Requirements for a Major and Honors in Business Administration

The Business Administration major consists of three components of study.

Stage One is a group of 12 courses that cover, on a survey and principles basis, the major business and business related fields that are central to a business major.

Stage Two is a group of courses selected according to the guidelines set out below that requires students to investigate areas of business outside their intended areas of concentration.

Stage Three is a group of courses selected according to the guidelines set out below to enable the students to concentrate in one of five basic business fields: finance, health systems administration, management, marketing or quantitative analysis.*

To meet the requirements for the business administration major, a student must complete the Stage One and Stage Two courses, choose and complete one or more of the Stage Three areas of concentration, and meet the general college requirements for a baccalaureate degree.

Any student choosing to obtain a major in international business and economics will not be permitted to dual major or minor in either business administration or economics.

*Note: A student can develop an alternative area of concentration outside of the five listed, but only with prior approval of the Department of Economics, Accounting and Business Administration.
Requirements for the Major in Business Administration

Stage One

(To be completed by all business administration majors):

EC 170 Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics I**
MA 171 Elementary Statistics with Business Lab**
EC 172 Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics II**
EC 200 Introduction to Microeconomics
EC 201 Introduction to Macroeconomics
AC 205 Elementary Accounting I
AC 206 Elementary Accounting II
BA 200 Management Principles
BA 220 Marketing Principles
BA 320 Corporation Finance I
CS 100 Introduction to Computers
EH 240 Business and Technical Writing or EH 245 Advanced Writing

**Note: Students can substitute MA 141, MA 142, MA 123, and EC 435 for EC 170, MA 171 and EC 172. All four of these courses must be taken to replace EC 170 MA 171 and EC 172.

Recommended courses: PY 320 Industrial/Organizational Psychology, CM 102 Group Communication, CM 326 Advanced Public Speaking.

Stage Two

Students will select four of the following seven groups and then take at least one course in each of the four selected groups. Those students whose concentration is health systems administration will satisfy stage two by taking BA 270 Insurance, BA 370 Consumer Behavior, BA 390 Health Care Management and AC 340 Managerial Cost Accounting.

Group A
EC 315 Money & Banking
EC 327 International Trade
EC 328 International Monetary Economics
EC 330 Economics of Gender
EC 375 Development Economics
EC 380 Comparative Economic Systems
EC 390 Economies of the Asian Pacific Rim

Group B
BA 370 Consumer Behavior
BA 371 Promotion
BA 396 Selling and Sales Management
BA 397 International Marketing
BA 471 Marketing Research
BA 474 Marketing Policies and Strategies

Group C
BA 270 Insurance
BA 321 Corporate Finance II
BA 398 Multinational Finance
BA 453 Seminar in Portfolio Management and Mutual Funds
BA 455 Investment Principles and Analysis
BA 460 Financial Institutions
BA 473 Seminar in Derivatives

Group D
BA 341 Production Management
BA 425 Planning, Policy and Control
BA 435 Decision Making Strategies for the 21st Century
BA 451 Seminar in Business Management
BA 452 Seminar in International Business
EC 450 Seminar in Labor

Group E
EC 425 Managerial Economics
EC 435 Advanced Quantitative Tools for Business and Economics
CS 121 Programming and Problem Solving I (any CS course granting at least 3 semester hours credit may replace CS 121)

Group F
AC 305 Federal Income Tax
AC 310 Intermediate Accounting I
AC 340 Managerial Cost Accounting

Group G
PS 365 Health Policy Analysis
BA 380 Health Care Finance
BA 390 Health Care Management
BA 410 Health Systems Practicum
EC 310 Health Economics

Group H
BA 456 Human Resource Management
BA 395 Compensation & Staffing
BA 491 Seminar in Human Relations, Communications and Ethics

Stage Three

Each student must complete the required courses for at least one of the following areas of concentration. Recommended courses, listed under each area of concentration, are optional. The courses which are recommended should be used as a guide by the student in consultation with his/her advisor to best support the student's personalized program.

Requirements for Honors in Business Administration

See page 74 for a detailed description of the requirements for graduating with honors in a major. Courses that may be taken for honors in business administration are the following: BA 321, BA 341, BA 370, BA 371, BA 380, BA 390, BA 425, BA 455, BA 460, BA 471.