2007-08 Catalog
Business Administration Requirements

The faculty in Business Administration fully support and affirm the mission of St. Norbert College to provide students with a liberal education contributing to the students' intellectual, personal, and moral development. To this end, the discipline's faculty fully support the philosophy and goals of the College and recognize the General Education program as the basis for all Business Administration curricula.

Each Business Administration curriculum, in support of the General Education program, helps students develop skills for effective communication, problem-solving, and logical decision-making. These curricula also help students develop an understanding of ethical issues.

Each Business Administration curriculum helps students become knowledgeable and skilled business professionals and prepares them for graduate business education. Each curriculum also provides a broad-based business preparation that enables majors to integrate theoretical and applied aspects of business, develop technical, conceptual, and human skills, and understand domestic and global business environments.

Three alternative majors lead to the baccalaureate (B.B.A.) degree in business administration: General Business, Accounting (including C.P.A., refer to the Accounting Program), and International Business and Language Area Studies (refer to IBLAS Program).

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.

Assessment: Assessment data is obtained through existing college surveys and nationally normed collection devices in courses such as BUAD 485. There are no special student requirements in regard to assessment of the General Business or Accounting programs. The International Business and Language Area Studies program is assessed separately.

Courses: In this catalog, the Business Administration (BUAD) faculty have indicated in which semester(s) each BUAD course will be offered. While the BUAD faculty will attempt to maintain this schedule of classes, the schedule may change due to various circumstances such as available staffing.

Graduate School Advisor: Dr. Matthew Stollak

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

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

Freshmen 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
BUAD 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
BUAD 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 (No-Concentration Option):
Two courses from 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).

Finance Concentration:
Required:
               BUAD 351 Investments
               BUAD 352 Financial Institutions or ECON 390 Monetary Theory & Policy
Two of the following:
               BUAD 325 Intermediate Accounting 1
               BUAD 355 Advanced Financial Management
               BUAD 371 Sales Management
               BUAD 489 Special Topics (Finance)
               BUAD 490 Independent Study
               BUAD 494 Internship (Finance)

Global Business Concentration:
Required:
               GS 7 Foreign Language Course
               BUAD 262 Introduction to IBLAS
               BUAD 468*/469 Senior Seminars in IBLAS 1,2 *[468 is substituted for 485]
               One semester study abroad
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)
               BUAD 490 Independent Study
               BUAD 494 Internship (Global Business)

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 345 Business Applications Using Systems Analysis and Design
               BUAD 489 Special Topics (Management)
               BUAD 490 Independent Study
               BUAD 494 Internship (Management)

Marketing: Concentration
Required:
               BUAD 372 Marketing Research
               BUAD 471 Advanced Topics in Marketing
Two of the following:
               BUAD 262 Introduction to International Business and Language Area Studies
               BUAD 371 Sales Management
               BUAD 374 Marketing Promotions
               BUAD 375 Consumer Behavior
               BUAD 490 Independent Study
               BUAD 494 Internship (Marketing)

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)
               BUAD 490 Independent Study
               BUAD 494 Internship (Human Resources)

Business Administration Minor (7 courses): BUAD 101/201 or BUAD 205, 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 IBLS curriculum requirements.

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