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Major

A major consists of 48 hours of business, accounting, and economics courses. These are ACCT 211, 212; BUS 240, 302, 311, 330, 332, 342, 361, 371, 423, 453; ECON 202, 203; and six hours of 300 or 400 level business or economics electives. BUS 361 and ECON 202 or 203 replace SOSC 210 and SOSC 215 respectively in the General Education Program. BUS 240 meets the Data Analysis requirement of the General Education Program. A student who is not familiar with the use of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, should take BUS 112: Fundamentals of Computer Applications.

Within the business administration major, four optional concentrations are available.

Economics Concentration

Three of the following five courses:

ECON 347, 353, 380, 401, or 412

Finance Concentration

BUS 390, 433; ECON 401.

Management Concentration

Three of the following fours options:

(1)      BUS 337

(2)      BUS 422

(3)      BUS 443

(4)      one from among: COMM 320; SPCH 220; CMST 332.

Marketing Concentration

Three of the following four courses:

BUS 337, 415, 417, or 419.

In any of the preceding concentrations, an appropriate BUS 450 course may by substituted for a course within the concentration if approved by the Dean.

If a student chooses to pursue a concentration, the business and economics courses of a concentration may be used to satisfy the requirement for six hours of 300 or 400 level business or economics electives for the business administration major. Generally, a business administration major without a concentration will total 48 hours and a business administration major with a concentration will total 51 hours.

A minor in Business Administration will be awarded to students who complete the following eighteen hours of courses and meet the University required minimum cgpa of 2.25 in those courses. All candidates for the minor must take ECON 202, ACCT 211, BUS 311, 332, 342 and one additional course from among the following: ACCT 212, BUS 302, 337, 361, 371, 380, 390, 422, 423. (In addition, please see the general guidelines for minors found in this catalog.)