Areas of Concentration
Business administration majors may select any accounting, business, or economics courses to fulfill the elective requirements in the major; however, a minimum of two electives must be business courses. Majors may use the elective courses to specialize in one of four areas of concentration: finance, marketing, management or entrepreneurial studies. The first three areas of concentration each have a core course included among the courses specifically required for the major. The student completes one of these areas of concentration by taking three or more elective courses within the chosen area of concentration as listed below. The entrepreneurial studies concentration has a required course and three electives.
Finance Concentration
BUS 230 Personal Finance
BUS 328 Managerial Finance
BUS 350 Investments
ECN 316 Public Finance
ECN 325 Money and Banking
ECN 410 International Trade & Finance
Marketing Concentration
BUS 334 Consumer Behavior
BUS 330 Advertising
BUS 340 International Business
ENG 260 Introduction to Journalism
SPE 203 Interpersonal Communication
SPE 310 Business and Professional Communication
Management Concentration*
BUS 221 Management Practice and Organizational Behavior
BUS 225 Entrepreneurship
BUS 326 Human Resources Management
BUS 337 Labor Relations
PSY 241 Industrial/Organizational Psychology
SPE 203 Interpersonal Communication
SPE 310 Business and Professional Communication
*If BUS 327 is taken as a required course, it may not also be counted as an elective in the Management Concentration.
Entrepreneurship Concentration
Required: BUS 225 Entrepreneurship
Electives - choose 3
BUS 223 Business Law
BUS 230 Personal Finance
MIS 201 Introduction to Information Systems
BUS 399 Internship
SPE 310 Business and Professional Communication
Business majors may also take PHL 244 Business Ethics and SCA 352 Economy and Society and count them as electives in the major.