2003-05 Catalog
Business Administration Requirements

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

A. Core Requirements: (Normally be taken in the following sequence)

Freshmen Year
BUAD 105 Financial Accounting
BUAD 142 Computer Applications in Business
MATH 124 Survey of Calculus or MATH 131 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I

Sophomore Year
BUAD 206 Managerial 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
ECON 101 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 102 Principles of Microeconomics

Junior Year
BUAD 350 Corporate Finance
BUAD 390 Business Law

Senior Year
BUAD 485 Seminar in Strategic Management

B. Advanced Requirements:
Advanced business requirements should be taken in the third and fourth years, and there are both minimum and maximum limits. Business Administration majors must take at least two advanced courses from the following list: any business administration (BUAD) course at the 200-level or above (other than the core requirements and courses designated for non-majors); any economics (ECON) course at the 200-level or above; and selected courses in communications (COMM 322), English (ENGL 306), mathematics (MATH 317), philosophy (PHIL 320), psychology (PSYC 221, 321, 325 and 360), and sociology (SOCI 235). 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 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 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 at the 300 level or above (other than core requirements) within the 32 courses counted toward their degrees.

Finance:
BUAD 351 Investments, Fall
BUAD 352 Financial Institutions and Markets, Spring odd
BUAD 355 Advanced Financial Management, Spring even
One of the following:
     BUAD 489 Special Topics (Finance)
     BUAD 490 Independent Study (Finance)
     BUAD 494 Internship (Finance)

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

Global Business:
BUAD/IBLS 262 Introduction to IBLAS, Fall
BUAD/IBLS 468/469* IBLAS Seminars I (Fall) and II (Spring)
Semester Study Abroad
Two of the following:
     BUAD 379 International Marketing, Fall even
     PHIL 320 Business Ethics, Fall
     ECON 376 International Trade
     ECON 377 International Finance and Monetary Economics
     BUAD 490 Independent Study (International Business)
     BUAD 494 Internship (International Business)
*Not required to take BUAD 485

Management:
BUAD 333 Operations Management, Spring
BUAD 336 Introduction to Human Resource Management, Fall even
Two of the following:
     BUAD 337 Behavior in Organizations, Spring even
     BUAD 338 Organizational Theory and Practice, Fall odd
     BUAD 490 Independent Study (Management)
     BUAD 494 Internship (Management)

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

Business Administration Minor (7 courses): BUAD 101, 142, 230, 270, 350, BUAD 284 or SSCI 224, and ECON 102.

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.

Residency Requirement: In order to earn a BBA 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 required for the BBA 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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