Business Administration (B.A.)

Required Courses

The School of Graduate, Professional and Extended Studies offers three distinct majors in Economics and Business: accounting, business administration and finance. Students majoring in business administration may also elect to complete a concentration in management or marketing. Students may choose only one concentration. Double majors must completely satisfy the separate requirements for each major. Triple majors in the department are not permitted.

Students must continuously maintain a 2.0 GPA within the major. All students majoring in accounting, business administration, or finance are required to take the following courses:

• ECB 101 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 4
• ECB 102 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 4
• ECB 117 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 4
• ECB 118 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 4
• ECB 211 - Statistics in Business and Economics Credits: 4
• ECB 247 - Financial Management Credits: 4
• ECB 311 - Intermediate Microeconomics Credits: 4
• ECB 492 - Senior Seminar: Management, Strategy and Ethics Credits: 4
• MAT 134 - Survey of Calculus Credits: 4

Major requirements

The business administration major may be completed with or without a concentration. All business administration majors will complete the following two courses and two upper level electives.

• ECB 245 - Principles of Management Credits: 4
• ECB 277 - Principles of Marketing Credits: 4

Concentrations

Students majoring in business administration may also elect to complete one concentration in management or marketing as an alternative format for the business administration major; more than one concentration in the major is not allowed. Upper level ECB courses will count towards the electives requirement in the major.