Business Administration Major
Business, B.S.
Business Administration is the general business major, and includes the core business courses in addition to specialty courses designed just for this major. This program is designed to provide a strong academic foundation to prepare students for various positions in businesses of all sizes, for entrepreneurial start-ups, or for graduate school.
Students interested in earning a business degree with a particular emphasis, such as communications or law, can work with their advisor to design a course of study appropriate for their career goal.
Degree requirements for the Business Administration major are as follows:
| 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 Electives 4 | 3 | |
| General Electives | ||
| General Electives | 35 | |
| Total Credits Required | 120 | |
- 1
Students must take ECO 211 Macroeconomics and ECO 212 Microeconomics OR ECO 240 Economics as a part of their Behavioral/Social Science Elective requirements.
- 2
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.
- 3
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, LOS 325, LOS 400, LOS 430, MBA 500, MBA 520, MLN 500, MLN 505, NMP 500, NMP 521, WEL 400, WEL 440.
- 4
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.