Major in Business Administration

Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Science
Business administration is one of the most popular majors for college students because of the many career opportunities for which it prepares them. It provides students with the tools needed to prepare them for work as administrators in a variety of organizations, including manufacturing, financial services, health care, and government enterprises.

The major prepares the student in five functional areas of business: accounting, management, marketing, and finance. These areas are reflected in the required core courses. The student builds upon these with elective courses from related areas, selected with the advice of an academic advisor to reflect the student's career goals and personal interests.

The student will be expected to develop the skills and abilities necessary to assume administrative positions leading to the middle and executive management ranks.

Required Courses: 39 semester hours
ACC201 Financial Accounting
ACC202 Management Accounting
BUS201 Business Law I
BUS220 Professional Communication
BUS320 Principles of Management
BUS322 Management Information Systems
BUS323 Principles of Operations Management
BUS330 Principles of Marketing
BUS340 Principles of Finance
BUS499 Senior Seminar in Business Policy
ECN201 Principles of Microeconomics
ECN202 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECN232 General Statistics

Students planning to attend graduate school should consider a BS. For the BS, the following 3 courses are required in addition to the courses required for the BA for majors in Business Administration, Finance, Management, and Marketing.
BUS351 Operations Research
ECN330 Business Statistics and Forecasting
MTH212 Calculus for Decision Making
or
MTH221 Calculus I

Selected Courses: Choose 12-21 semester hours from the School of Business offerings in accounting, management, marketing and finance. At least 3 semester hours must come from each of the 3 areas below:

Management
BUS321 Human Resource Management
BUS324 Diversity in the Workplace
BUS326 Organization Behavior
BUS360 Total Quality Management
BUS428 Labor Relations
BUS440 Small Business: Entrepreneurship
BUS181, 281, 381, 481 Selected Topic: (in Business, with permission of the Dean)

Marketing
BUS331 Promotion
BUS332 Sales and Sales Management
BUS335 Consumer Behavior
BUS336 Retail Management
BUS431 International Business
BUS435 Marketing Research
BUS438 Distribution Channel Management

Finance
ACC331 Federal Taxation of Individuals
ACC532 Federal Taxation of Business Entities
BUS310 Money and Banking
BUS341 Financial Management II
BUS342 Credit Management
BUS441 Securities Analysis
BUS444 Investments

For information about courses in accounting consult the listing for these programs in the Undergraduate Course Descriptions section of the catalog.

NOTE: Supporting coursework in computer science, sociology, psychology, writing, and philosophy is strongly recommended by the faculty.