Bachelor of Science in Business with a Concentration in General Business—TSAP

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

Your academic advisor is a critical partner in fostering your success at IU South Bend and beyond. Your advisor will help you explore academic majors and careers, plan your degree, choose classes, learn about internships and study abroad, and much more. To see who is assigned as your advisor, visit your Student Online Advising Record in one.iu.edu. For more information about advising at IU South Bend, visit the website for the Undergraduate Advising Center.

Final responsibility for meeting degree requirements rests with the student.

Questions about advising? Email sbadvise@iu.edu or call (574) 520-4550.

Degree Requirements

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

• Associate of Science in Business from Ivy Tech (60 cr.)
• Concentration Requirements (60 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 (60 cr.)

• BUS-B 399 Business and Society
• BUS-D 300 International Business: Operations of International Enterprises
• BUS-F 151 Personal Finances of the College Student (1 cr.)
• BUS-F 301 Financial Management
• BUS-J 401 Strategic Management
• BUS-K 201 Foundations of Business Information Systems and Decision Making
• BUS-K 321 Management of Information Technology
• BUS-M 301 Introduction to Marketing Management
• BUS-P 301 Operations Management
• BUS-W 430 Organizations and Organizational Design
• BUS-X 310 Business Career Planning and Placement (1 cr.)
• BUS-Z 302 Managing and Behavior in Organizations
• BUS-Z 440 Personnel-Human Resource Management
• BUS-XXX Business Elective
  Minimum grade of "C"
• ECON-E 270 Introduction to Statistical Theory in Economics and Business
• ECON-E XXX Economics Elective
• BUS-F XXX Finance Elective
  Minimum grade of "C"
• BUS-M XXX Marketing Elective
  Minimum grade of "C"
• MATH-M 118 Finite Mathematics
• XXX-XXX Free Elective
• XXX-XXX Free Elective (1 cr.)