Individualized Program

Students may design an interdisciplinary concentration of courses related to their individual goals and interests. This concentration must include twelve credits of upper division courses approved by a faculty advisor.

International Business

The international business concentration is designed for students who want to prepare themselves to meet the challenges associated with globalization. This concentration must be taken in tandem with another major or concentration in accounting, economics, finance, human resource management, marketing, or operations and supply chain management. Students must complete the international course for the functional area of their primary concentration, if offered. This primary concentration international course can be used to fulfill the requirement for either, but not both, the primary concentration or the international business concentration.


International Business Concentration: 12 credits
Four courses selected from the following:
ECON 311 Global Economic Issues
(or ECON 411 for Economics concentrations)		 3 credits
BFIN 327 International Finance 3 credits
MGMT 355 International Management 3 credits
MKTG 417 International Marketing 3 credits
BUSN 490 Global Finance and Development 3 credits

Course descriptions are found under the respective disciplines.

Students with a concentration in international business may not double-count any of the above courses to satisfy the integrative, international, experiential elective (3 credits) in the business administration major. Students in this concentration may count one three credit foreign language course to satisfy the integrative, international, or experiential three credit requirement. A course in a student’s native language does not fulfill this requirement.

Law and Public Policy

Government regulation and legislation have a major impact on business, creating a need for public policy makers to understand the workings of business and for people in the private sector to understand the public sector. This is especially relevant for people pursuing careers in corporate public affairs and professional study in law, public administration, and public policy analysis.


Law and Public Policy Concentration: 12 credits
Four courses selected with advisor approval from the following, with not more than six credits from one department:
ACCT 365 Federal Taxation
ECON 304 Economics of Environmental Protection
ECON 305 Public Finance
ECON 310 Anti-Trust Policy and Regulation
ECON 320 Economics of Sports
BFIN 426 Mergers and Acquisitions
MGMT 415 Employment Law and Employee Relations
POLS 303 Civil Liberties: Class, Race and Gender
POLS 311 State and Local Government
POLS 318 Administrative Law
POLS 320 Bureaucracy and Citizens
POLS 321 Politics and Public Administration
POLS 323 Constitutional Law
POLS 327 American Social Policy
POLS 342 Law as a Vocation
The Core Curriculum of the School of Business Administration

School of Business Administration majors are required to complete the University core curriculum, detailed below, I-V, and the School of Business Administration core, which consists of 62 credits, identified in items VI-XXIII. Additionally, upper division requirements from the specific business major must be completed. General electives complete the 128 semester credit hours needed for a diploma. University and Business School core courses at the 100 and 200-level should be completed by the end of the sophomore year.

  1. Thought & Expression (7 credits): ENGL 101, SPCO 101, and PHIL 101 (preferably taken in the same semester).
  2. Philosophy (9 credits): PHIL 201, PHIL 301, and PHIL 400- level elective.
  3. Religious Studies (9 credits): RELI 100, RELI 200, and RELI 300 levels: one course from each level.
  4. Mathematics (3-4 credits): MATH 114, MATH 148, or MATH 157.
  5. English Literature (3 credits): ENGL 102, ENGL 103H, ENGL 105, or ENGL 106.
  6. Business Computing (2 credits): BUSN 111.
  7. Fine Arts (3 credits): any VART, MUSC, or THEA.
  8. History (3 credits): HIST 101, HIST 102 or HIST 112.
  9. Science (3 credits): any BIOL, CHEM, or PHYS.
  10. Social Sciences (3 credits): any CRIM, HIST, POLS, PSYC, or SOCI.
  11. Accounting (6 credits): ACCT 260 and ACCT 261.
  12. Economics (6 credits): ECON 201 and ECON 20
  13. Business Statistics (3 credits): BUSN 230.
  14. Information Systems (3 credits): BMIS 235.
  15. Business Composition (2 credits): BUSN 270.
  16. Business Law (3 credits): BUSN 283.
  17. Finance (3 credits): BFIN 320.
  18. Management (4 credits): MGMT 350 and MGMT 351.
  19. Marketing (3 credits): MKTG 310.
  20. Operations Management (3 credits): OPER 340.
  21. Strategy (3 credits) BUSN 481.
  22. Comprehensive Exam (0 credit): BUSN 499.
  23. Non-business electives (9 credits).

Students admitted with more than 45 semester credits may receive a waiver of one of the following School of Business core requirements: HIST 101, HIST 102, or HIST 112; social science elective; science elective; or fine arts elective.