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Majors by Department

Detailed information about all degree programs is available in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Accounting, Finance & Economics

  • Accounting
    • CPA or CMA exam preparation requires additional hours as noted in the Undergraduate Catalog.
  • Business Administration with Emphasis in Finance

Management, Marketing and Management Information Systems

  • Business Administration with Emphasis in
    • Management - Organizational Management Concentration (B.B.A)
    • Management - Management Information Systems Concentration (B.B.A.)
    • Marketing (B.B.A.)
  • Associate of Science with Major in Business Administration (A.S.)
  • General Business

Core Curriculum

The College of Business requires completion of a common core of business knowledge for students earning a bachelors degree in business. The 48-hour business core curriculum includes 21 hours of lower-level business courses required for admission to the College and 27 hours of upper-level business courses. Some courses in the Business Core are required for admission to the College of Business (see below).

  • ACCT 2003 Principles of Accounting I
  • ACCT 2103 Principles of Accounting II
  • MIS 2053 Business Information Systems
  • MIS 4103 Managing Information and Technology
  • ECON 1003 The American Enterprise System
  • ECON 2103 Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECON 2203 Principles of Macroeconomics
  • FIN 3003 Financial Management
  • GBUS 2013 Quantitative Analysis I
  • GBUS 3003 Legal Environment of Business
  • GBUS 3183 Quantitative Analysis II
  • MGMT 3023 Organizational Theory and Behavior
  • MGMT 3063 Managerial Communications
  • MGMT 4063 Production and Operations Management
  • MGMT 4093 Management Strategy and Policy
  • MKTG 3033 Principles of Marketing

Admissions Requirements

The College of Business accepts all students admitted to the University into its pre-business program, but admission to the College is required prior to a business major enrolling in upper-division business classes. The admission policy for the College is printed in the 2002–2004 Undergraduate Catalog (pages 66–67).

The College’s admission policy is designed to help business students develop the sound academic foundation that is needed to complete a degree in business. For admission to the College of Business, a student must have earned a total of 45 hours and must have completed the following pre-business core with a cumulative GPA of 2.3 or higher in the ten courses listed below.

  • ENGL 1113, Composition I
  • ENGL 1123, Composition II
  • MATH 1023, College Algebra (or calculus)
  • ACCT 2003, Principles of Accounting I
  • ACCT 2103, Principles of Accounting II
  • MIS 2053, Business Information Systems
  • ECON 1003, The American Enterprise System
  • ECON 2103, Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECON 2203, Principles of Macroeconomics
  • GBUS 2013, Quantitative Analysis I
Students nearing completion of the admission requirements who have the required GPA may request conditional admission to the College for one semester. During the semester of conditional admission, the student must complete the pre-business core and may enroll in upper-level business classes for which the student has all prerequisites.

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