BA or BS in Business

General Education Requirements: 40-43 Hours

Additional University Requirements: 6 hours

For more information see the General Education Requirements section of the catalog

*A minimum grade of “C” is required in all courses with the following prefixes: AC/BU/EC/ET/FB/IB/MG/MK.

Business Common Core (24 hours):
AC201 Principles of Accounting I (3)
AC202 Principles of Accounting II (3)
BU110 Introduction to Business (3)
BU225 Computer Applications in Business (3)
BU341 Business Law Contracts (3)
BU480 Senior Capstone in Business (Capstone) (3)
MG354 Principles of Management (3)
MK330 Marketing (3)

Additional Requirements for the Major (3-9)

EC201 Macroeconomics (3) If not taken in the general education

EC202 Microeconomics (3) If not taken in the general education

MA105 Statistics (3) If not taken in the general education

Business Concentration (18 hours):
Each of the following areas of concentration consists of 18 hours of course work. Each area has some required courses and some electives which can be chosen from a given group of courses. Some of the electives may be from outside the Division of Accounting, Business, and Economics. 

Management:
EC3xx Economics Elective (3)
ET375 Small Business Management (3)
FB351 Business Finance (3)
MG356 Human Resource Management (3)
MK477 Productions/Operations Management (3) 

One (1) from the following:
AC313 Fraud Examination (3)
BU268 Internship (3)
BU342 Business Law Commercial (3)
BU368 Internship (3)
MK339 Sales Management (3)
MK366 Advertising (3) 

Marketing and Advertising:
MK339 Sales Management (3)
MK366 Advertising (3)
MK378 Marketing Research (3)
MK430 Strategic Marketing (3)

One (1) of the following:
CT201 Public Relations (3)
CT230 Mass Media (3)

One (1) from the following:
BU228 Electronic Commerce (3)
CS214 Web Page Design (3)
CT306 Media Law (3)
CT330 Business Communication (3)
CT386 Media Planning (3)
MG356 Human Resource Management (3)
MK235 Consumer Behavior
BU 268, BU 368 or BU468 Internship (3) 

Business Administration:
ET375 Small Business Management (3) 

One (1) from the following:
MK339 Sales Management (3)
MK366 Advertising (3)

Four (4) from the following:
AC313 Fraud Examination (3)
BU228 Electronic Commerce (3)
BU268 Internship (3)
BU342 Business Law Commercial (3)
BU368 Internship (3)
FB345 Investment Analysis (3)
FB351 Business Finance (3)
MG356 Human Resource Management (3)
MK235 Consumer Behavior 

Banking and Finance:
AC340  Income Tax (3)
BU342  Business Law Commercial (3)
EC311  Money, Credit, and Banking (3)
FB345  Investments Analysis (3)
FB351  Business Finance (3) 

One (1) from the following:
AC313  Fraud Examination (3)
EC314 Managerial Economics
EC316  Intermediate Macroeconomics (3)
EC347  International Economics (3) 

Entrepreneurship:
BU 342 Business Law II (3)
ET 375 (Small Business Management (3)
ET 475 Entrepreneurship (3)
MK 339 Sales Management (3)

One (1) of the following three:
MK 366 Advertising (3)
MK 378 Marketing Research (3)
MK 430 Strategic Marketing (3)

One (1) of the following
AC313  Fraud Examination (3)
BU228  Electronic Commerce (3)
EC311  Money, Credit, and Banking (3)
EC314  Managerial Economics (3)
FB351  Business Finance (3)
IB376  International Business (3)  
MK235 Consumer Behavior (3) 

International Business:
Students with this concentration will have a foreign language as their minor or complete an interdisciplinary minor in two languages. A student may be able to demonstrate fluency in at least one foreign language in place of the minors. International students whose first language is one other than English are presumed to have fluency in a foreign language and may substitute a different minor for the foreign language minor.

BU228  Electronic Commerce (3)
BU342  Business Law II-Commercial (3)
EC347  International Economics (3)
IB376  International Business (3) 
 
Two (2) from the following:
MK339  Sales Management (3)
MK366  Advertising (3)
BU268  Internship (3)
BU368  Internship (3)
MG477  Production/Operations Management (3)
FB351  Business Finance (3)

Electives to Complete Min. 120 Hours

Recommendations:
A student who is considering graduate school should complete one of the following:
MA112 Selected Topics in Calculus (3)
MA118 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (5)

The following course will meet general education requirements and will complement the Business Major:
PL306 Ethics and the Professions (3)