Business

The goal of the business program is to provide students with fundamental understanding of key interdisciplinary concepts. The program also seeks to enhance the knowledge in business decision-making approaches in relation to most current practices applied locally and globally.

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

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