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

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52-55 hours (31 hours of Business Core + 21-24 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 seeking a bachelor’s degree with a major from the Romain College of Business must complete a minimum of 56 hours of coursework offered outside the Romain College of Business; however, ECON 208 , ECON 209 , and ECON 241 are applied toward meeting this 56 hour requirement. Students majoring in accounting and professional services, business administration, computer information systems, finance, management, and marketing complete 55 to 62 hours of coursework divided into three segments:

31 credit hours in 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 215 - Survey of Calculus or MATH 230 - Calculus I	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 courses should be completed during the freshman and sophomore years:
(these courses are also found in Core 39)	MATH 111 - College Algebra	4
	ECON 209 - Principles of Macroeconomics	3

Business Core for All Business Majors (31 hours)

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

CIS 201 - Business Processes and Information Systems Credits: 3
ACCT 201 - Accounting Principles I Credits: 3
ACCT 202 - Accounting Principles II Credits: 3
BCOM 231 - Business Communication Credits: 3
BLAW 263 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3
ECON 265 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 3
FIN 305 - Business Finance Credits: 3
MNGT 305 - Principles of Management Credits: 3
MKTG 305 - Principles of Marketing Credits: 3
BCOM 401 - Business Career Planning and Professional Development Credits: 1
MNGT 452 - Policy Formulation and Implementation Credits: 3

Business Major Requirements (21-33 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 Required Courses (9 hours)

CIS 301 - Enterprise Processes and Information Systems Credits: 3
DSCI 351 - Introduction to Operations Research Credits: 3
DSCI 445 - Operations Management Credits: 3

Business Administration Area of Interest (15 hours)

Complete one of the following areas of interest:

Entrepreneurship/Small Business (15 hours)

MNGT 352 - Entrepreneurship Ideation and Innovation Credits: 3
MNGT 353 - Entrepreneurship Feasibility Analysis and Business Plan Development Credits: 3
MNGT 354 - Strategic Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
MNGT 455 - Small Business Consulting Credits: 3
Advisor approved upper-level business elective Credits: 3

International Business (15 hours)

ECON 341 - International Trade Credits: 3
FIN 343 - International Finance Credits: 3
MNGT 445 - International Business Credits: 3
MKTG 471 - International Marketing Credits: 3
Advisor approved upper-level business elective Credits: 3

General Business (15 hours)

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)	Finance (FIN)
Computer Information Systems (CIS)	Management (MNGT)
Decision Sciences (DSCI)	Marketing (MKTG)
Economics (ECON)