Major Requirements (33-48 semester hours plus approved associate degree)

An approved associate degree plus the following courses:

• BUS 301 - Management Information Systems
• BUS 330 - Management Principles
• BUS 493 - Leadership and Followership (WI)
• MKT 350 - Marketing Principles

Completion of at least one of the following emphases:

• Students completing an available internship course as part of their specific emphasis must complete three (3) semester hours of the internship course.^

Business Economics (12-13 semester hours)

A student is not eligible to choose this emphasis if completing a minor in Economics.

• ECN 360 - Money, Banking and National Income
• ECN 361 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
• ECN 362 - Intermediate Microeconomics

Communication (12 semester hours)

• COM 212 - Team-Based and Group Communication
• COM 330 - Strategic New Media and Digital Communication
• WRT 201 - News Writing
• WRT 330 - Advertising and Public Relations Writing

Cooperative Education (23-27 semester hours)

*Only available to Business Administration or Organizational Leadership and Development majors.

• EXP 100 - Professional Protocol (1 semester hour)
• EXP 300 - Experiential Learning Seminar (1 semester hour)

• -Co-requisite with first experience of EXP /BUS 390  or EXP /BUS 391 .

• EXP 301 - Work, Ethics, and the Good Life (1 semester hour)

• -Co-requisite with second experience of EXP /BUS 390  or EXP /BUS 391 .

• OR  BUS 390 - Cooperative Education Experience–Business (1-12 semester hours)
• EXP 390 - Cooperative Education Experience (1-12 semester hours)

• - Is completed two times, for a total of twenty to twenty-four (20-24) semester hours.

  - One experience must be in BUS 390 - Cooperative Education Experience–Business (1-12 semester hours) .

• BUS 391 - Cooperative Education Experience–Business (0 semester hours)
• OR  EXP 391 - Cooperative Education Experience (0 semester hours)

• - Is completed at least once over a summer semester for the emphasis

Digital Marketing (12-13 semester hours)

Entrepreneurship (14-15 semester hours)

Finance (12-13 semester hours)

Forensic/Fraud (15 semester hours)

• ACC 265 - Fraud Examination I
• ACC 365 - Fraud Examination II
• CRJ 140 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
• CRJ 345 - Criminal Law
• CRJ 347 - Criminal Investigations

Healthcare Management (12-13 semester hours)

Hospitality Management (12-14 semester hours)

• A student is not eligible to complete this emphasis if also completing a major in Hospitality Management.
  • ^The Hospitality Emphasis course (HSP 407 - Hospitality Internship) requires four (4) semester hours

Human Resource Management (12-13 semester hours)

Insurance (15-16 semester hours)

International Business (15-16 semester hours)

• BUS 284 - Principles of International Business

Management (12-13 semester hours)

A student completing a major in Marketing is not eligible to use COM 111  to fulfill a course requirement in the emphasis in Management.

Marketing (15-16 semester hours)

Nonprofit Management (12-13 semester hours)

Retail Management (15-16 semester hours)

Sales Management (12-13 semester hours)

Sport Management (15-16 semester hours)

Student Designed (12 semester hours)

Students may propose a twelve (12) semester-hour emphasis in an area of academic interest that complements their major in the J. Garland Schilcutt School of Business, Science and Technology. Students may fulfill the emphasis requirement by completing current courses offered by the J. Garland Schilcutt School of Business, Science and Technology, courses offered in other Divisions, cooperative design courses, or internship experiences that are relevant to the area of interest. This emphasis plan must be approved in advance by the student’s academic advisor and the Chair of the Business and Technology Division. Cooperative Education courses may not be used to satisfy the requirements of this emphasis.

Sustainability (13-14 semester hours)

• BIO 101 - Environmental Science (4 semester hours) ** OR CHM 200 - Earth Systems (4 semester hours) **

Notes:

• A student completing a major in Organizational Leadership and Development can earn a major Business Administration by completing and emphasis for each major, one for organizational leadership and one for business. They may also earn a major in Accounting.
• A student completing a major in Organizational Leadership and Development is not eligible to earn a minor in Business Administration, Cooperative Education*, or Marketing.
  • A student is not eligible to complete Cooperative Education emphasis requirements of other majors.
• Students pursuing two or more Business majors requiring completion of an emphasis must select a separate emphasis area for each major, mindful of any emphasis restrictions.