Business Administration
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Accounting and Business Administration major requirements
Business Administration major (14 Courses)
The business administration major is divided into basic, core and advanced requirements.
A. Core Requirements (normally to be taken in the following sequence)
Freshman Year
- ECON 101 (Principles of Macroeconomics)
- ECON 102 (Principles of Microeconomics)
- BUAD 142 (Computer Applications in Business)
- MATH 124 (Survey of Calculus) or MATH 131 (Calculus and Analytical Geometry 1)
Sophomore Year
- ACCT 205 (Financial Accounting)
- BUAD 230 (Foundations of Management)
- BUAD 270 (Marketing Concepts and Issues)
- BUAD 284 (Statistics for Business and Economics) or MATH 321 (Probability and Statistics)
Junior Year
- ACCT 206 (Managerial Accounting)
- BUAD 350 (Corporate Finance)
- BUAD 390 (Business Law)
Senior Year
- BUAD 485 (Strategic Management Seminar)
B. Advanced Requirements
Advanced business requirements should be taken in the third and fourth years and there are both minimum and maximum limits. Students should select courses in consultation with their advisors. No more than four advanced business administration (BUAD) courses, at the 300 level or above (other than core requirements), may be counted to satisfy the 32 total courses (128 semester credits) required for graduation. Students must select their advanced courses in consultation with their advisors. Business Administration majors must take at least two advanced courses from the following list or complete one of the following five concentrations:
Advanced Requirements (Non-Concentration Option)
Two courses from any business administration (BUAD) or accounting (ACCT) course at the 200 level or above (other than the core requirements, courses designated for non-majors, or ACCT 315); any economics (ECON) course at the 200 level or above (other than the core requirements); and selected courses in communications (COMM 322), English (ENGL 306), mathematics (MATH 317), philosophy (PHIL 320), psychology (PSYC 221, 321, 325 or 360), and sociology (SOCI 235).
Finance Concentration
Required:
- BUAD 351 (Investments)
- BUAD 352 (Financial Institutions) or ECON 390 (Monetary Theory & Policy)
- Two of the following: ACCT 325 (Intermediate Accounting 1), BUAD 355 (Advanced Financial Management), BUAD 371 (Sales Management), BUAD 489 (Special Topics, Finance)
Global Business Concentration
Required:
- GS 7 Foreign Language course
- BUAD 262 (Introduction to IBLAS)
- BUAD 468*/469 (Senior Seminars in IBLAS 1, 2)
- Two of the following: PHIL 320 (Business Ethics), ECON 370 (Comparative Economic Systems), ECON 376 (International Trade), ECON 377 (International Finance and Monetary Economics), BUAD 489 (Special Topics, Global Business)
*(468 is substituted for 485) One semester study abroad.
General Management Concentration
Required:
- BUAD 333 Operations Management
- BUAD 336 Introduction to Human Resource Management
- Two of the following: BUAD 337 (Behavior in Organizations), BUAD 338 (Organizational Theory and Practice), BUAD 489 (Special Topics, Management)
Marketing Concentration
Required:
- BUAD 372 Marketing Research
- BUAD 471 Marketing Management and Strategy
- Two of the following: BUAD 262 (Intro to International Business and Language Area Studies), BUAD 371 (Sales Management), BUAD 374 (Marketing Promotions), BUAD 375 (Consumer Behavior)
Human Resource Management Concentration
Required:
- BUAD 336 Human Resource Management
- BUAD 436 Advanced Human Resource Management
- Two of the following: BUAD 337 (Behavior in Organizations), ECON 330 (Labor Economics), PSYC 221 (Industrial and Organizational Psychology), BUAD 489 (Special Topics,Human Resource Management)
Note: BUAD 490 (Independent Study) or BUAD 494 Internship courses may be substituted for one of the optional concentration courses with approval of a faculty member within the area of concentration. The BUAD 494 Internship course will be reviewed as a substitute course after the course is completed.
Accounting major:
The Accounting sequence, 32 full courses (128 semester credits), results in a four year B.B.A. degree which prepares students to work in organizations such as service, banking and manufacturing.
A. Basic
Freshman year
- ECON 101 (Principles of Macroeconomics)
- ECON 102 (Principles of Microeconomics)
- BUAD 142 (Computer Applications in Business)
- MATH 124 (Survey of Calculus) or MATH 131 (Calculus and Analytical Geometry 1)
B. Core
Sophomore year
- ACCT 205 (Financial Accounting)
- BUAD 230 (Foundations of Management)
- BUAD 270 (Marketing Concepts and Issues)
- BUAD 284 (Statistics for Business and Economics) or MATH 321 (Probability and Statistics)
Junior year
- ACCT 315 (Managerial Cost Accounting)
- ACCT 316 (Advanced Managerial Accounting) (2 semester credits)
- ACCT 318 (Auditing)
- ACCT 320 (Accounting for Government and Not-For-Profit) (2 semester credits)
- ACCT 325 (Intermediate Accounting 1)
- ACCT 326 (Intermediate Accounting 2)
C. Advanced
Senior year
- BUAD 350 (Corporate Finance)
- BUAD 390 (Business Law)
- ACCT 419 (Federal Income Tax)
- ACCT 421 (Advanced Tax) (2 semester credits)
- ACCT 422 (Accounting Business Combinations) (2 semester credits)
- BUAD 485 (Strategic Management Seminar)
If students desire to take the C.P.A. exam and work as a Certified Public Accountant, an additional 5.5 courses (22 credits) is required. Students can complete the additional requirements by taking summer courses, one or two additional semesters, overload semesters (over four full courses) or some combination of the above.
Residency Requirement
In order to earn a B.B.A. degree from St. Norbert College, a student must earn satisfactory credit in at least six required business courses (BUAD) at St. Norbert College.
Independent Study
The number of independent studies in the 32 courses (128 semester credits) required for the B.B.A. degree is limited to three.
Internship
BUAD 494, internship for credit, can be taken only once for credit. This limit does not affect internships not taken for credit.
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