Degree Requirements 

Students receiving the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree must complete 120 total credit hours including:

• General Education Core (30 cr.)
• Business Foundations (27 cr.)
• Business Core (34 cr.)
• Electives as needed to complete 120 total credit hours

• A minimum of 30 credit hours at the 300- or 400-level
• Courses required for the major must be completed with a grade of C or higher
• Courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted
• A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required

Specific General Education Requirements

• MATH-M 118 Finite Mathematics

Business Foundations

• BUS-W 100 Principles of Buisness Administration
• Complete one of the following:
  • ECON-E 103 Intro to Microeconomics
  • ECON-E 201 Intro to Microeconomics
• Complete one of the following:
  • ECON-E 104 Intro to Macroeconomics
  • ECON-E 202 Intro to Macroeconomics
• BUS-A 201 Intro to Financial Accounting
• BUS-A 202 Intro to Managerial Accounting
• BUS-K 201 Business Computing
• Complete one of the following:
  • BUS-L 201 Legal Environment of Business
  • BUS-L 203 Business Law I
• ECON-E 270 Intro to Statistical Theory in Economics and Buisness
• Complete one of the following:
  • ENG-W 231 Professional Writing Skills
  • ENG-W 232 Intro to Business Writing
  • ENG-W 234 Tech Report Writing
  • SPCH-S 223 Business and Professional Communication

Business Core

• BUS-M 301 Intro to Marketing Management
• BUS-F 301 Financial Management
• BUS-P 301 Operations Management
• Complete one of the following:
  • BUS-D 300 International Business Admin
  • BUS-D 301 International Business Environment
• Complete one of the following:
  • BUS-K 321 Management of Information Tech
  • BUS-S 302 Management Information Systems
  • IIM-I 300 Foundations and Prin. of MIS
• Complete one of the following:
  • BUS-K 302 Intro to Management Science
  • BUS-K 312 Decision Modeling
  • BUS-K 353 Business Analytics and Modeling
• Complete one of the following:
  • BUS-W 311 New Venture Creation
  • BUS-W 406 Venture Growth Management
• Complete one of the following:
  • BUS-Z 301 Org Behavior & Leadership
  • BUS-Z 302 Managing & Behavior in Organizations
• Complete one of the following:
  • BUS-W 301 Principles of Management
  • BUS-Z 440 Personnel: Human Resources Management
• Complete one of the following:
  • BUS-B 399 Business and Society
  • BUS-J 404 Business & Society
  • BUS-W 320 Leadership and Ethics
• BUS-X 410 Professional and Career Skills (1 cr.)
• BUS-J 401 Administrative Policy

• B.S. Business Administration Concentrations (18 credits/6 courses)

  A concentration is NOT required for degree, but can be used to fulfill elective credit.

  Accounting

  Required (4 courses)

  • BUS-A 311 Intermediate Accounting I
  • BUS-A 312 Intermediate Accounting II
  • BUS-A 337/A411 Accounting Information Systems
  • BUS A328 Introduction to Taxation

  Electives (2 courses)

  Choose two 300/400 level accounting courses from the following list:

  • BUS-A 325 Cost Accounting
  • BUS-A 335 Accounting for Government and Not-for-Profit Entities
  • BUS-A 338 Accounting Data Analytics
  • BUS-A 402 Accounting Ethics
  • BUS-A 414 Financial Statement Analysis
  • BUS-A 422 Advanced Financial Accounting
  • BUS-A 424 Auditing and Assurance Services
  • BUS-A 425 Contemporary Accounting Theory
  • BUS A 437 Advanced managerial accounting
  • BUS-A 339 Advanced Taxation
  Economics
  

  Required: (2 courses)

  • ECON-E 321 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
  • ECON-E 322 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

  Electives: (4 courses)

  Choose four 300/400 level economics courses from the following list:

  • ECON-E304 Survey of Labor Economics
  • ECON-E 306 Undergraduate Seminar in Economics
  • ECON-E308 Survey of Public Finance
  • ECON-E323 Urban Economics
  • ECON-E 337 Economic Development
  • ECON-E338 Business and Economics Applications of GIS
  • BUS F345/ECON-E350/E305 Money and Banking
  • ECON-E 351 Law and Economics
  • ECON-E 363 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
  • ECON-E 371 Introduction to Applied Econometrics
  • ECON-E430/E333 International Economics
  Finance
  

  Required: 4 courses

  • BUS-F 302 Financial Decision Making
  • BUS-F 345/ECON E350 Money, Banking, and Capital Markets
  • BUS-F 420 Equity and Fixed Income Investments
  • BUS-F 494 International Finance

  Electives: 2 courses

  Choose two 300/400 level finance courses from the following list:

  • BUS-F 365 Personal Financial Planning
  • BUS-F410Financial Institutions and Markets
  • BUS-F 414/A414 Financial Statement Analysis
  • BUS-F 423 Topics in Investment
  • BUS-F 444 Applications in Financial Management
  • BUS-F 446 Bank and Financial Intermediation
  • BUS-F 451 Financial Modeling
  Marketing
  

  Required: 4 courses

  • BUS M303: Marketing Research
  • BUS M405: Consumer Behavior
  • BUS M415: Advertising and Integrated Marketing Communications
  • BUS M450: Marketing Strategy

  Electives: 2 courses

  Choose two 300/400 level marketing courses from the following list:

  • BUS M325: Selling
  • BUS M330: Consultative Selling
  • BUS M346: Analysis of Marketing Data
  • BUS M380: Market Analytics
  • BUS M401: International Marketing
  • BUS M419: Retail strategy
  • BUS M426: Sales Management
  • BUS M432/M435/M460: Digital Marketing
  • BUS M455: Customer Relationship Management
  • BUS M490: Social Media Marketing
  • BUS M421: Negotiation