Business Administration B.A.

The Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Business Administration (BSBA) has a strong business core that prepares students in the major business areas. In addition students will further enhance their skills in their selected concentration area. Students may select a concentration in a discipline of their choice, to include accounting, finance, general business, information systems, management, and marketing. A concentration is a minimum of 24 semester hours within a discipline of which a minimum of nine hours must be upper-division hours. In addition, students have the opportunity to complete a minor in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Management, and Marketing. Academic requirements for award of a concentration, and for award of a minor with a concentration, are defined in the following sections.

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in the division of Extended Academic Programs at the University of the Incarnate Word is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Business Administration must complete MATH 1304, College Algebra, or a higher level mathematics course with a grade of C or Higher.

Business Core

A. 15 semester hours of required business core courses (serves as prerequisites for required upper division business core courses)

ACCT 2311	Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 2312	Principles of Accounting II
MIS 2321	Introduction to Information Systems
ECON 2301	Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2302	Principles of Microeconomics

B. 21 semester hours of required upper division business core courses

BMGT 3370	Business Statistics
BMGT 3371	Management Science
BINT 3331	International Business Management
BLAW 3317	Business Law
BMKT 3331	Principles of Marketing
BMGT 3340	Management Theory and Practice
BFIN 3321	Principles of Financial Management

C. A Capstone course (3 semester hours)

BMGT 4357

Additional semester hour requirements established for the student's chosen concentration. Disciplines may offer selected topics to address special needs and interests. These courses will be listed as 4399 and may be used to satisfy concentration requirements. Refer to descriptions of each concentration for more details.

D. Select one concentrations from the following:

Accounting, EBusiness Management, General Business, General Management, General Marketing, Information Systems, Innovation Management, International Business, Project Management, and Social Management