My values have always come from my family and those around me. I see the things that my family values and that becomes what I value. I see the things that the people around my value and I either value those things or I see that they are not good things to value and I steer clear of them. I have always valued my family and the time I spend with them. That is why Freedom with my Time and Schedule would be something that I would look for in a job or major. I would hate to be those types of people who work all day and become work-a-holics and have no time for their family. Ever since I was younger, that is something I have always wanted.  

            My values that I chose have kind of been met in previous jobs. The top ten values I chose were Time Freedom, Public Contact, Help Others, Make Decisions, Financial Gain, Excitement, Adventure, Security, Change and Variety, and Influence People. All I have ever done for a job is dance or spray tattoos on people. Those jobs did have a lot of the things that I chose for my values, but some of those things weren’t on it either. For my tattoos job, I did have time freedom to the extent that I was able to choose the morning or afternoon shift. I did have a lot of public contact and I was able to help others as well as some financial gain. But for dancing, I was able to have pretty much everything on my list except the Time Freedom. I was able to perform for a changing group of people every day and have some kind of contact with them. I loved that job and it would be something I would love to do for the rest of my career, except it doesn’t give enough of a Financial Gain. I would never be able to make enough money to support my family and gibe them what they want through just dancing. I would love to do it in my free time, but that would have to wait until I can actually figure out what I want in life.

            Because of my previous experience and my values, I know what I need to look for. I know what not to look for and what is most important to me. I know that I need to think of others and think my future when it comes to choosing this. This values auction has really shown me where I need to put my money and where I need to steer clear from. 

Me in 20 Years? Hmmmm....

My name is Talamanaia Sao. I am half Samoan, half Caucasian and I am from Laie, Hawaii. I am currently 18 years old and a freshman in my second semester at BYU. I am undecided and currently just working on my General Credits. I love to read but only fiction, not books that we have to read for school. I don’t like writing essays, but I like to write short stories and things about myself. I love to watch any style of movies, from romance to comedy to action to mysteries. I love Polynesian dancing, whether I am watching it or dancing myself. I love my family and hate being a burden on them. My mom is a 2^nd grade teacher and my dad is a technician in the Motor Pool plant at BYU Hawaii. I have an older brother that works as an electrician and two younger sisters that are a sophomore and junior in High School.

I am not like a lot of girls I know who have their whole life planned out, but if I were to think about what I would be like in 20 years, this is what it would be like. If I had my first choice of where I would be living, I would be living in Hawaii. If I had to live on the mainland, I would be living along the West coast, in California or Utah or Arizona. I will be married with 4, maybe 5 kids and twins. In 20 years, I am not sure where I would want to be working, but I am thinking that I want to be more of a stay at home mom/ wife, maybe even work from home. I hate the thought of depending on someone else and I want to be able to provide for myself as well as my family. I have decided that I am also going to be rich, but still work. I want to be able to buy my parents a house and whatever else they would need to live and not worry about anything else. Out of work, I will do everything I do now: read, watch movies, help other family members and their families, do service, and anything that I feel like doing. If I had my choice in callings, I would want to do something in the Primary or Young Women’s program. I like the idea of being either a teacher or part of the presidency. Even something in the nursery program would help and be fun for me. My husband would be a mechanic and would make a lot of money and be able to support the family. He would also have a calling as a part of the Young Men’s program or something with me in the Primary or Nursery. I think that it would be so fun serving with my husband, but if not then I would be fine with anything else.

The most difficult question to answer out of all of these was the question about what I would want to be working as in 20 years. This was the hardest because I have no idea what I want to major in. I’m thinking about being a counselor of some sorts but I am still unsure and I don’t want to get into it and not like it. So this question was pretty hard to answer.