Program Description
The major in Business Administration is designed to prepare students to assume careers in any facet of business, whether it be industry, government, nonprofit organizations or entrepreneurial ventures. The Business Administration major is the generalist degree within the School of Business & Economics: Rather than specialization, Business Administration students seek the broadest-possible business school knowledge and capabilities. This goal will be facilitated by faculty committed to effective teaching, to expanding intellectual knowledge in their fields and to improving their communities. Emphasis is placed on key courses from each academic business discipline so that the student can develop an understanding and appreciation of the entire business world and its relationship to a global economy and society. The curriculum also provides a sound background for those who are preparing for graduate study in business and related areas.
Student Learning Outcomes
The learning goals of the general business concentration are to produce graduates who are able to:
1. be effective communicators, problem-solvers, and decision-makers.
2. understand functions and roles of leadership, management, and workforce diversity across a variety of environmental and cultural settings.
3. understand laws/regulations, market functions, financial considerations and retirement and estate planning.
4. be able to work in and lead teams, and use technology.
Major Requirements
The major requires a minimum of 72 semester hours (SH) of required courses, of which 12 SH may be used to satisfy general education requirements. These include 27 SH of courses in the major and 45 SH in the business core (12 SH of which are general education courses). Pre-requisites include 3 SH of pre-calculus (which also satisfies general education requirements), and 3 SH of business communications (which also satisfies general education requirements). Students not prepared to take pre-calculus may need to take additional preparatory mathematics classes.
Students seeking the business administration major must also complete the Business Core. Several of these courses may also count as part of the General Education requirement (GE).
Note: Grades of “C” or better are required in all School of Business and Economics courses and in MAT 1312. Those SBE courses are prefixed by ACC, BCO, BLA, BUA, ECO, FIN, MGT, MIS, MKT, or QBA.
Courses
Pre-Requisite Courses (courses not in business core that are prerequisites for business core courses)
BCO 2311 - Business Communication (GE)
MAT 1312 – Pre-calculus (GE)
Business Core Curriculum (45)
ACC 2316 – Principles of Financial Accounting
ACC 2317 – Principles of Managerial Accounting (prereq ACC 2316)
BLA 2325 – Legal Environment of Business (GE) (prereq BCO 2311, one other written communications course in general education)
ECO 2311 – Principles of Microeconomics (GE)
ECO 2312 – Principles of Macroeconomics (GE)
FIN 3351 – Principles of Financial Management (prereq. ACC 2316, MAT 1312 ( “C” or higher)).
MAT 2317 - Calculus I (GE) or MAT 2333 – Calculus for Business (GE)
MGT 3322 – Organizational Behavior (Junior Status)
MGT 3350 – Introduction to International Business
MGT 4399 – Business Policy (prereq. MGT 3322, MKT 3331, FIN 3351, QBA 3370)
MIS 1380 – Microeconomic Applications (or CSC 1306 – Computers and Its Use)
MKT 3331 – Principles of Marketing (prereq BCO 2311)
QBA 2325 – Business & Economic Statistics (prereq MAT 1312)
QBA 3370 – Statistics and Quantitative Methods of Business (prereq QBA 2325)
QBA 4377 – Production and Operations Management (prereq QBA 3370)
Major Courses (27)
ACC 3314 – Income Tax Accounting I (prereq ACC 2316)
ECO 4331 – Money and Banking (prereq ECO 2311, ECO 2312)
FIN 4384 – Retirement & Estate Planning (prereq FIN 3351)
MGT 3321 – Principles of Management (Junior Status, prereq BCO 2311)
MGT 4388 – Contemporary Issues in Management (prereq MGT 3322)
MIS 3330 – Information Systems Concepts (prereq BCO 2311 with a C or higher)
MKT 3335 – Consumer Behavior (prereq MKT 3331)
SBE Elective – Any course at the 3000 level or higher in the Business School
SBE Elective – Any Course at the 2000 level or higher in the Business School
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