Freeman College of Management

Selecting Your First-semester Courses

To sign up for your first-semester courses, follow the steps below.

All Freeman College of Management students are strongly encouraged to participate in one of the scheduled Zoom webinar sessions.

During these sessions, Academic Associate Dean Ivy Kepner will provide a high-level overview of the registration and fall semester course selection process as well as College Core Curriculum requirements and answer any questions students may submit during the webinar. For more information on these sessions, please log in to myBucknell.

If you have questions about academics or course selections after participating in one of the Zoom sessions, please contact Associate Dean Kepner (irks001@bucknell.edu) for advice.

Before You Begin

  • Course selection is not a first-come, first-served process. The Registrar's Office will begin all course entry after June 15.
  • Please review the Residential Colleges website. If you are interested in the program, you must select your preferred Foundation Seminars for the Residential College in which you are interested. If you are not interested in being in a Residential College, please make sure that all 10 of your foundation seminar selections are not RESC courses.
  • The normal course load is four course credits — one per course. In your first semester as a Freeman College of Management student, you will take 4.5 credits. If a course is not worth a full credit, its credit value is listed on the first-year course information page.
  • Refer to the Model First-semester Programs.
  • Each course description lists the requirements that the course fulfills (for example, the writing requirement, or W1, which all first-year students must fulfill).
  • See General University Requirements for more information on Bucknell's general course requirements.

How to Sign Up for First-semester Courses

Step 1: Join the Webinar

Log in to myBucknell and review the Zoom webinar dates and times in the Freeman First Steps gadget. The webinars will take place through June 3. During each webinar, Associate Dean Kepner will provide a high-level overview of the registration and fall semester course selection process as well as curriculum requirements.

Participate in a Zoom webinar by June 3

Step 2: Review Model Programs

As a Freeman College of Management student, you'll take 4.5 credits during your first semester. All management majors will be automatically placed into MGMT 100 and either ANOP 102 or ECON 101.

MGMT 100: One of the four foundational literacy courses required for all management majors and taken in their first semester. This half-credit course explores the historical context from which complex organizations have arisen, their evolution, responsibilities and the emerging areas of inquiry necessary to understanding the future of organizations, management and business.

ANOP 102: The second of four foundational literacy courses required for all management majors and taken during their first year. This course serves as the introduction to quantitative modeling and basic statistical analysis in a spreadsheet-based environment, especially as they apply to managerial decision-making. Students are expected to be familiar with the basics of Microsoft Office, and in particular the basic interface of Excel prior to taking this course. If a student is unfamiliar with this software, we will provide free online resources to be completed prior to the fall semester.

ECON 101: The third of four foundational literacy courses required for all management majors and taken during their first year. This course provides a general introduction to both macroeconomics and microeconomics, along with an introduction to economic history, international economics and political economy. The course also examines the origin of economic ideas in the works of Adam Smith, John Maynard Keynes, Karl Marx, and others.

MGMT 101: The fourth foundational literacy course required for all management majors. Students will begin to register for this course in the spring of their first year.

Review the Model First-semester Programs

Step 3: Read Other Course Descriptions

These are the courses that will be available to you in your first semester. They can be found on the Course Information for First-year Students page.

Read the first-year course descriptions

Step 4: Review the Requirements

Review the University's general requirements so you know what to expect throughout your academic career.

If you indicated on your application that you are interested in a particular major, become familiar with that program in the University course catalog.

Be sure to use the Course Information for First-year Students page to select your courses — not the course catalog.

Become familiar with Bucknell's requirements

Step 5: Connect With Your Freeman Fellow

As a management student, you'll be paired with a Freeman Fellow, an older management student who has been selected to be a peer mentor.

Your assigned Freeman Fellow is available to answer general questions throughout your first year. Soon, you'll receive a welcome email from your assigned Freeman Fellow.

Step 6: Select Your Courses

It's now time to complete the online registration for your courses! Here is a step-by-step guide of what you will see on this form.

Complete your course selection by June 15