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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Business Administration Major, B.A./B.S. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Business Administration Major, B.A./B.S.

Romain College of Business 

58 hours (34 hours of Business Core + 24 hours of business coursework)

The business administration major is designed to prepare students for careers in business management. The major provides broad coverage of the technical, interpersonal, conceptual, and analytical skills necessary to specialize in a particular area of interest such as entrepreneurship\small business, international business, or general business.

The USI undergraduate program is designed to prepare students for first-line supervisory positions in profit or not-for-profit organizations, private sector, or public sector. Graduates typically will take positions in financial management, marketing management, operations management, or general management. The business world is constantly changing; the business program prepares students with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in the face of this challenge.

Romain College of Business Degree Requirements

All baccalaureate degree candidates must successfully complete a minimum total of 120 credit hours. Students majoring in accounting and professional services, business administration, computer information systems, finance, management, and marketing complete 55 to 67 hours of coursework divided into three segments:

  • 34 credit hours in business core requirements taken by all business majors,
  • major field requirements totaling 24 to 33 hours, and
  • electives, as needed to total 120 hours

Business majors wishing to complete a second major must complete a minimum of 12 unique hours in the second major. A business major wishing to complete a second baccalaureate degree must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours in addition to those required for their first degree and must fulfill all requirements for the second degree. Transfer students must complete at least one-half of business coursework required for graduation in residence.

  • Business students must achieve a grade point average of at least 2.2 in the first 60 hours of coursework to enroll in upper division business courses.
  • Business students must achieve a grade point average of at least 2.0 in all required business coursework to be eligible for graduation.

Core 39 Requirements for Business Majors

All students must complete Core 39. Romain College of Business majors must complete specific courses in speech, mathematics, social behavior, global communities, and diversity to provide the necessary background in analytical tools and behavioral sciences upon which the advanced study of management is based. The Core 39 courses required for business majors are:

Required Core 39 Courses:

  

Hrs
Foundations Composition/Speech CMST 101 - Introduction to Public Speaking  3
Foundations Mathematics MATH 111, MATH 114, MATH 115, MATH 215,or MATH 230  3-4
Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry ECON 208 - Principles of Microeconomics  3
Ways of Knowing-Moral & Ethical Reasoning PHIL 201 - Introduction to Ethics  3
BS Skills-Social Science PSY 201 - Introduction to Psychology  3
Embedded Experience-Global ECON 241 - Global Economic Issues  3
Embedded Experience-Diversity PHIL 201 - Introduction to Ethics  3
Embedded Experience-Writing BCOM 231 - Business Communication AND 3
  MNGT 452 - Policy Formulation and Implementation  3

The following course should also be completed during the freshman or sophomore year:

  
  ECON 209 - Principles of Macroeconomics  3

Business Core for All Business Majors (34 hours)

The following required business core courses provide breadth in a college education for business and a foundation for specialization in a major:

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
BUAD 101 - Introduction to Business
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
CIS 201 - Business Processes and Information Systems
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
MKTG 201 - Introduction to Marketing
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
MNGT 201 - Survey of Management
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
ACCT 201 - Accounting Principles I
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
ACCT 202 - Accounting Principles II
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
BCOM 231 - Business Communication

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
BLAW 263 - Legal Environment of Business
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
ECON 265 - Elementary Statistics
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
FIN 305 - Business Finance
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
BCOM 361 - Business Career Planning and Professional Development
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 1
MNGT 452 - Policy Formulation and Implementation

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3

Business Major Requirements (24-33 hours)

Specific upper-division course requirements for the various business majors are listed under each program. These upper-level major course requirements should be completed during the junior and senior years.

Business Administration Major (24 hours)

Required Courses (9 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
BAN 305 - Data Analytics for Business
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
CIS 301 - Enterprise Processes and Information Systems
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
MNGT 315 - Project Management 1
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3

Area of Interest (15 hours)

Complete one of the following areas of interest:

Entrepreneurship/Small Business

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
MNGT 352 - Entrepreneurship Ideation and Innovation
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
MNGT 353 - Entrepreneurship Feasibility Analysis and Business Plan Development
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
MNGT 354 - Strategic Entrepreneurship
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
MNGT 455 - Small Business Consulting
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
  • Advisor approved upper-level business elective Credits: 3

    • International Business

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    ECON 341 - International Trade
    Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered    		 Credits: 3
    FIN 343 - International Finance
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring    		 Credits: 3
    MNGT 445 - International Business
    Term(s) Offered: Fall    		 Credits: 3
    MKTG 471 - International Marketing
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring    		 Credits: 3
  • Advisor approved upper-level business elective Credits: 3

    • Agricultural Business

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    AGBU 302 - Introduction to Agricultural Economics
    Term(s) Offered: At least once per academic year    		 Credits: 3
    AGBU 303 - Farm and Ranch Management
    Term(s) Offered: At least once per academic year.    		 Credits: 3
    AGBU 306 - Agricultural Marketing
    Term(s) Offered: At least once per academic year.    		 Credits: 3
    AGBU 405 - Agricultural Finance
    Term(s) Offered: At least once per academic year.    		 Credits: 3
  • Advisor approved upper-level business elective Credits: 3

    • General Business

    Complete fifteen (15) hours of upper-level electives, chosen from the following list of disciplines.
    Select six (6) hours from each of two disciplines, and three (3) hours from a third discipline:

    Accounting (ACCT) Economics (ECON)
    Agricultural Business (AGBU) Finance (FIN)
    Business Analytics (BAN) Management (MNGT)
    Computer Information Systems (CIS) Marketing (MKTG)
    Decision Sciences (DSCI)  

     

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