Business Administration Major
Students must complete requirements in one of the following areas of emphasis:
- Business Analytics
- Entrepreneurship
- General Business
- Supply Chain Management
Overview of Program Emphases
Business Analytics:
Learn to translate data for business decisions. The Business Analytics major prepares students to interpret and analyze complex data into comprehensive insights for making actionable decisions. Students will be able to answer questions regarding what happened, what will happen, and what needs to be done.
Entrepreneurship:
Entrepreneurship skills are highly sought and marketable. Entrepreneurially minded graduates keep organizations viable through innovation. Entrepreneurship courses develop students' skills in problem solving, resourcefulness, independence, and critical thinking. The Entrepreneurship Emphasis provides students with in-depth knowledge in the Entrepreneurship domain through a rigorous curriculum with courses covering important topics including how to capture new markets and create new businesses that operate virtually, about online peer networks, e-business models and pitch experience and venture acceleration.
General Business:
The General Business emphasis is designed for working professionals seeking to advance their professional careers. The emphasis provides students with the opportunity to tailor the major by selecting specific coursework benefitting their career or aligning with their interests. Students can select to pursue one of the three certificate tracks (Digital Marketing & Sales, Entrepreneurship, or Supply Chain Management) or pursue the broad selection of courses to complete the general track. Entry into the program requires the transfer of a minimum of 40 credits from an accredited university, and at least 3 years of full-time equivalent relevant, professional experience to be evaluated through submitted evidentiary material. Admitted students can earn an additional six credits toward their general major requirements (Capstone experience excluded) through credit for prior learning. Evaluation of credit for prior learning follows accepted university practices.
Supply Chain Management:
Supply chain management is one of the most important career choices in the world. Everything we purchase gets to store shelves via a supply chain. Students will learn how supply chain management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies. The program closely studies the supply of materials to a manufacturer, along with the production and the distribution of finished goods through a network of distributors and retailers to a final customer. Careers in supply chain management are on the rise and continually increasing year after year with an excellent job outlook.
Business Analytics
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Foundational Courses | 30--34 | |
Principles of Financial Accounting | ||
Principles of Managerial Accounting | ||
Macro Economic Analysis | ||
Micro Economic Analysis | ||
Spreadsheet and Information Systems | ||
Principles of Sustainability in Business | ||
Business and Its Environment | ||
Business Ethics | ||
Principles of Supply Chain Management | ||
Statistics (choose one) | ||
Business Statistics | ||
or MATH 260 | Introductory Statistics | |
Writing (choose one) | ||
Professional Writing for Business Majors | ||
or WF 105 | Research and Rhetoric | |
Upper-Level Foundational Courses | 42 | |
Legal Environment of Business | ||
Corporation Finance | ||
Organizational Behavior | ||
Principles of Marketing | ||
e-Entrepreneurship and Digital Management | ||
Introduction to Human Resource Management | ||
Project Management | ||
Business Analytics Emphasis Required Courses | ||
Business Analytics | ||
Data Visualization and Storytelling | ||
Data Science for Managers | ||
Database Design & Management | ||
Introduction to Software Design | ||
Choose one of the following Information Management courses | ||
Foundations of Strategic Information Management | ||
Analysis & Design of Business Information Systems | ||
Choose one of the following Analytics elective courses | ||
Human Resource Management Analytics | ||
Social Media Marketing and Analytics | ||
Capstone Experience | 3 | |
Capstone in Business Strategy | ||
Total Credits | 75-79 |
1 | Satisfied for students with an ACT English score of 32 or higher |
Entrepreneurship
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Foundational Courses | 30-34 | |
Principles of Financial Accounting | ||
Principles of Managerial Accounting | ||
Macro Economic Analysis | ||
Micro Economic Analysis | ||
Spreadsheet and Information Systems | ||
Principles of Sustainability in Business | ||
Business and Its Environment | ||
Business Ethics | ||
Principles of Supply Chain Management | ||
Statistics (choose one) | ||
Business Statistics | ||
or MATH 260 | Introductory Statistics | |
Writing (choose one) | ||
Professional Writing for Business Majors 1 | ||
or WF 105 | Research and Rhetoric | |
Upper-Level Foundational Courses | ||
Legal Environment of Business | ||
Corporation Finance | ||
Organizational Behavior | ||
Principles of Marketing | ||
e-Entrepreneurship and Digital Management | ||
Introduction to Human Resource Management | ||
Project Management | ||
Entrepreneurship Emphasis Required Courses | 39 | |
Entrepreneurial Finance | ||
Small Business Management & Family Entrepreneurship | ||
New Venture Acceleration | ||
Choose one of the following Entrepreneurship Elective Courses: | ||
Internship | ||
Travel Course | ||
Choose two of the following Elective Courses | ||
Money, Banking and Financial Markets | ||
Real Estate Principles | ||
Risk Management and Insurance | ||
International Financial Management | ||
Bank Administration and Management | ||
Financial Plan Development | ||
Employee Development and Training | ||
Recruitment and Selection | ||
Employment Law | ||
Performance Management and Job Analysis | ||
Human Resource Management Analytics | ||
Data Science for Managers | ||
International Business Management | ||
Teams | ||
Leading Innovation and Change | ||
Diversity in Organizations | ||
Leadership Development | ||
Organizational Culture & Design | ||
Selling and Sales Management | ||
Digital Marketing | ||
