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Requirements 

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
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

 
Total Hours  35 hrs
 
Other Required Courses:
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     
 
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.