Students seeking a bachelor of business administration degree must complete a minimum of 124 credit hours. Depending upon a student’s major, the actual number of required credit hours may be greater than 124 credit hours. Students must successfully complete the University’s General Education Curriculum requirements, which total 45-46 credit hours for business administration majors. All business administration students must satisfactorily complete the core curriculum of the School of Business Administration and Professional Programs. The core consists of 39 credit hours. Each major within the School of Business Administration and Professional Programs requires additional hour’s specific to the major. Business students also take business-advanced electives as required by the particular major. In addition, business majors must take a minimum of 3 hours of required related courses. If needed, students must take free elective credit hours to complete the number of hours required to obtain the bachelor of business administration degree. No more than 6 hours of business transfer credits with a grade of "D" will apply toward major requirements, and no transfer grades of "D" will apply toward major courses. In addition, a maximum of 6 hours of transfer credits may be applied to satisfy a major requirement.
General Education Curriculum (45-46)
Refer to the General Education Curriculum (GEC) listed in this catalog.
Only MAT 1302 is acceptable for the GEC math requirement.
Some courses listed in program “Major Requirements” or “Required Related Courses,” (noted with an asterisk [*]), may be used to meet requirements in the GEC. Although these courses fulfill requirements in each area, credit hours for these courses, if taken for the GEC, may only be counted in the GEC.
Complete Graduation Requirements are listed in this catalog.
Required Related Courses (3-12)
Business Administration (3)
Economics (0-3)
Mathematics (0-3)
Speech (0-3)
Major Requirements (66-75)
Business Core (39)
Students should review catalog course descriptions for any course prerequisites before registration. Students are not allowed to register for a course unless they satisfy all course prerequisites. A prerequisite course requires completion with a grade of C or higher.
Major Requirement (12-30)
Students should choose one of the listed Majors outlined below.
Accounting
Accounting with Forensic/Fraud Emphasis
Computer Information Systems
Finance
General Business
Management
Marketing
Business Electives (6-15)
Business advanced electives (3000 or above) must be chosen in consultation with academic advisor.
Electives (0-10)
Total Hours (124-136)