Business Administration - Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) Requirements

This major is offered through the Busch School of Business.

In addition to the courses for the major, students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration must choose at least one sub-plan specialization and complete the specialization requirements. Students may elect to complete up to three sub-plan specializations.

Double- or Triple-Specializing:

  • Double-specializing requires the completion of the four requirements for each specialization, unless the two specializations share a requirement. In that case, one course may double-count.
  • For example, a double-specialization may be completed with 4 + 3 courses (assuming a shared course). A minimum of 7 unique courses is required. Fewer courses is not permitted.
  • Triple-specializing may be completed with 4 + 3 + 3 courses (assuming shared courses among the specializations, subject to the double counting limitations below).
  • A second specialization fulfills the Business Elective requirement describe above.

Double-Counting (i.e. overlapping) Courses:

  • Courses cannot double-count between Major Requirements (see section above) and Specializations requirements. The students specializing in the options below should note:
    • Operations Management, Technology Management, and Data Analytics for Business students must carefully select the course to fulfill the Information Management requirement under Core Business Courses.
    • Markets and Political Economy students must carefully select a specialization elective that does not overlap with the Business Law requirement under Core Business Courses.
  • See the rule above for double-counting between specializations.

Please note, where specializations indicate elective courses additional electives may be approved by the specialization’s Area or Program Director.

Vocation of Business Course

MGT 118/ENT 118The Vocation of Business

3

Foundations of Economic Thought - Take All

SRES 101Markets & Prosperity I

3.00

SRES 102Markets & Prosperity II

3.00

Foundations of Business Management: Theory and Practice Course - Take One

MGT 123AFoundations ofBusiness

3.00

Business Law Course - Take One

MGT 321Commercial Transactions

3

MGT 322Business Organizations and Property Rights

3

MGT 371The Legal and Policy Aspects of Government Regulation of Business

3

SRES 411The Business of Civil Rights

3.00

ACCT 480Legal Aspects of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

3.00

Business Ethics Seminar - Take One

MGT 301Ethics in Business and Economics

3.00

ACCT 442Accounting Ethics

3.00

Remaining Core Courses - Take All

BUS 199Exploration: Career Discernment I

1

ACCT 205Introductory Accounting

3.00

ACCT 206Managerial Accounting

3.00

FIN 226Introduction to Finance

3.00

MGT 250Business Communications

3.00

BUS 299AApplication: Career Discernment II

1

MKT 345Marketing Management

3.00

MGT 365Quantitative Methods in Decision Making

3.00

BUS 399ANetworking: Career Discernment III

1

MGT 475Business Strategy

3.00

BUS 498Undergraduate Comprehensive Examination

0

BUS 499ADecision-Making: Career Discernment IV

1

Math Course - Take One

MATH 110Applied Mathematics for Business

3

MATH 111Calculus for Social-Life Sciences I

3

MATH 121Analytic Geometry and Calculus I

4

Statistics Course - Take One

Non-honors business students must enroll in ECON 223. No business students should be enrolled in PSY 322 unless they request permission for a substitution.
 
HSSS 203Social Data Analysis and the Study of Uncertainty

3.00

ECON 223Statistics for Business and Economics

3.00


Information Management Course - Take One

MGT 240Management of Information

3.00

MGT 331Database Management

3

MGT 351Introduction to Business Intelligence

3

MGT 361Data Analytics and Visualization for Business

3

Business Electives - Take Two

ACCT XXX
Accounting Course

BUS XXX
Business Course

ECON XXX
Economics Course

ENT XXX
Entrepreneurship Course

FIN XXX
Finance Course

MGT XXX
Management Course

MKT XXX
Marketing Course

SRES XXX
Social Research Course