Classification: Major, Minor
Degree: Bachelor of Science
The focus of the business major is surrounded with a few key schools such as economics, marketing, management, statistics, accounting, human resources, organizational behavior, and innovation.
The total courses required for the business major is 17 (51-58 semester hours).
The total courses required for the business minor is 7 (21 semester hours).
Required Courses
Major Required Courses
All of the following (39–41 sem. hrs.):
- BUS 201 Principles of Management (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 202 Principles of Marketing (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 213 Accounting I: Intro to Financial Accounting (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 230 Intro to Human Resource Management (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 290/390 Internship in Business (2-4 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 303 Small Business Management (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 305 Legal Environment of Business (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 310 Corporate Finance (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 402 Senior Seminar in Business (4 sem. hrs.)
- ECON 101 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 sem. hrs.)
- ECON 102 Principles of Microeconomics (3 sem. hrs.)
- MATH 151 Elementary Statistics (3 sem. hrs.) -or- MATH 111 Calculus I: Introduction to Calculus (4 sem. hrs.)
Five of the following courses (15–16 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 100 Principles of Business (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 203 Social Entrepreneurship (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 204 Business Analytics (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS/DATA 205 Visual Analytics (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 214 Principles of Accounting II (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 215 Leadership in Global Society (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 220 International Business (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 231 Principles of Project Management (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 250 Innovation: Creative Problem Solving (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 253 Investment Management and Strategies (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 302 Brand Management (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 306 Business Ethics (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 307 Marketing Analytics (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 308/PSY 306 Organizational Behavior (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 350 Business Strategy (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 360 Strategic Marketing and e-Commerce. (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 365 Business Sustainability and Social Responsibility (3 sem. hrs.)
- ECON 233 Economics of Health and Medical Care (3 sem. hrs.)
- ECON 286 Money, Banking and Capital Markets (3 sem. hrs.)
- ECON 302 Managerial Economics (3 sem. hrs.)
- ECON 330 The World Economy: Trade and Finance (3 sem. hrs.)
- MATH 305 Operations Research (3 sem. hrs.)
- PHIL 240 Ethics, Equality and Justice (3 sem. hrs.)
- SS 394 Research Methods for the Social Sciences (4 sem. hrs.)
- THEA 201 Arts Management (3 sem. hrs.)
Minor Required Courses
All of the following (15 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 201 Principles of Management (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 202 Principles of Marketing (prereqs: ECON 102 and BUS 201) (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 213 Principles of Accounting I (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 250 Innovation & Creative Problem Solving (3 sem. hrs.)
- MATH 151 Elementary Statistics (3 sem. hrs.)
One of the following (3 sem. hrs.)
- ECON 101 Principles of Macroeconomic (3 sem. hrs.)
- ECON 102 Principles of Microeconomics (3 sem. hrs.)
One of the following (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 100 Principles of Business (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 214 Principles of Accounting II (prereq: BUS 213)
- BUS 230 Introduction Human Resource Management (prereq: BUS 201)
- BUS 308/PSY 306 Organizational Behavior (3 sem. hrs.)
- BUS 365 Business Sustainability and Social Responsibility (prereqs: BUS 201 and 302)
- ECON 101 Principles of Macroeconomics (if not taken for above)
- ECON 102 Principles of Microeconomics (if not taken for above)
- THEA 201 Arts Management