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Business Administration, B.S.

A primary objective of the program is to integrate professional courses in management within a strong liberal arts foundation. Managers must not only have business skills, but they must be knowledgeable of the broader environment that encompasses the social, technical and ethical fabric of modern society. The program, therefore, offers students a sense of perspective about the responsibilities of business and government to society.

Concentrations available in Finance & Economics, Management, International Business,
Management Information Systems, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship

A.

General Education (52 sh total)
Students must take:
ECON101 Principles of Economics to meet the general education Political Science/Economics requirement since it is a prerequisite for the Major Core Requirement course ECON310 (or ECON315)
PHIL102 Ethics OR PHIL425 Ethics in Business and Industry to meet the general education Philosophy requirement
MATH107 Basic Statistics to meet the general education Math requirement

B.

Major Core Requirements (39 sh total)

ACCT110 Financial Accounting

3 sh

ACCT115 Management Accounting

3 sh

CISC150 Introduction to Computers

3 sh

ENGL345 Business Writing OR ENGL360 Technical Writing

3 sh

CISC250 Advanced Microcomputer Applications

3 sh

ECON310 Intermediate Macroeconomics OR ECON315 Intermediate Microeconomics

3 sh

MATH180 Mathematics for Management

3 sh

MANG305 Operations/Production Management
3 sh

MANG315 Management: Concepts and Strategies

3 sh

MANG325 Financial Management

3 sh

MANG475 Capstone Seminar in Strategic Management

3 sh

MRKT200 Introduction to Marketing

3 sh

POLI302 Business Law 1
3 sh

C.

Areas of Concentration (15-18 sh total)

Students must complete the requirements in at least one of the following concentrations:

(1) Finance & Economics (15 sh total)

ECON310 Intermediate Macroeconomics and
     ECON315 Intermediate Microeconomics (whichever is not taken for Major Core)

3 sh

ECON340 Money & Banking

3 sh

MANG430 International Financial Management
3 sh

Select two upper division economics courses

6 sh

(2) Management (15 sh total)

MANG320 Human Resource Management

3 sh

MANG425 International Business
3 sh

Select three of the following:

MANG317 Entrepreneurship
3 sh

MANG365 Organization Theory and Practice
3 sh

MANG400 Business, Society and Government
3 sh

POLI260 Public Administration
3 sh

POLI325 Labor Management Relations

3 sh

POLI330 Public Policy
3 sh

PSYC313 Industrial and Organizational Psychology OR PSYC235 Interpersonal & Leadership Skills
3 sh

(3) International Business (15 sh total)

ECON355 International Trade and Finance

3 sh

MANG425 International Business

3 sh

MANG430 International Financial Management

3 sh

Select two of the following:

ECON330 Economic Development

3 sh

GEOG440 Economic Geography
3 sh

HIST390 Contemporary World Problems

3 sh

POLI315 Politics in the Developing Nations

3 sh

POLI350 International Relations

3 sh

Note: Students selecting this concentration are encouraged strongly to opt for a semester of study abroad. They are also encouraged strongly to become proficient in a second language.

(4) Management Information Systems (21 sh)

CISC200 Fundamentals of Networking 3 sh

CISC220 Contemporary Issues in Computing
3 sh

CISC255 Database Design 3 sh

CISC260 Information Technology Project Management 3 sh

CISC306 Systems Analysis and Design 3 sh

CISC330 Emerging Business Technologies 3 sh

MANG101 Introduction to Management Information Systems 3 sh

(5) Marketing (15 sh)

MRKT300 Consumer Behavior 3 sh

MRKT305 Internet Marketing and e-Commerce 3 sh

MRKT410 Marketing Research 3 sh

2 courses from the following: 6 sh

     CISC255 Data Base Design

     JOUR292 Principles of Advertising

     JOUR495 Public Relations Writing

     JOUR496 Advertising Campaign Development

     MANG317 Entrepreneurship

     MRKT310 Entrepreneurial & Small Business Marketing

     SPCH304 Intercultural Communication

     SPCH320 Business Communication

     SPCH375 Persuasion

(6) Entrepreneurship (15 sh)

MANG317 Entrepreneurship 3 sh

MANG350 Small Business Management 3 sh

MRKT310 Entrepreneurial and Small Business Marketing 3 sh

2 courses from the following:

    MANG320 Human Resource Management 3 sh

    MANGxxx Social Entrepreneurship (being developed) 3 sh

    MANG425 International Business 3 sh

    MRKT305 Internet Marketing and e-Commerce 3 sh

    MRKT410 Marketing Research 3 sh

    PSYC235 Leadership 3 sh

D.
Major Electives (9-15 sh: All concentrations except MIS need 5 additional courses from below or from any course from the other concentrations. MIS needs 3 additional courses. However, no course may be double-counted -- for both the concentration and as an elective.)

Courses selected as Major Electives may be taken from courses below or from courses listed in any of the concentrations.

ACCT210 Introduction to Federal Income Tax 3 sh

ACCT215 Accounting Information System 3 sh

ACCT300 Cost Accounting 3 sh

COMP160 Programming I 3 sh

ECON301 Economics of the Environment 3 sh

ECON305 History of Economic Thought 3 sh

ECON320 American Public Finance 3 sh

ECON335 Regional and Urban Economics 3 sh

ECON360 Current Economic Problems 3 sh

ECON410 Econometrics 3 sh

ECON415 Mathematical Economics 3 sh

ENGL358 Business Report Writing 3 sh

HIST205 History of the United States Labor Movement 3 sh

HIST225 US Business History 3 sh

JOUR200 Mass Media Marketing 3 sh

MANG220 Introduction to Personal Financial Management 3 sh

MANG326 Fundamentals of Investment Management 3 sh

MRKT310 Entrepreneurial & Small Business Marketing 3 sh

PHIL425 Ethics in Business and Industry (if not taken for general education) 3 sh

POLI303 Business Law 2 3 sh

SOCI402 Industrial Sociology 3 sh

SPCH305 Public Relations 3 sh

Foreign Language (one) -- must be level IV or higher

6-9 sh

Internship (MANG#69, MRKT#69) 3-6 sh

Updated 02/19/2010

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