Three levels of requirements must be completed in order to receive the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree: (1) university general education and graduation requirements, (2) College of Business Administration core requirements, and (3) College of Business Administration major requirements. The recommended sequence of courses is presented in the following sections.
The lower-division courses provide a foundation for advanced study. While students broaden their intellectual background through the general education requirements, they also develop basic business skills in the pre-professional business administration core curriculum. The general education requirements expose students to composition, humanities and fine arts, natural sciences and mathematics, and history, social and behavioral sciences. Juniors, seniors and graduate students may be admitted for lower division credit.
| General Education Requirements | |
| English Composition I & II (EH 101-102) | 6 hrs. |
| Survey of Literature * (EH 205-206 or 240-241) | 6 hrs. |
| Fine Arts | 3 hrs. |
| Humanities Electives | 3 hrs. |
| Laboratory Science ** (biology, chemistry, environmental science or physics) | 8 hrs. |
| Mathematics (MA 107 and 120) *** | 6 hrs. |
| History | 3 hrs. |
| Psychology, sociology, or anthropology | 3 hrs. |
| Total General Education Requirements | 38 hrs. |
| * Must take a 6-hour sequence in any literature. ** Students who have completed 10 quarter hours (or 6.6 semester hours) of laboratory science will be considered to have met this requirement. *** Students may select MA 107 or 112. MA 107 is recommended for business students. |
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Mathematics Placement
Students scoring low on mathematics placement tests will be required to pass MA004 (Basic Algebra) before enrolling in MA 107 (or MA 112). Students scoring high should enroll in MA120 and choose 3 hours of electives outside the College of Administrative Science. If the student requires MA004, the lower-division requirement will be 67 hours. In this case, the student is encouraged to enroll in summer school before the freshman year to complete MA004.
| Pre-professional Business Administration Core Curriculum Requirements | |
| Macro and Micro Economics (ECN 142, 143) | 6 hrs. |
| Microcomputer Applications (MIS 146) * | 3 hrs. |
| Business Statistical Analysis I & II (MSC 287, 288) | 6 hrs. |
| Legal Environment of Business (BLS 211) | 3 hrs. |
| Financial Accounting (ACC 211) | 3 hrs. |
| Management Accounting (ACC 212) | 3 hrs. |
| Total Pre-professional Business Administration Core Curriculum | 24 hrs. |
| Total Lower-division Requirements *** | 62 hrs. |
| * Refer to MIS placement policy. ** Students in the Marketing: e-Business track should take MIS 108 and MIS 110. *** The student should apply for admission to the upper-division at the beginning of the spring semester of the sophomore year, or upon completion of 64 semester hours. |
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Work in the last two years of study builds upon the foundation established by the general education requirements and the pre-professional business administration core curriculum. Upper-division requirements include upper-division general education courses, the business administration core curriculum, and courses in the major. Registration for courses in the upper division is restricted. Courses numbered 300 to 499 are available only to juniors, seniors and graduate students. All students, both those admitted as majors in the College of Business Administration and those admitted as majors in other colleges in the University, must meet College of Business Administration general prerequisite requirements in order to be admitted to upper division College of Business Administration courses in addition to the specific course prerequisites cited in the course descriptions.
| Upper Division General Education Requirements | |
| Strategies of Business Writing (EH 300) * | 3 hrs. |
| Business and Professional Communications (CM 313) | 3 hrs. |
| Economics Requirement (ECN 340, 345, 454, 475) | 3 hrs. |
| Total Upper Division General Education Requirements | 9 hrs. |
| * EH 300 is a co-requisite or prerequisite for all business courses with a number greater than 301 and a prerequisite for 400-level courses. ** These electives may be taken at the lower-division level. |
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| Business Administration Core Curriculum Requirements | |
| Accounting (ACC 307 * , 310, 314 ) | 3 hrs. |
| Principles of Finance (FIN 301) | 3 hrs. |
| Managing Organizations (MGT 301) | 3 hrs. |
| Information Systems in Organizations (MIS 301) | 3 hrs. |
| Principles of Marketing (MKT 301) | 3 hrs. |
| Production Management (MSC 385) | 3 hrs. |
| International Business (MGT 450) ** | 3 hrs. |
| Business Policy (MGT 499) | 3 hrs. |
| Total Business Administration Core Curriculum | 24 hrs. |
| * Required for accounting and MIS majors. Students in other majors may substitute another 300-level accounting course. ** International Business Requirement. Business majors acquire a broad knowledge of international business and economic theories, problems and practices through taking MGT450 and through the weaving of global issues in the business administration core curriculum. This requirement has been in effect since March 4, 1994. |
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The College of Business Administration offers the following majors: accounting , finance , management , marketing , and management information systems.
| Total Upper Division Requirements | 66 hrs. |
| Total minimum hours for a B.S.B.A. Degree *** | 128 hrs. |
| *** No more than 6 hours of HPE activity and music ensemble courses may count toward graduation. | |
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