DEPARTMENT Business Administration Chain Dr. Rolf Dixon Location: Wattis Business Building, Room 216 Telephone: Kathy May 801-626-6075 Professors: Lon Addams, Anthony Allred, Brian Davis, Rolf Dixon, Bruce Handley, Stephen Russell, Shane Schvaneveldt, E. K Valentin; Associate Professors: Bruce Christens en, Sandra Powell, Michael Stevens; Assistant Professors: Yuhong Fan, Stephen Hill, James Turner; Instructors: John Hoffman, Terrilyn Morgan I he student who majors in business administration is seeking the most general business degree that is offered at the bachelor's level. This major has been described as an undergraduate MBA because of its emphasis on breadth of education across all of the functional areas of business. This degree might be especially appropriate for students who intend to become entrepreneurs. Business Administration bachelors degree (bs) » Program Prerequisites: Most business and economics courses with numbers above 3000 require formal admission to the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics and completion of ACTG 2010, ECON SS2010, ECON SS2020,1ST TE2010, and QUAN 2600. These five courses are referred to collectively as "Business Foundations." (Refer to the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Requirements on pages 194-196.) » Minor: Not required. » Grade Requirements: Candidates for the bachelor of science degree must complete all prerequisite and required business and economics courses with a grade of "C-" or higher. In addition, the cumulative Business Foundations GPA, the overall business and economics GPA, and the overall university GPA must be 2.5 or higher. » Credit Hour Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours is required for graduation; 60-61 of these are School requirements, 30 are required within the major, and the balance should be taken outside of the major. The required 40 upper-division credit hours (courses numbered 3000 and above) are included in the School and major requirements. Advisement Advisement is strongly encouraged for all GSBE majors and minors. See more information on available advising resources on page 196. Admission Requirements Acceptance to the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics is required for all business majors, minors, emphases and certificates. To be admitted, students must register for BSAD 2899. Students may obtain information regarding admissions from the GSBE Advising Center, WB 211, (801) 626-6534 and/or the Department of Business Administration, WB 216, (801) 626-6075. General Education Refer to pages 38-43 for the University Bachelor of Science requirements. The following courses required for the Business Administration major also will satisfy general education requirements: ENGL EN1010, ENGL EN2010 (English Composition); MATH QL1050 (Quantitative Literacy); ECON SS2010 or ECON SS2020 (Social Science); and BTNYLS1403 (Life Science). 209 Major Course Requirements for BS Degree John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Requirements Liberal Support Curriculum (13 or 14) Business Foundations (13) BSAD 2899 Business Foundations and Admission Assessment (0) Business Cross-Functional Core (19) Business Functional Core (15) Major Courses Required (6 credit hours) 1ST 3110 Information Technology for Busines s (3) MGMT 3200 Managerial Communications (3) Major Electives (24 credit hours) Two Marketing courses selected from MKTG 3100 Consumer Behavior (3) MKTG 3200 Selling & Sales Management (3) MKTG 3450 Promotion Management (3) MKTG 3500 Retail Management (3) MKTG 4400 Marketing Strategy (3) Two Finance courses selected from FIN 3300 Investments (3) FIN 3350 Financial Institutions (3) FIN 3400 Real Estate Principles & Practices (3) FIN 3500 Capital Budgeting (3) FIN 4400 Financial Problems - Corporate Finance (3) Two Management or Supply Chain Management courses (One each from Groups A and B) • Group A MGMT 3300 MGMT 4300 • Group B SCM 3500 SCM 4100 SCM Human Resource Management (3) Influence and Group Effectiveness (3) Computer Models/Applications (3) Quality Management (3) Simulation (3) Two courses selected from the following ACTG* (3) ECON* (3) 1ST* (3) SCM* (3) BSAD 3500 Intro to Business Research (3) BSAD 3600 [World Region] Business & Society (3) BSAD 4210 Survey of Business Law (3) BSAD 4500 Entrepreneurship (3) BSAD 4680 Small Business Diagnostics (3) One additional CBE international course (3) MGMT 4650 Negotiations (3) One additional course from Group A or B in the previous section (3) *Upper division course to be approved by your faculty advisor. Business Administration minor for nonbusiness majors » Grade Requirements: A minimum GPA of 2.5 in all courses used toward the minor. » Credit Hour Requirements: Minimum of 31 credit hours in approved courses. See the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics advisor for requirements. Students pursuing this business administration minor must major in a nonbusiness field, complete the the Goddard Schod of Business & Economics Admission Requirements (seepage 196), and recdve approval of the program by the Business Administration Department chair. See the Department of Business Administration, WB216, (801) 626-6075 for advisement. 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