International Marketing | ||
Research Methods | ||
Marketing Strategy | ||
Consumer Behavior | ||
Social Media Marketing and Analytics | ||
Operations Management | ||
Supply Chain Management | ||
Capstone Experience | 3 | |
Capstone in Business Strategy | ||
Total Credits | 72-76 |
1 | Satisfied for students with an ACT English score of 32 or higher |
General Business
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Lower-Level Foundation Required Courses | 21-22 | |
Principles of Financial Accounting | ||
Principles of Managerial Accounting | ||
Macro Economic Analysis | ||
or ECON 203 | Micro Economic Analysis | |
Business Statistics | ||
or MATH 260 | Introductory Statistics | |
Business Ethics | ||
Lower-Level Foundation Elective Courses (one of three) | 3 | |
Spreadsheet and Information Systems | ||
Business and Its Environment | ||
Professional Writing for Business Majors | ||
or WF 105 | Research and Rhetoric | |
Upper-Level Foundation Required Courses | 21 | |
Legal Environment of Business | ||
Corporation Finance | ||
Organizational Behavior | ||
Principles of Marketing | ||
Upper-Level Foundational Elective Courses (three of five) | 9 | |
Principles of Sustainability in Business | ||
e-Entrepreneurship and Digital Management | ||
Introduction to Human Resource Management | ||
Principles of Supply Chain Management | ||
Project Management | ||
Capstone Experience | 3 | |
Capstone in Business Strategy | ||
General Emphasis Tracks | 18 | |
Digital Marketing & Sales Certificate | ||
Selling and Sales Management | ||
Digital Marketing | ||
Marketing Strategy | ||
Consumer Behavior | ||
Social Media Marketing and Analytics (One additional courses from the general electives list) | ||
Three additional credits from the general electives list | ||
Entrepreneurship Certificate | ||
Must also take ENTRP 371 from within the Foundational Electives Category | ||
Entrepreneurial Finance | ||
Small Business Management & Family Entrepreneurship | ||
New Venture Acceleration | ||
Nine additional credits from the general electives list | ||
Supply Chain Management Certificate | ||
Must also take SCM 380 from within the Foundational Electives Category | ||
Operations Management | ||
Enterprise Resource Planning | ||
Supply Chain Management | ||
Logistics Management | ||
Six additional credits from the general electives list | ||
General Emphasis (minimum of 18 credits total) | ||
Minimum of 3 credits from ACCTG or FIN courses listed within General Electives | ||
Minimum of 3 credits from BUS ADM, ENTRP, or SCM courses listed within General Electives | ||
Minimum of 3 credits from HRM, MGMT, or MKTG courses listed within General Electives | ||
General Electives (see certificate track for number of required courses) | ||
Intermediate Accounting I | ||
Intermediate Accounting II | ||
Advanced Accounting | ||
Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting | ||
Introduction to Income Tax Theory and Practice | ||
Accounting Information Systems | ||
Auditing Standards and Procedures | ||
Cost Accounting | ||
Business Law | ||
Advanced Business Statistics | ||
Foundations of Strategic Information Management | ||
Analysis & Design of Business Information Systems | ||
Business Analytics | ||
Money, Banking and Financial Markets | ||
Entrepreneurial Finance | ||
Small Business Management & Family Entrepreneurship | ||
New Venture Acceleration | ||
Real Estate Principles | ||
Risk Management and Insurance | ||
Employee Benefits and Retirement Planning | ||
Estate and Trust Planning | ||
Principles of Investment | ||
International Financial Management | ||
Advanced Corporation Finance | ||
Bank Administration and Management | ||
Financial Plan Development | ||
Employee Development and Training | ||
Recruitment and Selection | ||
Employment Law | ||
Compensation and Benefits Planning | ||
Employee Relations | ||
Performance Management and Job Analysis | ||
Human Resource Management Analytics | ||
Data Science for Managers | ||
International Business Management | ||
Teams | ||
Leading Innovation and Change | ||
Diversity in Organizations | ||
Leadership Development | ||
Organizational Culture & Design | ||
Selling and Sales Management | ||
Digital Marketing | ||
International Marketing | ||
Advertising | ||
Research Methods | ||
Marketing Strategy | ||
Consumer Behavior | ||
Social Media Marketing and Analytics | ||
Operations Management | ||
Enterprise Resource Planning | ||
Supply Chain Management | ||
Logistics Management | ||
Total Credits | 75-76 |
1 | Satisfied for students with an ACT English score of 32 or higher |
Supply Chain Management
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Foundational Courses | 30-34 | |
Principles of Financial Accounting | ||
Principles of Managerial Accounting | ||
Macro Economic Analysis | ||
Micro Economic Analysis | ||
Spreadsheet and Information Systems | ||
Principles of Sustainability in Business | ||
Business and Its Environment | ||
Business Ethics | ||
Principles of Supply Chain Management | ||
Statistics (choose one): | ||
Business Statistics | ||
or MATH 260 | Introductory Statistics | |
Writing (choose one): | ||
Professional Writing for Business Majors 1 | ||
or WF 105 | Research and Rhetoric | |
Upper-Level Foundational Courses | 21 | |
Legal Environment of Business | ||
Corporation Finance | ||
Organizational Behavior | ||
Principles of Marketing | ||
e-Entrepreneurship and Digital Management | ||
Introduction to Human Resource Management | ||
Project Management | ||
Supply Chain Emphasis Required Courses | 12 | |
Operations Management | ||
Enterprise Resource Planning | ||
Supply Chain Management | ||
Logistics Management | ||
Choose one of the following Marketing courses: | 3 | |
Selling and Sales Management | ||
International Marketing | ||
Research Methods | ||
Marketing Strategy | ||
Consumer Behavior | ||
Choose one of the following Finance courses | 3 | |
Money, Banking and Financial Markets | ||
Risk Management and Insurance | ||
Principles of Investment | ||
International Financial Management | ||
Advanced Corporation Finance | ||
Capstone Experience | 3 | |
Capstone in Business Strategy | ||
Total Credits | 72-76 |
1 | Satisfied for students with an ACT English score of 32 or higher |