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Bachelor of Science in Business with a Concentration in General Business
For students wishing to pursue a broad, general degree program, this curriculum provides a vehicle for organizing their studies. The integrating focus is the responsibility for administering the multiple operations of the business firm in a rapidly changing environment. Emphasis is on the process involved in setting goals for corporate effort, coordinating and controlling multiple programs, and regulating inputs and outputs with varied environments.
Objectives at the undergraduate level are to provide a broad, liberal education as a base and to develop proficiency in understanding and solving interrelated business problems.
Academic Advising
The mission of the academic advising program in the Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics is to promote academic success, student satisfaction, and increased retention by providing students with advisors to help students make educational, career, and personal decisions.
The policy on advising requires that students meet with their academic advisors at least once each year, and freshmen and sophomores are required to meet with their academic advisor prior to each semester’s enrollment. Advising holds are placed on all freshmen and sophomores prior to advance registration and are released following advising appointments. To determine who your advisor is and how to contact them, see One.IU.
Degree Requirements
Degree Plan
Students receiving the Bachelor of Science in Business degree must complete 120 total credit hours including:
- Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics Campuswide General Education Curriculum (42 cr.)
- Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics (BS in Business) Additional Requirements (48 cr.)
- Concentration Requirements (18 cr.)
- Electives (12 cr.)
- 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.
- A minimum CGPA of 2.0 is required.
- All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise noted.
Concentration Requirements (18 cr.)
Junior and Senior Years
- BUS-W 430 Organizations and Organizational Change
- BUS-Z 440 Personnel-Human Resource Management
Select one of the following:
- BUS-F 302 Financial Decision Making
- BUS-F 420 Equity and Fixed Income Investment
Select one from the following:
- BUS-L 303 Commercial Law 2
- BUS-X 481 Undergraduate Internship in Business and Economics
- BUS-X 482 Undergraduate Field Project in Business and Economics
Select one from the following:
- BUS-M 303 Marketing Research
- BUS-M 426 Sales Management
Select one of from following:
- ECON-E 305 Money and Banking
- ECON-E 321 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- ECON-E 322 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
Electives (12 cr.)
Students will consult with an academic advisor for recommended electives.