Business Administration, B.A./B.S.

Ten Business Administration courses

(40 credits)

• BA 201 Financial Accounting (4 Credits)
• BA 202 Managerial Accounting (4 Credits)
• BA 230 Legal Environment of Business (4 Credits)
• BA 260 Principles of Management (4 Credits)
• BA 340 Principles of Marketing (4 Credits)
• BA 363 International Organizational Behavior (4 Credits)
• BA 367 Operations Management (4 Credits)
• BA 380 Principles of Finance (4 Credits)
• BA 470 Internship in Business Administration (4 Credits)
• BA 495 Policy Formulation and Administration (4 Credits)

Two Economics courses

(8 credits)

• EC 210 Principles of Macroeconomics (4 Credits)
• EC 211 Principles of Microeconomics (4 Credits)

One upper level Business or Economics elective

If a student is pursuing a dual/double concentration, this requirement is waived.

(4 credits)

One English course

(Does not count in Major GPA)

(4 credits)

• EN 218 Business Writing (4 Credits)

Two Mathematics courses

(Does not count in Major GPA)

• MA 141 Elementary Statistics (4 Credits)

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  And one of the following courses

• BA 157 Quantitative Methods for Business (4 credits)
• MA 201 Calculus I (4 Credits)
• MA 207 Applied Calculus I (3 Credits)

Four Mathematics courses

(Does not count in Major GPA)

• BA 157 Quantitative Methods for Business (4 credits)
• MA 141 Elementary Statistics (4 Credits)
• MA 201 Calculus I (4 Credits)

• AND

• MA 202 Calculus II (4 Credits)

• OR

• MA 242 Intermediate Statistics (4 Credits)

Accounting (12 Credits)

Option 1 (for those interested to work in tax/legal areas):

• BA 326 Federal Tax Accounting  (4 Credits)
• BA 329A Tax Planning for those with Special Needs  (2 Credits)
• BA 329B Business Entity Taxation  (2 Credits)

       AND

• BA 225 Cost Accounting  (4 Credits)

       OR

• BA 222 Intermediate Accounting I  (4 Credits)

Option 2 (for those interested in core accounting functions or auditing related work):

• BA 222 Intermediate Accounting I  (4 Credits)
• BA 223 Intermediate Accounting II  (4 Credits)

       AND

• BA 327 Auditing  (4 Credits)

       OR

• BA 328 Advanced Accounting  (4 Credits)

Note: Students pursuing an accounting concentration will NOT be able to sit for the CPA Examination without additional coursework in accounting

Economics (12 Credits)

• EC 216 Intermediate Microeconomics (4 Credits)
• Two additional advanced Economics courses selected with adviser.

Finance (12 Credits)

• BA 381 Advanced Financial Analysis (4 Credits)
• BA 382 Investments (4 Credits)

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• One additional advanced course from the list below, selected with adviser:

• BA 383 Financial Institutions and Markets
• BA 384 Derivative Securities and Markets (4 Credits)
• BA 386 International Finance (4 Credits)
• EC 212 Money and Banking (4 Credits)
• MA 361 Financial Mathematics I (4 Credits)
• MA 362 Financial Mathematics II (4 Credits)

Management (12 Credits)

• BA 362 Human Resources Administration (4 Credits)
• BA 369 Management Information Systems (4 Credits)

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• One additional advanced course from the list below, selected with adviser:

• BA 264 Corporate Social Responsibility (4 Credits)
• BA 361 Managing Social Media & Communication in the Workplace (4 Credits)
• BA 366 Agribusiness Management (4 Credits)
• SPM 361 Leadership and Management in Sport (4 Credits)
• Other courses taken while studying abroad or from another department within the University with approval from adviser

Other management/leadership upper-level courses with approval from adviser