Business Administration (B.A.)

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Foundations

The Department of Economics and Business offers four distinct majors: accounting, business administration, economics and finance. Within the business major it is possible to earn an international business concentration. Additionally, the department jointly sponsors with the Political Science Department the international affairs major (see Interdisciplinary/Off-Campus Programs ).

All students majoring in accounting, business administration, economics or finance are required to take the following courses:

ECB 101 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 4
ECB 102 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 4
ECB 211 - Statistics in Business and Economics Credits: 4
ECB 311 - Intermediate Microeconomics Credits: 4

One of the following courses or equivalent validation:

MAT 134 - Survey of Calculus Credits: 4
MAT 141 - Calculus I Credits: 4

Requirements

The business administration major builds on a foundation of economic theory and is designed to stress the fundamentals of management, marketing, accounting, finance and quantitative methods. The graduate with this major should be well prepared for a professional career in business or for further training in business or other areas.

Completing the business administration major requires at most 52 credits in total. Required courses in addition to the Foundations are:

ECB 117 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 4
ECB 118 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 4
ECB 245 - Principles of Management Credits: 4
ECB 277 - Principles of Marketing Credits: 4
ECB 247 - Financial Management Credits: 4
ECB 492 - Senior Seminar: Management, Strategy and Ethics Credits: 4

Additional Requirements

An additional 8 credits of economics and business coursework within the major at or above the 300 level including:

ISE 308 - Resource Management for Nonprofits Credits: 4
MAT 325 - Operations Research Credits: 4
CPS 356 - Management Information Systems Credits: 4

Note

Double majors in accounting and business administration will not be allowed to use the following courses as electives for their business administration major: ECB 352 , ECB 353 , ECB 361 , ECB 362 , ECB 364 , ECB 443 . Students must continuously maintain a 2.0 GPA within the major.

International Business Concentration

A student majoring in business administration may elect to complete a concentration in international business as an alternative format for the business administration major. When this is done the student will receive a degree in business administration with a concentration in international business. Completing the major and concentration requires 58-60 credits in total. In addition to the Foundations, requirements for this concentration include:

ECB 117 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 4
ECB 118 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 4
ECB 245 - Principles of Management Credits: 4
ECB 247 - Financial Management Credits: 4
ECB 277 - Principles of Marketing Credits: 4
ECB 366 - International Economics Credits: 4
ECB 440 - International Business Credits: 4
ECB 492 - Senior Seminar: Management, Strategy and Ethics Credits: 4
Foreign language: 12 credits of first-year and intermediate (second-year) language or proficiency at the 201 level (first semester of second year)

One of the following:

ECB 369 - International Capitalisms: Asia, U.S. and Europe Credits: 2
ECB 305 - Economic Development Credits: 4