Requirements for the Major in Business Administration
All business administration majors must complete ACC 215 and 216, ECN 211 and 212, and MAT 114 and achieve junior standing before registering for any 300- or 400- level courses in accounting, business administration, or economics.
| ACC 215 Principles of Financial Accounting |
4 hrs |
| ACC 216 Principles of Managerial Accounting |
4 hrs |
| BUS 220 Principles of Management |
3 hrs |
| BUS 250 Principles of Marketing |
3 hrs |
| BUS 318 Corporate Financial Management |
3 hrs |
| BUS 327 Production Management or |
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| ECN 351 Managerial Economics |
3 hrs |
| BUS 450 Business Policy |
3 hrs |
Business administration, economics and accounting electives* |
12 hrs |
*At least two electives must be business courses |
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| Total Hours |
35 hrs |
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| Other Required Courses: |
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| ECN 211 Principles of Macroeconomics |
3 hrs |
| ECN 212 Principles of Microeconomics |
3 hrs |
| MAT 114 Elementary Statistics |
3 hrs |
MAT 122 Calculus for the Social and Life Sciences or MAT 124 Calculus I |
3-5 hrs |
MIS 201 Introduction to Information Systems or MIS 210 Spreadsheet Applications in Business |
3 hrs |
| SPE 101 Introduction to Speech Communications |
3 hrs |
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| Total Hours |
18-20 hrs |
Majors must have at least a 2.00 grade point average in all accounting, business administration, management information systems, and economics courses needed to satisfy major requirements. Business administration majors may select any accounting, business or economics courses to fulfill the elective requirements in the major; however a minimum of two electives must be business courses.
*Majors may use the elective courses to specialize in one of four areas of concentration: finance, marketing, management of entrepreneurial studies.
Areas of Concentration
Business administration majors may select any accounting, business, or economics courses to fulfill the elective requirements in the major; however, a minimum of two electives must be business courses. Majors may use the elective courses to specialize in one of four areas of concentration: finance, marketing, management or entrepreneurial studies. The first three areas of concentration each have a core course included among the courses specifically required for the major. The student completes one of these areas of concentration by taking three or more elective courses within the chosen area of concentration as listed below. The entrepreneurial studies concentration has a required course and three electives.
Finance Concentration
BUS 230 Personal Finance
BUS 328 Managerial Finance
BUS 350 Investments
ECN 316 Public Finance
ECN 325 Money and Banking
ECN 410 International Trade & Finance
Marketing Concentration
BUS 240 International Business
BUS 330 Advertising
BUS 334 Consumer Behavior
ENG 260 Introduction to Journalism
SPE 203 Interpersonal Communication
SPE 310 Business and Professional Communication
Management Concentration*
BUS 221 Management Practice and Organizational Behavior
BUS 225 Entrepreneurship
BUS 326 Human Resources Management
BUS 337 Labor Relations
PSY 241 Industrial/OrganizationalPsychology
SPE 203 Interpersonal Communication
SPE 310 Business and ProfessionalCommunication
*If BUS 327 is taken as a required course, it may not also be counted as an elective in the Management Concentration.
Entrepreneurship Concentration
Required: BUS 225 Entrepreneurship
Electives - choose 3
BUS 223 Business Law
BUS 230 Personal Finance
MIS 200 Management InformationSystems
BUS 399 Internship
SPE 310 Business and ProfessionalCommunication
Business majors may also take PHL 314 Business Ethics and SCA 352 Economy and Society and count them as electives in the major.