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Business Administration Major

Business Administration Major


IN THIS SECTION
  • Business Administration
    • Business Administration Major
    • Business Administration Minor
  • Economics
    • Economics Major
    • Economics Minor
  • Management
    • Master of Science in Management

Go farther with a degree in business administration.

The Business Administration Major will enable you to acquire competencies necessary to manage the business, human, financial, and technological resources of organizations. Target your training based on your interests and aspirations by taking one of the program’s 6 concentrations: Management, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, International Business, or Entrepreneurial Studies and Small Business Management.

Program Options in Business Administration

  • The Department of Business Administration and Economics offers a 4+1 program that allows business administration majors with GPAs of 3.0 or higher to gain admission to the MS in Management during their junior year (they may apply once they have completed 75 credits or after the completion of 8 business administration courses for transfer students) and to a begin taking classes as a senior. In order to complete the joint degree, in the final year of their bachelor’s work, students may take 2 graduate-level courses (6 credits). Please see the note below regarding which graduate classes may also count within the undergraduate business administration major degree requirements. These graduate credits may be included in the undergraduate tuition of full-time state-supported students. Students should take at least 1 summer class between the spring of their undergraduate graduation and the fall in which they embark on full-time graduate studies. Taking the graduate credits as an undergraduate and the summer class(es) may allow students to complete course requirements for the bachelor’s and master’s degree in 5 years (60 months). For more details, students should consult with the graduate coordinator of the MS in Management program. Other courses may count in both the undergraduate and graduate programs with the permission of the graduate coordinator.

    Undergraduate business administration majors who are accepted into the 4+1 program may take the following graduate courses (6 credits maximum) and count them in both their business administration undergraduate major and MS in Management program. These courses will appear at the 500 level on their undergraduate transcripts and will be transferred at the 900 level for the MS in Management program once they have completed their bachelor of science degrees. Students must have permission of the graduate instructor and the MS in Management graduate coordinator to take any graduate classes before they have finished their undergraduate degree program.
  • The common business core together with 4 additional courses in the field of accounting chosen with the assistance of the advisor. Typical courses include:

    • BA-370 Intermediate Accounting I
    • BA-371 Intermediate Accounting II
    • BA-375 Federal Income Taxes I
    • BA-376 Auditing
  • The common business core together with 2 required courses, Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Designing the Business Plan, plus 2 additional courses in the field chosen with the assistance of the advisor.

    Select 2 of the following:

    • BA-303 Small Business Management
    • BA-304 Women Entrepreneurs and Leaders
    • BA-351 Managing E-business
    • BA-420 Marketing Research
    • SO-420 Seminar in Sociology

    Or any courses in the field as approved by program chair/instructor/advisor.

  • The common business core together with 4 additional courses in the field of finance chosen with the assistance of the advisor. Course options:

    • BA-404 Corporate Finance
    • BA-355 Insurance and Risk Management
    • BA-414 Real Estate Investment
    • BA-415 Investment Analysis
    • BA-486 Internship in Business Administration (related to finance)
    • EC-205 Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy
    • EC-307 International Finance
  • The common business core together with 4 elective courses in the field of international business chosen with the assistance of the advisor. A maximum of 2 EC electives may be used. Electives include:

    • BA-351 Managing E-business
    • BA-481 Independent Study in Business Administration
    • BA-482 Selected Topics in Business Administration
    • BA-486 Internship in Business Administration
    • BA-494 International Marketing
    • EC-301 Economic Development
    • EC-307 International Finance
    • EC-308 International Trade
  • The common business core together with 4 elective courses in the field of management chosen with the assistance of the advisor from the list below:

