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BBA - General Business Guide Sheet

BUS 100 Introduction to Business 3 Hours
A survey of the development and nature of our business system and an introduction to the purposes and concepts of the major business functions, including accounting, finance, human resource management, marketing, and production.

BUS 201 Financial Accounting 3 Hours
Basic accounting principles and practices with an emphasis on recording business transactions, completing the accounting cycle, and preparing and analyzing financial statements.

BUS 202 Managerial Accounting 3 Hours
A study of cost, volume, and profit analysis, marginal analysis, pricing and budgeting. Prerequisite: BUS 201 or consent of instructor.

BUS 220 Basic Economics 3 Hours
Fundamental economic concepts and theories and their applications to society's problems and policies. Intended for nonbusiness majors. Does not provide graduation credit if BUS 221 or 222 are taken.

BUS 221 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Hours
Examination of the fundamental economic problems of society followed by microeconomics, a study of individual economic units emphasizing price and output determination in different market structures

BUS 222 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Hours
Macroeconomics, a study of the overall economy focusing on inflation, unemployment, income and output levels, and monetary and fiscal policies, followed by international economics.

BUS 300 Business and Society 3 Hours
A study of the everchanging relationships between business and the rest of society and the implications for business of such current issues as quality of worklife, protection of the environment, and corporate social responsibility. Prerequisites: PSY 201, SOC 201, BUS 100, BUS 221 or BUS 222.

BUS 321 Principles of Marketing 3 Hours
Marketing fundamentals—products and services, distribution, pricing, and promotion and the planning and implementation of marketing strategies. Prerequisites: BUS 220 or BUS 221.

BUS 331 Principles of Management 3 Hours
Theory and practice of management: managerial functions, communications, leadership, decision theories, and organizational development and change.

BUS 350 Topics in Business 3 Hours
A study of selected topics in business. Prerequisite: Completion of all 100 and 200-level business courses required for a business degree, plus 9 hours of upper-level business courses. This course may be used only once toward graduation credit.

BUS/POL 352 Business Law 3 Hours
The law of business with an emphasis on contracts in personal and real property, sales, business organizations, commercial paper, employment, and insurance.

BUS 354 Decision Analysis for Business 3 Hours
This course is designed to acquaint students with statistical and other quantitative techniques of analysis.  It is required for all business majors.  A foundation of statistical methods, including selected probability distributions, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis, is developed for integration in linear programming, network, forecasting, and queuing models.  Prerequisites: BUS 101 and MTH 104.

BUS 355 Business Communications 3 Hours
Application of communication principles to memos, letters and reports, and oral presentations. Prerequisites: ENG 102 and COM 101.

BUS 437 Management Information Systems 3 Hours
The design and implementation of information and decision systems and their effect on organizations. more…

BUS 451 Managerial Finance 3 Hours
Financial management techniques and policies for financial analysis and planning, working capital management, capital budgeting and long-term financing. Prerequisites: BUS 202, BUS 221, and BUS 222.

BUS 453 Strategic Management 3 Hours
A capstone course to develop decision-making skills at the top management level and encompassing all management functions in their environmental, political and social context. Prerequisite: BUS 321, BUS 331, and BUS 451.

BUS 499 Internship 3 Hours
Individually designed work experience in approved business or organization in or related to business major's concentration. Prerequisite: Junior standing and consent of internship coordinator.