Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

50 credits minimum (34 credits upper division in Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, and Economics);22 supporting credits = 72 total credits

Internship/Independent Study Policy for Emphasis Requirement: A maximum of 4 credits combined total of Independent Study (BUS 490) or Internships (BUS 492) may count toward the 12-credit requirement for the emphasis. Students are free to strengthen their emphasis area with additional Independent Study or Internship credits beyond the 12-credit minimum.

If a student specializes in more than one emphasis area, no emphasis elective courses can overlap among the emphasis areas.

Required Courses:

• BUS 251: Principles of Accounting

• BUS 252: Managerial Accounting

• BUS 256: Business Analytics I

• BUS 356: Business Analytics II

• BUS 367: Behavior in Organizations

• BUS 374: Business Law

• BUS 375: Principles of Marketing

• BUS 381: Info Systems & Organization Design

• BUS 391: Principles of Finance

• ECON 311: Statistical Methods

Choose one of the following 4 credit courses:

• BUS 469: Strategic Management

• BUS 470: Executive Roundtable Capstone (By invitation only)

• BUS 467: Business Academic Competition

• BUS 485: Seminar (Additional fees may apply)

Required Supporting Courses

• BUS 151: Introduction to Business

• ECON 203: General Economics

• ENT 101: Creativity and Innovation

• BUS 301: Communication for Managers

• or COMM 306: Business and Professional Communication

• MATH 245: Applied Calculus (or equivalent)

• Select one of the following:

• PHIL 370: Business Ethics

• RLTH 350: Contemporary Christian Ethics

Business Economics Emphasis

A minimum of 12 credits of the following:

• ECON 312: Quantitative Analysis in Business

• ECON 321: Money and Banking and Capital Markets

• ECON 406: Intermediate Macro-Economics

• ECON 411: Intermediate Micro-Economics

• ECON 414: Economics of the Environment

• ECON 416: International Economics

• ECON 460: Economic Development

• BUS 472: International Finance

• BUS 475: Investment Analysis/Portfolio Developmt

• BUS 490: Independent Study

• BUS 492: Internship

• UNIV 102: Introduction to Personal Finance

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Emphasis

A minimum of 12 credits of the following:

• Required

  • ENT 301: Starting a Startup From Ideas to Action

• Choose a minimun of 8 credits of the following

  • ENT 401: Launching a Startup

  • ENT 430: Global Entrepreneurship

  • BUS 376: Sales Management

  • BUS 398: Raising Capital,

  • BUS 485: Seminar (may not count towards capstone requirement)

  • BUS 492: Internship

  • UNIV 102: Introduction to Personal Finance

Finance Emphasis

A minimum 12 credits of the following:

• BUS 392: Intermediate Finance

• BUS 393: Corporate Finance

• BUS 395: Financial Strategy

• BUS 398: Raising Capital,

• BUS 471: Real Estate Finance and Investments

• BUS 472: International Finance

• BUS 475: Investment Analysis/Portfolio Developmt

• BUS 352A: Intermediate Accounting

• BUS 490: Independent Study

• BUS 492: Internship

• UNIV 102: Introduction to Personal Finance

Global Business Emphasis

A minimum 12 credits of the following:

• Take the following course:

  • BUS 394: Global Business

• A minimum of 8 credits of the following:

  • BUS 472: International Finance

  • BUS 474: International Marketing

  • BUS 476: Global Business Behavior

  • BUS 485: Seminar (may not count towards capstone requirement)

  • ECON 416: International Economics

  • ECON 460: Economic Development

  • ECON 465: Global Political Economy

  • ENT 430: Global Entrepreneurship

  • BUS 490: Independent Study

  • BUS 492: Internship

  • UNIV 102: Introduction to Personal Finance

Management Emphasis

A minimum 12 credits of the following:

• BUS 330: Fundaments of Sustainable Business

• BUS 347: Introduction to Sports Management

• BUS 343: Employee Benefits & Retirement Planning

• BUS 368: Human Resource Mangement

• BUS 369: Negotiation and Persuasion

• BUS 435: Fund Raising for Non-Profit Organization

• BUS 443: Event Planning and Management

• BUS 448: Organization Development

• BUS 449: Managerial Leadership: Core Competencies

• BUS 464: Project and Change Management

• BUS 476: Global Business Behavior

• BUS 490: Independent Study

• BUS 492: Internship

• UNIV 102: Introduction to Personal Finance

Marketing Emphasis

A minimum 12 credits of the following:

• BUS 342: Marketing Research/Consumer Behavior

• BUS 344: Copywriting/Storyboarding Broadcast Adv

• BUS 369: Negotiation and Persuasion

• BUS 376: Sales Management

• BUS 380: Principles of Advertising

• BUS 411: Sports-Related Marketing

• BUS 412: Entertainment Industry Marketing

• BUS 430: Integrated Marketing Communication

• BUS 431: Brand Development & Customer Exp

• BUS 447: Social Marketing

• BUS 466: Digital Marketing

• BUS 474: International Marketing

• ART 385: Advertising Art I

• BUS 490: Independent Study

• BUS 492: Internship

• UNIV 102:Introduction to Personal Finance