Business Administration

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The Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration allows students flexibility in selecting a unique combination of courses to reach their educational goals. Beyond the business core, students can complete the major by enrolling in any courses in the School of Business.

Career Opportunities
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration offers students 12 hours of elective credit to be chosen from any offering within the School of Business. Multiple course combinations are possible, giving students the opportunity to tailor their Business electives to meet their own personal or professional goals.

Career opportunities for graduates may be in areas where a broad base of knowledge is required (e.g., positions in management). However, a graduate may find opportunities in more specialized areas that he/she wishes to pursue. For example, a student who seeks a position in new product development may select operations management + market research + marketing management as electives, while a student interested in corporate recruitment/placement may choose to take human resources management + sales development + labor economics.

Major Requirements - Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration
The B.S. in Business Administration consists of 17 three-semester hour courses, for a total of 51 semester hours in the major.

ACC 203 - Financial Accounting
BUA 299 - Business Communications
BUA 305 - Legal Environment of Business
BUA 499 - Senior Seminar
ECO 207 - Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 208 - Principles of Microeconomics
FIN 333 - Financial Management
MGT 221 - Principles of Management
MIS 200 - Management Information Systems
MKT 211 - Principles of Marketing
PHL 246 - Business Ethics
STS 220 - Introduction to Statistics

AND

ONE course from the following:
ECO/GBS 374 - Global Political Economy
ECO 443 - Comparative Economics
ECO 446 - International Economics
MIS/GBS 311 - Information Systems in a Global Environment
MKT 375 - International Marketing

AND

12 additional semester hours of credit within the School of Business }

Business Administration majors, especially those considering attending graduate school, are encouraged to take ACC 205 and mathematics through calculus.

The Business Administration major is open to all students except:
- those obtaining another major within the School of Business, other than Interior Design
- those obtaining a minor in Business Administration