BS in Business Administration
The BS in Business Administration program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). The ACBSP accreditation standards are modeled on the Baldrige National Quality Program, which focuses on a student-centered learning approach in the classroom. Learn more about the ACBSP accreditation standards.
Degree Requirements
The BS in Business Administration requires 126 course credits, including:
| Undergraduate College Core Requirements | 40 credits* | |
| Business Administration Major | 69 credits | |
| Common Professional Component in Business | 51 credits | |
| BUSN 105 Principles of Management | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 106 Principles of Marketing | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 110 Business Analytics | (3 credits) | |
| ACCT 205 Principles of Accounting I | (3 credits) | |
| ACCT 207 Principles of Accounting II | (3 credits) | |
| ECON 220 Microeconomics | (3 credits) | |
| ECON 230 Macroeconomics* | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 300 Quantitative Methods (Must be taken before senior year.) |
(3 credits) | |
| BUSN 301 Business Law I | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 302 Business Law II | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 303 Fundamentals of Information Systems I | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 309 International Business | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 316 Operations: Methods and Systems | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 317 Principles of Finance | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 318 Human Resource Strategy | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 400 Business Strategy | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 375/475 Business Internship | (3 credits) | |
| Cognate Requirements | 6 credits | |
| MATH 102 Mathematical Modeling* | (3 credits) | |
| MATH 119 Statistics* | (3 credits) | |
Area of Concentration (one of the following) |
12 credits | |
| Finance (four of the following) | ||
| BUSN 405 Corporate Financial Analysis | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 406 Investments | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 407 Capital and Money Markets | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN/ECON 419 International Finance | (3 credits) | |
| ECON 305 Money and Banking | (3 credits) | |
| ECON 409 Public Finance | (3 credits) | |
| International Business (all of the following) | ||
| BUSN 401 International Political Economy | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 409 International Marketing | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN/ECON 419 International Finance | (3 credits) | |
| ECON 336 International Trade | (3 credits) | |
| Marketing (four of the following) | ||
| BUSN 211 Sports Marketing and Consumer Behavior | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 307 Marketing Management | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 371 Social Media Marketing | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 409 International Marketing | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 410 Services Marketing | (3 credits) | |
| COMM 343 Introduction to Advertising | (3 credits) | |
| COMM 413 Public Relations Project Management | (3 credits) | |
| Healthcare Management (all of the following) | ||
| BUSN 240 Introduction to U.S. Healthcare Policy and Systems | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 250 Healthcare Marketing | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 340 Hospital and Healthcare Management | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 440 Intro to Hospital and Healthcare Finance | (3 credits) | |
| Information Systems (all of the following) | ||
| BUSN 402 Introduction to Programming | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 403 Fund. of Information Systems II | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 404 Multi-User Systems | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 413 Financial Information Systems | (3 credits) | |
| Sports Management (four of the following) | ||
| BUSN 210 Intro. to Sports Management | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 211 Sports Marketing and Consumer Behavior | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 310 Sport and Society | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 322 Sports Event Production and Facility Management | (3 credits) | |
| BUSN 420 Advanced Sports Business Strategies | (3 credits) | |
| Open Electives | 17 credits | |
| TOTAL | 126 credits |
* Three core credits in the social sciences and six core credits in math may be satisfied with major requirements for the BS in Business in Administration.
Sample Program
BS in Business Administration (126 credits)
Year 1
| FYE 101 First Year Experience | 1 credit |
| ENGL 110 Writing in Context I (Fall) | 3 credits |
| ENGL 120 Writing in Context II (Spring) | 3 credits |
| Freshman Seminar | 3 credits |
| Modern Language and Literature Core | 6 credits |
| Undergraduate College Core Courses | 3 credits |
| ACCT 105 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance | 3 credits |
| BUSN 105 Principles of Management | 3 credits |
| BUSN 106 Principles of Marketing | 3 credits |
| MATH 102 Mathematical Modeling | 3 credits |
| TOTAL | 31 credits |
Year 2
| ECON 220 Microeconomic Principles | 3 credits |
| ECON 230 Macroeconomic Principles | 3 credits |
| Undergraduate College Core Courses | 12 credits |
| ACCT 205 Principles of Accounting I | 3 credits |
| ACCT 207 Principles of Accounting II | 3 credits |
| MATH 119 Statistics | 3 credits |
| Open Electives | 6 credits |
| TOTAL | 33 credits |
Year 3
| Undergraduate College Core Courses | 3 credits |
| BUSN 300 Quantitative Methods (must be taken before senior year) | 3 credits |
| BUSN 301 Business Law I | 3 credits |
| BUSN 302 Business Law II | 3 credits |
| BUSN 303 Fundamentals of Information Systems I | 3 credits |
| BUSN 317 Principles of Finance | 3 credits |
| Major Concentration Course | 3 credits |
| Major Concentration Course | 3 credits |
| Open Electives | 9 credits |
| TOTAL | 33 credits |
Year 4
| BUSN 305 Operations: Methods and Systems | 3 credits |
| BUSN 309 International Business | 3 credits |
| BUSN 318 Human Resource Strategy | 3 credits |
| BUSN 400 Business Strategy | 3 credits |
| Major Concentration Course | 3 credits |
| Major Concentration Course | 3 credits |
| BUSN 375 Internship | 3 credits |
| Open Electives | 8 credits |
| TOTAL | 29 credits |
Total Credits for Graduation – 126