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Business Administration Major

Requirements for the Major in Business Administration
The business administration major builds on a foundation of economic theory and is designed to stress the fundamentals of management, marketing, accounting, finance and quantitative methods. The graduate with this major should be well-prepared for a professional career in business or for further in business or other areas.

Within the Department of Economics and Business, students will complete at least 48 credits. Required courses are:

Foundations 
ECB201 Principles of Microeconomics
ECB202 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECB211 Statistics for Business and Economics
ECB311 Intermediate Microeconomics
One of the following courses:
MAT111 Mathematics for Business and Economics
MAT134 Survey of Calculus
MAT141 Calculus I
Business Administration
ECB217, 218 Principles of Accounting I, II
ECB245 Principles of Management
ECB347 Financial Management
ECB377 Principles of Marketing
ECB492 Senior Seminar: Management, Policy and Ethics
An additional 8 credits of coursework within the major at or above the 300 level


Double majors in accounting and business administration will not be allowed to use the following courses as electives for their business administration major: ECB335, 352, 353, 362, 364, 443. Students must continuously maintain a 2.0 GPA within the major.

International Business Concentration
A student majoring in business administration may elect to complete a concentration in international business as an alternative format for the business administration major. When this is done the student will receive a degree in business administraton with a concentration in international business. In addition to the Foundations above, requirements for this concentration include:

ECB217,?218 Principles of Accounting I, II
ECB245 Principles of Management
ECB347 Financial Management
ECB366 International Economics
   One of the following:
   ECB369 International Capitalisms: Asia, U.S. and Europe
   ECB305 Economic Development
ECB377 Principles of Marketing
ECB440 International Business
ECB492 Senior Seminar: Management, Policy and Ethics
Foreign language: 12 credits of first-year and intermediate (second-year)
language or proficiency at the 201 level (first semester of second year)


Requirements for the Minor in Business Administration

ECB201 Principles of Microeconomics
ECB217 Principles of Accounting I
ECB245 Principles of Management
Additional 12 credits in business, worked out with advisor