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Business Administration B.S.

Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120

This major is designed to provide students with the education necessary for success in business. In addition to other institutional and graduation requirements, majors complete a 42-hour business core, and two specializations or a minor. Elective courses will be chosen to ensure students earn a total of no less than 120 hours. A requirement of the major is an internship experience that provides students with the opportunity to work in a field related to their major and earn credit for this work experience.

Student Learning Outcomes:

  • SLO 1: Students will apply business theories and/or methods to solve problems.
  • SLO 2: Students will demonstrate successful individual and collaborative communication skills.
  • SLO 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to adapt to change through personal and professional awareness of self, others and the environment.
  • SLO 4: Students will demonstrate proficiency with technology appropriate for the contemporary business environment.
  • SLO 5: Students will participate in experiential learning in at least one of the following ways: internships, service learning, or leadership experience.

Requirements

Within the 36-hour essential studies requirement, students must complete the following that are pre-requisite to this major:

COMM 110Fundamentals Of Public Speaking

3

ECON 201Principles Of Microeconomics

3

ECON 202Principles Of Macroeconomics

3

ENGL 110College Composition I

3

ENGL 120College Composition II

3

or

ENGL 125Business and Technical Writing

3

MATH 103College Algebra

3

ENGL 125 is preferred

Core Requirements:

ACCT 200Elements Of Accounting I

3

ACCT 201Elements Of Accounting II

3

ACCT 315Business in Legal Environment

3

ACCT 360Accounting Systems

2

BADM 300Essentials of Business Decision Making

3

BADM 301Principles Of Marketing

3

BADM 302Principles Of Management

3

BOTE 347Computer Applications in Business

3

BUSN 305Foundations of Entrepreneurship

2

BUSN 323Managerial Finance

3

BUSN 334Business Communication

3

BUSN 336Applied Statistics I

3

BUSN 351Human Resource Management

3

BUSN 391Professional Development

1

BUSN 455Business Policies

3

BUSN 497SInternship

0.50-10.00

Total Credit Hours:42

Specialization Areas:

Choose two specialization areas or a minor.

Note: No duplication of courses within business specialization will be approved. If this occurs due to selection of specialization, students will confer with advisor to identify acceptable course(s) for substitution.

Accounting

ACCT 300Intermediate Accounting I

4

ACCT 301Intermediate Accounting II

4

ACCT 305Cost Accounting I

3

ACCT 306Cost Accounting II

3

Banking

ACCT 316Banking Law

3

ACCT 450Auditing & Assurance Services

3

BUSN 312Real Estate Financing

3

BUSN 451Lending

3

Entrepreneurship

ACCT 401Business Income Taxation

3

BUSN 365Entrepreneurial Business Plans

3

BUSN 405Topics and Issues in Entrepreneurship

2

BUSN 435Entrepreneurial Business Plan Practicum

4

Management

BUSN 340Project Management

3

BUSN 355Management Information Systems

3

BUSN 418Operations Management

3

BUSN 430Professional Leadership

3

Management Information Systems

BUSN 355Management Information Systems

3

CIS 204Programming I

3

CIS 300Introduction to Relational Database

3

CIS 310Data Communications

3

Marketing

BUSN 307Professional Selling

3

BUSN 318Advertising & Promotion Management

3

BUSN 423Consumer Behavior

3

BUSN 429Advanced Marketing Management

3

Real Estate

ACCT 401Business Income Taxation

3

BUSN 310Fundamentals of Real Estate and Insurance

3

BUSN 311Real Estate Appraisal

3

BUSN 312Real Estate Financing

3