2001-03 Catalog
Business Administration Requirements

General Business Major (14 courses): The general business major is divided into basic, core, and advanced requirements.

A. The basic and core requirements will normally be taken in the following sequence:

FRESHMAN YEAR

• BA 105 Financial Accounting
• BA 142 Computer Applications in Business
• MT 124 Survey of Calculus or
• MT 131 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I

SOPHOMORE YEAR

• BA 206 Managerial Accounting
• BA 230 Foundations of Management
• BA 284 Statistics for Business and Economics or

• EC 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
• EC 202 Principles of Microeconomics

JUNIOR YEAR

• BA 350 Corporate Finance
• BA 370 Marketing Concepts and Issues
• BA 390 Business Law I

SENIOR YEAR

• BA 485 Seminar in Business Policy

B. Advanced requirements:

Advanced business requirements should be taken in the third and fourth years, and there are both minimum and maximum limits. General business majors must take at least two advanced courses from the following list: any business administration (BA) course above the 100-level (other than the core requirements and courses designated for non-majors); any economics (EC) course above the 200-level; and selected courses in communications (CO 322), English (EN 306), mathematics (MT 317), philosophy (PL 320), psychology (PS 221, 321, 325 and 360), and sociology (SC 235). No more than four advanced business administration (BA) courses, above the 200 level (other than core requirements), may be counted to satisfy the 32 total courses required for graduation. Students must select their advanced courses in consultation with their advisors.

C. Further Study in Specific Business Areas: Students wishing further study in specific business areas should consider the suggestions listed below. These suggestions include courses taken as Advanced Requirements in the General Business Degree beyond the general basic and core courses.

Students should select courses in consultation with their Advisors. Students cannot take more than 4 advanced Business courses, beyond the 200 level, (other than core requirements) within the 32 courses counted toward their degrees.

Finance:

BA 351 Investments, Fall
BA 352 Financial Institutions and Markets, Spring odd
BA 353 International Financial Management, Fall odd
One of the following:
  BA 355 Advanced Financial Management, Spring even
     BA 490 Independent Study (Finance)
  BA 494 Internship (Finance)

Information Systems:

    CS 110 Introduction to Computer Programming                 
    Three of the following:
       BA 242 Advanced Business Information System
       BA 333 Operations Management, Spring
       CS 205 Software and Elementary Data Structures
       CS 210 Cobol Programming, Spring
       BA 345 Systems Analysis and Design
       BA 445 Systems Project
       BA 490 Independent Study (Information Systems)
       BA 494 Internship (Information Systems)

International Business:
    BA 261 Dimensions of International Business, Spring
    BA 379 International Marketing, Fall even
    BA 353 International Financial Management, Fall odd
   Two of the following:
  PL 320 Business Ethics, Fall
  EC 376 International Trade
  EC 377 International Finance and Monetary Economics
  BA 490 Independent Study (International Business)
  BA 494 Internship (International Business)

Management:

     BA 333 Operations Management, Spring
     BA 336 Personnel/Industrial Relations, Fall even
    Two of the following:
  BA 337 Behavior in Organizations, Spring even
  BA 338 Organizational Theory and Practice, Fall odd
  BA 490 Independent Study (Management)
  BA 494 Internship (Management)

Marketing:

     BA 471 Advanced Topics in Marketing, Fall
     BA 372 Marketing Research, Fall odd
     Two of the following:
         BA 371 Sales Management, Spring
         BA 374 Marketing and Advertising Campaigns, Spring odd
         BA 375 Consumer Behavior, Spring even
         BA 379 International Marketing, Fall even
         BA 490 Independent Study (Marketing)
         BA 494 Internship (Marketing)

General Business Minor (7 courses): BA 101, 142, 230, 350, 370, BA 284 or DS 224, and EC 202.

International Business and Language Area Studies (IBLAS) Major: Refer to the International Programs section of the Catalog for IBLAS curriculum requirements.

Computer Information Systems Major: Refer to the CIS section of the Catalog for curriculum requirements.

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