    • BA-300 Organization Theory
    • BA-306 Human Resource Management
    • BA-327 Ethical Decision Making in Business
    • BA-380 Negotiations
    • BA-385 Leadership
    • BA-400 Management and Organizational Behavior I
    • BA-401 Management and Organizational Behavior II
    • BA-430 Administrative Practices and Management
    • BA-434 Management and Corporate Responsibility
    • BA-440 International Business and Management
    • BA-481 Independent Study in Business Administration
    • BA-482 Selected Topics in Business Administration
    • BA-486 Internship in Business Administration
  • The common business core together with 4 additional courses in the field of marketing chosen with the assistance of the advisor from the list that follows:

    • BA-406 Trends in Marketing
    • BA-420 Marketing Research
    • BA-422 Retailing
    • BA-424 Advertising Management
    • BA-426 Consumer Behavior
    • BA-428 Business to Business Marketing
    • BA-429 Integrated Marketing Communications
    • BA-486 Internship in Business Administration
    • BA-494 International Marketing
Explore sample courses in this program.
BA-100 Introduction to Business
Introduction to basic concepts related to business practices; includes examination of local, regional, and national organizations in the business world.
3 credits
BA-200 Principles of Management
Study of management practices and behavior in organizational settings; emphasis on introduction to managerial principles, concepts, and fundamentals.
3 credits
BA-210 Financial Accounting I
Principles, concepts, procedures, and techniques of financial accounting necessary for preparation, understanding, and interpretation of accounting information.
3 credits
BA-220 Financial Accounting II
Continuation of the topics covered in Financial Accounting I.
3 credits
BA-230 Managerial Accounting
Analysis, interpretation, and use of accounting data for effective managerial planning, control, and decision making.
3 credits
BA-250 Analytical Techniques in Business
Identification and analysis of common business problems using proper quantitative techniques and standard business software.
3 credits
BA-305 Organizational Behavior
Study of organizational effectiveness and quality of working life, through individual, organizational, and contextual level theories and practices.
3 credits
BA-312 Operations Management I
Applied analysis of operations in service and production systems using quantitative models and calculus, inventory, work measurement, scheduling, quality control.
3 credits
BA-316 Financial Management
Financial analysis, working capital management, and basics of capital budgeting.
3 credits
BA-318 Principles of Marketing
Overview of the full range of activities involved in marketing; develops an understanding of marketing strategy and processes.
3 credits
BA-320 Business Law I
Introduction to legal concepts as applied to the study of contracts, personal property, sales, and the Uniform Commercial Code.
3 credits
BA-350 Business Information Systems and Applications
Survey of automated business information systems and microcomputer applications with emphasis on business-oriented software.
3 credits
BA-480 The Legal Environment of Business
The impact of governmental regulation on business and its response are evaluated by unique debate-type format.
3 credits
BA-490 Business Strategy and Policy
Capstone course integrating information provided in the functional areas such as finance, marketing, general management, business legal environment.
3 credits
EC-110 Introduction to Microeconomics
An introduction to the operation of the American market system and to the behavior of its participants whether consumers, producers, the government, or other nations engaged in international trade with the United States.
3 credits
EC-120 Introduction to Macroeconomics
An introduction to economic analysis with particular emphasis upon the national problems of achieving and maintaining full employment, general price stability, and growth of the American economy through time.
3 credits
EN-253 Business Communications
A consideration of accepted business communication conventions: correspondence, memoranda, survey reports, proposals, interim reports, and project reports. (Open to business administration majors only.)
3 credits
MA-150 Statistics I
Descriptive techniques, elementary probability, distribution of the sample mean, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing of the means of 1 and 2 samples, linear regression, and correlation.
3 credits
EC-150 Statistics
Basic tools of statistical analysis appropriate to research in the social sciences; topics include measures of central tendency, hypothesis testing, time series, index numbers, regression, and correlation.
3 credits
MA-202 Business Calculus
Review of functions, limits, derivatives, and integration, and introduction to multivariate calculus. Business applications of these topics.
4 credits
EC-202 Introduction to Mathematical Economics
A survey of some basic mathematical techniques appropriate to the analysis of economic models and application of economic theory.
3 credits

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