The B.B.A.

The College of Business and Economics offers students the opportunity to receive a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree. The program is divided into three components: General Education, the Pre-Business program, and the Business Core program. Each of these is described in detail below. Some General Education requirements may be satisfied with courses from the Pre-Business program, but at least 61 of the degree’s total of 121 credit hours must be taken in courses that are not offered by the Business Administration Department. The University also places several graduation requirements on all baccalaureate degree programs, and these must be satisfied by candidates for the B.B.A.

All B.B.A. students are required to complete the Pre-Business program, which is composed of courses in accounting, economics, business communications, business law, mathematics, and quantitative business analysis. Following satisfactory completion of this program, students are admitted to the upper-division Business program where they complete advanced courses in selected fields of study such as accounting, finance, marketing, management, management information systems, and quantitative methods.

Students wishing to make timely progress toward graduation are urged to pay careful attention to all degree requirements. In addition, when planning a schedule of courses, it is imperative to be aware of course prerequisites and the frequency with which courses are offered, information that is available for each course in the listing at the back of this Catalog. To ensure progress toward graduation, students are strongly encouraged to meet with an advisor each semester before registering.

Business Administration B.B.A. 2005-2006 Degree Requirements

If you have any questions on requirements, please see your advisor. If you do not know who your advisor is, stop by K 270 and talk with Lisa.

General Education Pre-Business Requirements

• ENG 100-Expository Writing
• MATH 115-Applied Calculus
• COM 251-Public Speaking
• ENG 209-Writing for Business
• ECON 130-Introduction to Microeconomics
• CS 101-Microcomputer Applications Software
• One class from either ANTH, PSY, or SOC

Pre Business Core Requirements

• ACC 250-Financial Accounting (Pre or corequisite: CS 101)
• ACC 251-Managerial Accounting (Prerequisite: ACC 250)
• ECON 131-Introduction to Macroeconomics (Prerequisite: ECON 130)
• BUS 240-Business Law (Prerequisite: Sophomore standing)
• QBA 260-Business Statistics (Prerequisite: MATH 115 and CS 101)

Each Business core course must be completed with a grade of "C" or better.

• MGT 300-Management, Organizations, and Human Behavior (Prerequisite: COM 251 and ENG 209)
• MGT 333-International Business Management (Prerequisite: ECON 131 and MGT 300)
• MKT 310-Principles of Marketing (Prerequisite: ECON 130, BUS 240, and ACC 251)
• FIN 320-Principles of Business Finance (Prerequisite: ACC 250 and MATH 115)
• QBA 360-Management Science (Prerequisite: QBA 260)
• QBA 361-Operations Management (Pre or corequisite: QBA 360)
• QBA 362-Management Information Systems (Prerequisite: MATH 115)
• Either:
  • ECON 300-Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (Prerequisite: ECON 131)
  • ECON 340-Money and Banking (Prerequisite: ECON 131
• MGT 423-Business and Society (Prerequisite: BUS 240 and MGT 300)
• MGT 490-Strategic Management (Prerequisite: MGT 300, MKT 310, FIN 320, QBA 316, and Senior standing)

Business Electives

Students are to select, with the assistance or consent of their advisor, at least 15 semester hours of Business electives at the 300-400 level to be completed during their junior and senior years. Three semester hours of Business electives may be 300-400 level ECON courses. Students must achieve a 2.0 cumulative GPA for all Business elective courses.