Business Administration Major, B.S.

54-61 hours

The Business Administration major provides students with basic core curriculum and permits a choice of emphasis from six concentrations: Management, Philanthropy & Not-for-Profit, Public Administration, Human Resource Management, Operations Management, and Healthcare Management.

Required Courses:

ACCT 110 - Financial Accounting
ACCT 111 - Managerial Accounting
BSNS 160 - Principles of Management
BSNS 171 - Business Computer Applications and Communication
BSNS 241 - Business Statistics
BSNS 253 - Principles of Marketing
BSNS 302 - Personal Finance and Stewardship
BSNS 303 - Management Information Systems
BSNS 351 - Business Law I
BSNS 352 - Business Law II
BSNS 367 - Organizational Behavior
BSNS 489 - Internship
BSNS 490 - Business Policy and Strategy
BSNS 497 - Seminar in Leadership and Business Ethics
ECON 110 - Principles of Economics

Plus completion of one of the following concentrations:

A. Management Concentration

Select three courses from the following, with at least two from the Department of Business:

BSNS 271 - Business Computations and Management Support
BSNS 315 - Federal Seminar
BSNS 325 - Event Planning
BSNS 444 - Corporate Finance
BSNS 450 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
BSNS 468 - Human Resource Management
BSNS 480 - Enterprise Resource Planning I
BSNS 481 - Enterprise Resource Planning II
BSNS 485 - Business and Community Service Learning I
and BSNS 486 - Business and Community Service Learning II
BSNS 496 - Financial Planning Capstone
ECON 311 - Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON 342 - Intermediate Economic Statistics
FACS 455 - Food Systems Management
PSYC 324 - Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Required Supporting Courses (all concentrations):

MATH 117 - Finite Mathematics with Business Applications
or MATH 147 - Calculus I

Recommended Supporting Courses:

ENGL 311 - Business Communications and Technical Writing
GEOL 360 - Geographic Information Systems and Global Positioning Systems

Typical Program for a Student Majoring in Business

Courses will vary according to the major selected.

Business Administration Major, B.S.

Required Courses:

Plus completion of one of the following concentrations:

A. Management Concentration

Select three courses from the following, with at least two from the Department of Business:

B. Philanthropy and Not-for-Profit Concentration

C. Public Administration Concentration

D. Human Resource Management Concentration

E. Operations Management Concentration

F. Healthcare Management Concentration

Required Supporting Courses (all concentrations):

Recommended Supporting Courses:

Typical Program for a Student Majoring in Business

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year