Building off a strong Business core curriculum designed to prepare students with an understanding of business purposes, structures, and processes, this major covers introductory business classes, as well fundamental philosophies and theories of business. The degrees ensure students have the requisite knowledge to be successful in today’s business arena and serve as a foundation for those interested in continuing their education at the graduate level.

Degree requirements for the Business Administration major are as follows:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
University Core
Behavioral/Social Science Electives 1		9
BUS 204	Financial Wellness	1
ENG 114	Critical Reading and Response	3
ENG 124	Research and Writing in the Disciplines	3
or ENG 134	Literary Genres
Humanities Electives		9
MAT 120	Statistics	3
Science Electives (lab required)		7
WEL 100	Empowered as Learners and Leaders	3
or WEL 220	Empowered as Learners and Leaders
WEL 350	Strategies for Career and Personal Growth	2
Major Requirements
ACC 100	Introduction to Financial Accounting	3
ACC 101	Introduction to Managerial Accounting	3
Applied Data Elective 2		3
BUS 120	Business in Society	3
BUS 215	Legal Environments of Business	3
or LAW 220	Business Law
BUS 226	Principles of Marketing	3
BUS 235	Dynamics of Management and Leadersh	3
BUS 300	Organizational Development and Change	3
or LOS 315	Organizational Behavior and Leadership
BUS 308	Communicating in Business	3
BUS 327	Financial Management	3
BUS 491	Strategic Management and Policy	3
Career Electives 3		6
COM 112	Fundamentals of Spreadsheets	3
or COM 130	Computer Applications
Discipline Elective 4		3
General Electives
General Electives		35
Total Credits Required		120

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Students must take ECO 211 Macroeconomics and ECO 212 Microeconomics or ECO 240 Economics as a part of their Behavioral/Social Science Elective requirements.

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Students may fulfill this requirement by taking one of the following courses: BUS 310 Methods of Applied Statistics, BUS 328 Introduction to Business Analytics, or MAT 450 Methods of Applied Statistics.

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Students may fulfill this requirement by taking 6 credits from the following courses: ACC 302, ACC 565, ACC 599, ADS 521, ADS 522, ADS 523, ADS 525, ADS 526, ADS 534, BUS 230, BUS 245, BUS 310, BUS 325, BUS 328, BUS 330, BUS 334, BUS 342, BUS 343, BUS 400, BUS 420, BUS 498, BUS 499, DGM 500, HUM 210, LOS 325, LOS 400, LOS 430, MBA 500, MBA 520, MLN 500, MLN 505, NMP 500, NMP 521, WEL 400, WEL 440.

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Students may fulfill this requirement by taking one of the following courses: BUS 241 Introduction to Project Management, BUS 255 Human Resource Management, BUS 262 Talent Management, or BUS 334 Operations Management.