MAT 120 - Quantitative Reasoning  OR 

MAT 140 - Advanced Algebra **

One of: COM 111 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking  OR

COM 211 - Interpersonal Communication   OR

COM 212 - Team-Based and Group Communication   

*Computer Programming Courses (students complete three from the following choices): 

• CPS 200 - Programming I  
• CPS 212 - Programming II  
• DAT 210 - Database Basics  
• DAT 301 - Introduction to Data Visualization Techniques  
• DAT 442 - Data Management and Warehousing  
• DAT 445 - Systems Analysis & Design (WI)  
• DAT 452 - Information Technology Project Management  
• DAT 455 - Predictive Analytics  OR MAT 320 - Applied Statistics  

**Notes:

• If student plans on completing CPS 212 - Programming II  the student will need the prerequisites of 
  • ​​MAT 140 - Advanced Algebra   before
  • ​MAT 250 - Discrete Mathematics  before CPS 212 - Programming II   
• If student plans on completing MAT 320 - Applied Statistics   the student will need the prerequisite of 
  • MAT 220 - Probability and Statistics ​

Optional Emphases to Supplement the Major 

• Athletic Administration ^
• Athletic Coaching 
• Business Economics ^
• Communication  
• Cooperative Education 
• Twenty-two to twenty-six (22-26) semester hours from:
  • EXP 100 - Professional Protocol (1 semester hour)  
  • EXP 301 - Work, Ethics, and the Good Life (1 semester hour)  
  • ACC 390 - Cooperative Education Experience–Accounting (1-12 semester hours)  OR
  • EXP 290 - Cooperative Education Experience I (1-12 semester hours)  OR
  • EXP 392 - Cooperative Education Experience II (1-12 semester hours)  OR
  • EXP 395 - Cooperative Education Experience III (1-12 semester hours)  
    • *only available to Accounting majors

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**Optional Emphasis Continued:

• Digital Marketing  
• Entrepreneurship     
• Finance 
• Forensic/Fraud 
• Graphic Design 
• Healthcare Management 
• Hospitality Management^
• Human Resource Learning and Development^
• Human Resource Management^ 
• Insurance 
• International Business 
• Management^
• Marketing 
• Nonprofit Management 
• Operations Management and Supply Chain
• Leadership
• Restaurant Entrepreneurship^
• Retail Management 
• Sales Management 
• Sport Management^
• Strength and Conditioning 
• Student Designed   
• Sustainability 

^Degree restrictions apply

• A student completing a major in Accounting may earn a major in Business Administration or Management by completing an emphasis of study (may not be the same emphasis) for each of these majors.
• A student who has previously earned their bachelor’s degree from Lakeland or other post-secondary institutions in Business Administration or Management major is eligible to pursue earning a major in Accounting, provided a student meets Lakeland residency requirements of degree/major.
• A student completing a major in Accounting is not eligible to earn a minor in Business Administration.
• A student is eligible to complete an optional Cooperative Education emphasis specific to Accounting.
• A student may not earn both areas of emphasis if available to their major (or if selecting as an optional emphasis to add-on). It must be one or the other.
  • Management or Athletic Administration
  • Human Resource Learning and Development or Human Resource Management
  • Hospitality Management or Restaurant Entrepreneurship