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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Administration, B.S.

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Major Requirements

Credit Hours: 60+

In addition to completing the requirements for this major, students must also complete the degree requirements specified in the Academic Regulations  section of this catalog.

Courses within this major may also satisfy general education requirements. Please consult the Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Requirements  for more information.

Required Courses

Notes:

  • Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 203   in lieu of ACCT 203 .
  • Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 204  in lieu of ACCT 204 .
  • Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 210  in lieu of BLAW 205 .
  • Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 214  in lieu of DSCI 232 .
  • Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 200  in lieu of ECON 200 .
  • Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 211  in lieu of ECON 201 .
  • Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 115  in lieu of MATH 120 .
  • Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 217  in lieu of MATH 250 .

Electives

Choose 18 credit hours at the 300 or 400-level from the following courses with a maximum of 6 credit hours of accounting, decision sciences, economics, finance, hospitality and tourism, information management, international business, management, marketing, supply chain management, real estate, independent study, special topics, tutorial, or travel/study abroad courses.

In lieu of choosing 18 credit hours from the list below, students may select one of the approved Business Administration concentrations.

Notes:

  • The School of Business strongly encourages students to complete the following courses by the end of their sophomore year: ACCT 203 , ACCT 204 ; DSCI 232 ; ECON 200 , ECON 201 ; MATH 104  or MATH 250  and MATH 116  or MATH 120 . These courses are pre-requisites for many upper level junior and senior business and economics courses.
  • The business and accounting programs offered by the School of Business are accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
  • Students are not permitted to double major in Business Administration and Accounting, Commercial Real Estate Finance, Finance, Hospitality and Tourism Management, International Business, Marketing, or Supply Chain Management.
  • Students are not permitted to major in Business Administration and minor in Entrepreneurship, Finance, Global Logistics and Transportation, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Leadership for Sustainability, Management, Marketing, or Real Estate.
  • Students minoring in Information Management may apply a maximum of six credit hours from DSCI 323 , INFM 220 , INFM 330 , INFM 390  towards the Business Administration major.

Coursework Meeting Major Requirements Excluded from the Major GPA Calculation

The following courses are excluded: HONS 115 , HONS 217 , MATH 104 , MATH 116 , MATH 120 , MATH 250  

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