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Business Administration: Management Concentration (BBM)

(Effective Fall 2011)

The Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration prepares students with the skills necessary to meet today's business demands and those for the future. This major provides students with a solid business core that includes an extensive background in the functional areas of marketing, finance, accounting, and management; an understanding of the business environment to include the legal, economic, behavioral, human resource, ethical, and international aspects; technical skills in information systems and quantitative analysis; and the ability to communicate, integrate and synthesize. The degree focuses on integrating theory and practice, so that graduates possess the ability to communicate effectively; understand the internal and external environments of business; appreciate the legal, ethical, strategic and behavioral contexts of business decisions; and understand the financial and economic dynamics that constitute the context for business activity. Graduates profit from the technological emphasis of the College, which helps to better prepare them for their career choices, including continued study in a graduate program.

Career Opportunities

Supervisory/management positions within a variety of business environments, and for other related positions of interest. Preparation in international business, including participation in a "Study Abroad" program in Germany, affords graduates the skills and abilities to seek positions with multi-national corporations. Elective courses, including participation in an internship with a business of the student's choice further increase a graduate's marketability.

Recommended High School Subjects

English and mathematics courses (including algebra).

Remediation Strategies

All students entering the major are tested for English, mathematics and reading deficiencies. Students are expected to remediate any deficiencies during their first semester. In addition to the standard remediation requirements, applicants to this major must remediate algebra deficiencies identified during placement testing.

Transfer Procedures

All transfer credits will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis to determine where they would fit into the curriculum sequence. Students must have earned a grade of 'C' or better in courses transferred into the B.S.

Program Goals

A graduate of this major should be able to:

  • understand how to plan, organize, lead, and control within an organizational setting.
  • increase individual knowledge and understanding of self, the dynamics of group and team interactions, and their impact upon productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness.
  • recognize the skills and techniques needed for problem solving and decision making.
  • understand the application of laws and the legal system to the business environment.
  • communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
  • understand basic statistical and quantitative analysis and their application in the business environment.
  • understand the international arena and its current role and impact on business.
  • recognize the importance of business ethics and social responsibility to business operations.
  • understand basic accounting methods and their business applications.
  • utilize financial analysis within a business environment.
  • analyze business operations using information systems.
  • identify the broad functions of marketing and their applications to business.
  • apply the strategic management process to an analysis of the current business environment, identifying and forecasting trends, and making recommendations on preferred courses of action.

Curriculum

First SemesterCredits
FYE101First Year Experience 1 
MGT115Principles of Management 3 
CSC124Information, Technology, and Society 3 
ECO111Principles of Macroeconomics 3 
ENL111English Composition I 3 
CORLiberal Arts Elective 3 
TOTAL CREDITS 16
Second SemesterCredits
ACC113Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 
ENL121English Composition II 3 
FITFitness and Lifetime Sports Elective 1 
HUMHumanities Elective 3 
MTH180College Algebra and Trigonometry I 3 
SPC101Fundamentals of Speech 3 
TOTAL CREDITS 16
Third SemesterCredits
MGT230Business Communications 3 
MGT301Business Law I 3 
MTH160Elementary Statistics with Computer Applications 4 
MKT240Principles of Marketing 3 
SCIScience Elective 3 
TOTAL CREDITS 16
Fourth SemesterCredits
ACC123Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3 
CSC211Business Computer Applications Using Spreadsheet 3 
ECO112Principles of Microeconomics 3 
BBMDirected Business Administration Elective 3 
SCLScience Elective with lab 4 
TOTAL CREDITS 16
Fifth SemesterCredits
MGT330Managerial Decision Making 3 
MGT355Quantitative Methods for Business 3 
MGT370Managerial Economics 3 
FIN350Finance 3 
BBMDirected Business Administration Elective 3 
TOTAL CREDITS 15
Sixth SemesterCredits
MGT216International Business 3 
MGT315Business Ethics 3 Science, Technology and Society Requirement
HRM300Human Resource Management 3 
ARTArt Elective 3 
FITFitness and Lifetime Sports Elective 1 
HUMHumanities Elective 3 
or
SSESocial Science Elective 3 
or
ARTArt Elective 3 
or
FORForeign Language Elective 3 
or
AAEApplied Arts Elective 3 
or
IFEInternational Field Experience Elective 3 
TOTAL CREDITS 16
Seventh SemesterCredits
MGT410Management of Organizational Behavior 3 Writing Enriched Requirement &
Cultural Diversity Requirement
FIN450International Finance 3 
MKT310International Marketing 3 
BBMDirected Business Administration Elective 3 
BBMDirected Business Administration Elective 3 
TOTAL CREDITS 15
Eighth SemesterCredits
MGT497Business Policy and Strategy 3 
BBMDirected Business Administration Elective 3 
BBMDirected Business Administration Elective 3 
OEAOpen Elective 3 
OEAOpen Elective 3 
TOTAL CREDITS 15

Accreditation

Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE)

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