Majors & Minors

GUIDELINES FOR A MAJOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

A minimum of 36 credits in Business Administration, of which 24 credits must be at the 300 level or above.

Courses Required:

  • Business and Society, BSAD 130, 3 credits
  • Principles of Financial Accounting, BSAD 201, 3 credits
  • Principles of Managerial Accounting, BSAD 202, 3 credits
  • Business Law, BSAD 231, 3 credits
  • Business Finance I, BSAD 310, 3 credits
  • Marketing Principles, BSAD 320, 3 credits
  • Management and Organizational Behavior, BSAD 330, 3 credits
  • Management Information Systems, BSAD 341, 3 credits
  • Operations Management, BSAD 342, 3 credits
  • Management Strategy and Policy, BSAD 489, 3 credits
  • Choice of either:
    Six credits of upper-division electives in Business Administration, or
    For students choosing to earn an optional concentration in Accounting, Finance, International Business, Management or Marketing:


    Nine credits in the chosen area of concentration beyond those required courses specified above. These courses must be selected with the departmen's approval with at least six credits 300-level or 400-level BSAD courses. If appropriate, one of the three courses may be a BSAD course below the 300 level or a non-BSAD course.

  • Statistics: MATH 80, 3 credits
  • Choice of either:
    Mathematics for the Management Sciences, MATH 81, 3 credits or
    Integrated Precalculus/Calculus, MATH 139A,B, 7 credits or
    Calculus and Analytic Geometry I, MATH 141A, 4 credits
  • Principles of Economics I, II, ECON 200, 201, 6 credits
  • One upper-division economics course
  • Why Read? ENGL 120, 3 credits
  • Essentials of Public Speaking, THEA 101, 3 credits

One course in ethics highly recommended

Study abroad is also highly recommended

GUIDELINES FOR A MINOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

A minor in Business Administration requires 21 credits, including 201, 202, 231, 310, 320, 330 and one other upper-division course.