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Business Administration: Management Bachelor of Science degree

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration - Management (60 credit hours)

A. General Course Requirements (45 credit hours):

Supporting Courses:

MATH 120Survey of Calculus I

3
and
CSIT 104Introduction to Microcomputer Software

3
or
CSIT 151Introduction to Information Systems

3
and
CSIT 251Information Systems Structures

3
Total Credit Hours:9

Lower Level Business Core Courses:

ECON 200Fundamentals of Statistics for Business Administration and Economics

3
ACCT 201Principles of Financial Accounting

3
ACCT 202Principles of Managerial Accounting

3
ECON 201Principles of Macroeconomics

3
ECON 202Principles of Microeconomics

3
Total Credit Hours:15

Upper Level Business Core Courses:

BUAD 300Statistical Analysis

3
and
BUAD 310Legal Environment of Business

3
or
ACCT 311Business Law I

3
and
BUAD 320Managerial Finance

3
BUAD 323Organizational Behavior

3
BUAD 327Operations Management I

3
BUAD 328Marketing Foundations

3
BUAD 499Strategic Management

3
Total Credit Hours:21

B. Major Course Requirements for Management Concentration (15 credit hours)

BUAD 330Human Resource Management

3
BUAD 427Production and Operations Management II

3
BUAD 480Internship

1-9

Plus 6 more credit hours from the following:

BUAD 321Management and Organizational Behavior

3
BUAD 335Business Consulting

3
BUAD 354Entrepreneurship

3
BUAD 378Business and Ethics

3
BUAD 417Corporate Finance I

3
BUAD 450Senior Seminar

1-3
Total Credit Hours:13-21

NOTE 1: BUAD 480 is a variable 1-9 credit course. Students need to complete the course for at least one credit to satisfy the degree requirements.

NOTE 2: BUAD 450 is a variable 1-3 credit course. Students need to complete the course for at least three credits to satisfy the degree requirements.

C. All Business Administration majors must complete at least 66 credit hours of non-ACCT/BUAD prefixed courses

D. All Business Administration majors must complete every one of the Supporting Courses, Lower Level Business Core Courses, Upper Level Business Core Courses, and Major Specific Courses with a minimum grade of C-.

E. All Business Administration majors are allowed to repeat a failed major course no more than two times

Individualized Specialization: With the approval of his or her advisor and the chair of the department, a student may develop his or her own specialization in lieu of the above specific major. Such specializations must consist of (as listed above) the Supporting Courses, the Lower Level Business Core, the Upper Level Business Core, and at least five additional upper-level courses in a cohesive subject-area germane to business. Currently popular individualized specializations include but are not limited to Sport Management, Pharmaceutical Sales, Corporate Law, and International Business. Other specializations are possible and encouraged as long as they satisfy the department’s conditions for rigor and substance.