BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT (B.S., A.S.)
School of Business and Technology
The B.S. in business administration is offered with concentrations in finance, hospitality, management, and marketing. The program provides the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to enter a professional business career or to pursue graduate study in business. Degree requirements include 57 semester hours of business core courses and a set of concentration requirements in addition to the University’s general education requirements.
The associate degree in business administration qualifies students for entry-level positions or continued study toward a bachelor’s degree. It is offered with concentrations in management and marketing.
Business Core
The business core is required of all bachelor’s degree students.
Management Concentration
The B.S. or A.S. management concentration fosters skills in achieving the efficient and effective completion of organizational work activities through people. It includes an intensive examination of the planning, organizing, leading, and controlling functions.
The management concentration is offered through distance learning as well as traditional classroom study.
| B.S. Concentration Requirements | ||
| MGMT 303 | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGMT 308 | Labor Relations Mgt | 3 |
| MGMT 325 | Mgt Information Systems | 3 |
| MGMT 408 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MGMT 410 | Org Systems Theory | 3 |
| MGMT 430 | Project Management | 3 |
| MGMT 440 | Leadership | 3 |
| Select 6 hrs from the following options: | 6 |
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| ACCT 345 | Fraud Examination (3) | |
| LGLS 297 | Contracts (3) | |
| MGMT 425 | Practicum (3–6) | |
| Total | 36 |
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| B.S. Suggested Sequence | ||
| First Year Fall | ||
| ACCT 211 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| CIS 115 | Fund of Computer Apps | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Economics I | 3 |
| ENGL 101 | English Composition I | 3 |
| MGMT 120 | Intro to Business & Tech Skills | 3 |
| PHIL 190 | Ethics | 3 |
| Total | 18 |
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| First Year Spring | ||
| ACCT 212 | Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Economics II | 3 |
| ENGL 102 | English Composition II | 3 |
| MATH 120 | College Algebra | 3 |
| SSCI 181 | Skills for Success | 3 |
| Social science elective | 3 |
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| Total | 18 |
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| Second Year Fall | ||
| ACCT 360 | Cost Management | 3 |
| ENGL 220 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| LGLS 298 | Business Law | 3 |
| MGMT 302 | Fund of Management | 3 |
| MKTG 306 | Fund of Marketing | 3 |
| Natural science elective | 3 |
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| Total | 18 |
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| Second Year Spring | ||
| FIN 316 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3 |
| MGMT 304 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 308 | Labor Relations Mgt | 3 |
| MGMT 314 | Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| MGMT 325 | Management Info Systems | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
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| Third Year Fall | ||
| FIN 310 | Finance | 3 |
| MGMT 303 | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGMT 322 | Strategic HR Management | 3 |
| MGMT 440 | Leadership | 3 |
| MKTG 373 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| Natural science elective | 3 |
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| Total | 18 |
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| Third Year Spring | ||
| MGMT 408 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MGMT 410 | Org Systems Theory | 3 |
| MGMT 430 | Project Management | 3 |
| MKTG 370 | E-commerce | 3 |
| Humanities/fine arts elective | 3 |
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| Total | 15 |
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| Fourth Year | ||
| MGMT 318 | Applied Statistics | 3 |
| MGMT 416 | Team Dev & Group Mgt | 3 |
| MGMT 450 | Business Strategy Capstone | 3 |
| Social science elective | 3 |
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| Select 6 hrs from the following options: | 6 |
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| ACCT 345 | Fraud Examination (3) | |
| LGLS 297 | Contracts (3) | |
| MGMT 425 | Practicum (3–6) | |
| Total | 18 |
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| Degree total | 120 |
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| A.S. Suggested Sequence | ||
| First Year Fall | ||
| ACCT 211 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| CIS 115 | Fund of Computer Apps | 3 |
| ENGL 101 | English Composition I | 3 |
| MATH 102 | Beginning Algebra | 3 |
| MGMT 120 | Intro to Business & Tech Skills | 3 |
| PHIL 190 | Ethics | 3 |
| Total | 18 |
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| First Year Spring | ||
| ACCT 212 | Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Economics I | 3 |
| ENGL 102 | English Composition II | 3 |
| LGLS 298 | Business Law | 3 |
| MATH 116 | Elementary Statistics | 3 |
| SSCI `181 | Skills for Success | 3 |
| Total | 18 |
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| Second Year Fall | ||
| ECON 202 | Principles of Economics II | 3 |
| ENGL 220 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| FIN 201 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| MGMT 302 | Fund of Management | 3 |
| MGMT 325 | Management Info Systems | 3 |
| MKTG 306 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 3 |
| Total | 18 |
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| Second Year Spring | ||
| MGMT 303 | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGMT 304 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 322 | Strategic HR Management | 3 |
| Natural science elective | 3 |
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| Total | 12 |
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| Degree total | 66 |
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