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 (22-26 semester hours)

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

• EXP 100 - Professional Protocol (1 semester hour)
• EXP 301 - Work, Ethics, and the Good Life (1 semester hour)

• Complete a total of twenty (20) semester hours of the following:

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

• OR

• EXP 290 , EXP 392 ,  EXP 395 - Cooperative Education Experience III (1-12 semester hours)

• o   Students complete EXP 290, 392, and 395, in that order, for a cumulative amount of no more than twelve (12) semester hours across the three courses.

  o   Each course may be completed only once.

• The remaining semester hours of cooperative experience learning must be BUS 390.
• A student is not eligible to complete Cooperative Education emphasis requirements of other majors.

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

Graphic Design (15-16 semester hours)

A student is not eligible to choose this emphasis if completing a major in Graphic Design.

Courses offered in-person, at Lakeland’s home campus location. 

Healthcare Management (12-13 semester hours)

Courses for this emphasis are typically scheduled online or in other course formats. 

Hospitality Management (12-20 semester hours)

• A student is not eligible to complete this emphasis if also completing a major in Hospitality Management.

Human Resource Management (12-13 semester hours)

Insurance (15-16 semester hours)

Courses for this emphasis are typically scheduled online or in other course formats.

International Business (15-16 semester hours)

• BUS 284 - Principles of International Business

Management (12-13 semester hours)

A student is not eligible to complete an optional emphasis in Athletic Administration with Management. 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)

Courses for this emphasis are typically scheduled online or in other course formats. 

Retail Management (15-16 semester hours)

Sales Management (12-13 semester hours)

Sport Management (15-16 semester hours)

• A student is not eligible to choose this emphasis if completing a major in Sport Management and Leadership or a minor in Sport Management.
• Courses for this emphasis can be in-person (home campus), online or in other course formats.

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 & Entrepreneurship
• Students may fulfill the emphasis requirement by completing current courses offered by the College of Business and Science, courses offered in other College of Humanities and Education, cooperative design courses, or internship experiences that are relevant to an area of interest.

Sustainability (13-14 semester hours)

• BIO 101 - Environmental Science (4 semester hours)

• OR CHM 200 - Earth Systems (4 semester hours) ** 

Optional Emphases to Supplement this Major:

• Athletic Administration ^
• Athletic Coaching  
• Strength and Conditioning  

Notes:

• A student completing a major in Organizational Leadership and Development with a Management emphasis is not eligible to complete a major in Sport Management and Leadership with an Athletic Administration emphasis. The student may complete a different emphasis.
• A student completing a major in Organizational Leadership and Development can also earn a major in Business Administration by completing two emphases of study, one for business, one for organizational leadership. Only one may be in Cooperative Education.
• Students 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.
• Students pursuing two or more Business majors must select a separate emphasis area for each major, mindful of any emphasis restrictions.
• ^Degree restrictions apply.