Department of Accounting, Business, and Economics

B.S. in Business Administration

The B.S. in Business Administration program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). The ACBSP accreditation standards are modeled on the Baldrige National Quality Program, which focuses on a student-centered learning approach in the classroom. Learn more about the ACBSP accreditation standards.

Degree Requirements

The B.S. in Business Administration requires 126 course credits, including:

College Core Requirements 40 credits*
Business Administration Major 69 credits
Common Professional Component in Business: 51 credits  
ACCT 105 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance (3 credits)
BUSN 105 Principles of Management (3 credits)
BUSN 106 Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
ACCT 205 Principles of Accounting I (3 credits)
ACCT 207 Principles of Accounting II (3 credits)
ECON 220 Microeconomics (3 credits)
ECON 230 Macroeconomics* (3 credits)
BUSN 300 Quantitative Methods
(Must be taken before senior year.)
(3 credits)
BUSN 301 Business Law I (3 credits)
BUSN 302 Business Law II (3 credits)
BUSN 303 Fundamentals of Information Systems I (3 credits)
BUSN 309 International Business (3 credits)
BUSN 316 Operations: Methods and Systems (3 credits)
BUSN 317 Principles of Finance (3 credits)
BUSN 318 Human Resource Strategy (3 credits)
BUSN 400 Business Strategy (3 credits)
BUSN 375/475 Business Internship (3 credits)
Cognate Requirements 6 credits
MATH 102 Mathematical Modeling* (3 credits)
MATH 119 Statistics* (3 credits)

Area of Concentration (one of the following):

 12 credits
Finance (four of the following):
BUSN 405 Corporate Financial Analysis (3 credits)
BUSN 406 Investments (3 credits)
BUSN 407 Capital and Money Markets (3 credits)
BUSN/ECON 419 International Finance (3 credits)
ECON 305 Money and Banking (3 credits)
ECON 409 Public Finance (3 credits)
International Business (all of the following):
BUSN 401 International Political Economy (3 credits)
BUSN 409 International Marketing (3 credits)
BUSN/ECON 419 International Finance (3 credits)
ECON 336 International Trade (3 credits)
Marketing (four of the following):
BUSN 210 Sports Marketing (3 credits)
BUSN 307 Marketing Management (3 credits)
BUSN 409 International Marketing (3 credits)
BUSN 410 Services Marketing (3 credits)
COMM 343 Introduction to Advertising (3 credits)
COMM 413 Public Relations Project Management (3 credits)
Health Care Management (all of the following):
BUSN 240 Introduction to US Health Care Policy and Systems (3 credits)
BUSN 250 Health Care Marketing (3 credits)
BUSN 340 Hospital and Health Care Management (3 credits)
BUSN 440 Intro to Hospital and Health Care Finance (3 credits)
Information Systems (all of the following):
BUSN 402 Introduction to Programming (3 credits)
BUSN 403 Fund. of Information Systems II (3 credits)
BUSN 404 Multi-User Systems (3 credits)
BUSN 413 Financial Information Systems (3 credits)
Sports Management (four of the following):
BUSN 210 Intro. to Sports Management (3 credits)
BUSN 211 Sports Marketing and Consumer Behavior (3 credits)
BUSN 310 Sport and Society (3 credits)
BUSN 322 Sports Event Production and Facility Management (3 credits)
BUSN 420 Advanced Sports Business Strategies (3 credits)
Open Electives 17 credits
TOTAL 126 credits

* Three core credits in the Social Sciences and six core credits in MATH may be satisfied with major requirements for the
B.S. in Business in Administration. 

Sample Program

B.S. in Business Administration (126 credits)

Year 1

FYE 101 The First-Year Experience 1 credit
ENGL 110 Writing in Context I (fall) 3 credits
ENGL 120 Writing in Context II (spring) 3 credits
Freshman Seminar 3 credits
Modern Language and Literature Core 6 credits
College Core Course 3 credits
ACCT 105 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance 3 credits
BUSN 105 Principles of Management 3 credits
BUSN 106 Principles of Marketing 3 credits
MATH 102 Mathematical Modeling 3 credits
TOTAL 31 credits

Year 2

ECON 220 Microeconomic Principles 3 credits
ECON 230 Macroeconomic Principles 3 credits
College Core Courses 12 credits
ACCT 205 Principles of Accounting I 3 credits
ACCT 207 Principles of Accounting II 3 credits
MATH 119 Statistics 3 credits
Open Electives 6 credits
TOTAL 33 credits

Year 3

College Core Course 3 credits
BUSN 300 Quantitative Methods (must be taken before senior year) 3 credits
BUSN 301 Business Law I 3 credits
BUSN 302 Business Law II 3 credits
BUSN 303 Fundamentals of Information Systems I 3 credits
BUSN 317 Principles of Finance 3 credits
Major Concentration Course 3 credits
Major Concentration Course 3 credits
Open Electives 9 credits
TOTAL 33 credits

Year 4

BUSN 305 Operations: Methods and Systems 3 credits
BUSN 309 International Business 3 credits
BUSN 318 Human Resource Strategy 3 credits
BUSN 400 Business Strategy 3 credits
Major Concentration Course 3 credits
Major Concentration Course 3 credits
BUSN 375 Internship 3 credits
Open Electives 8 credits
TOTAL 29 credits

Total Credits for Graduation – 126