Business Administration Bachelor of Science degree
Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration (63 credit hours)
A. General Course Requirements (48 credit hours):
Supporting Courses (9 credit hours)
Survey of Calculus I |
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Introduction to Information Systems |
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Information Systems Structures |
Lower Level Business Core Courses (18 credit hours)
Fundamentals of Statistics for Business and Economics |
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Principles of Financial Accounting |
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Principles of Managerial Accounting |
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Principles of Macroeconomics |
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Principles of Microeconomics |
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Introduction to Business Communication |
Upper Level Business Core Courses (21 credit hours)
Statistical Analysis |
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Legal Environment of Business |
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Business Law I |
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Managerial Finance |
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Organizational Behavior |
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Production and Operations Management I |
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Marketing Foundations |
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Strategic Management |
B. Major Course Requirements (15 credit hours)
Finance (15 credit hours):
Financial Investments |
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Corporate Finance I |
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Corporate Finance II |
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International Finance |
Plus 3 credit hours from the following:
Principles of Business Finance |
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Money/Banking/Monetary Economics |
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Small Business Finance |
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Portfolio Management |
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Internship |
Management (15 credit hours):
Human Resource Management |
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Production and Operations Management II |
Plus 9 credit hours from the following:
Management and Organizational Behavior |
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Special Topics |
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Managerial Economics |
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Financial Investments |
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Small Business Finance |
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Corporate Finance I |
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Advanced Human Resource Management |
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Senior Seminar |
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Internship |
Marketing (15 credit hours)
Marketing Research |
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Integrated Marketing Communications |
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Sales Management |
Plus 6 credit hours from the following:
Principles of Business Finance |
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Management and Organizational Behavior |
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Principles of Marketing |
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Consumer Behavior |
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Marketing Management |
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Production and Operations Management II |
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Internship |
Individualized Specialization:
With the approval of his or her advisor and the chair of the department, a student may develop his or her own specialization in lieu of the above specific majors. Such specializations must consist of (as listed above) the Supporting Courses, the Lower Level Business Core, the Upper Level Business Core, and at least five additional upper-level courses in a cohesive subject-area germane to business. Currently popular individualized specializations include but are not limited to Sports Management, Pharmaceutical Sales, Corporate Law, and International Business. Other specializations are possible and encouraged as long as they satisfy the department's conditions for rigor and substance.
C. Business Administration majors must complete at least 66 credit hours of non-ACCT/BUAD prefixed courses.
D. Business Administration majors must complete all courses in the Lower Level Business Core, the Upper Level Business Core, and the Major Requirements with a minimum grade of C-.
E. Business Administration majors are allowed to repeat a failed major course no more than two times.
