193 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, James Macdonald, Stephen Russell, Shane Schvaneveldt, E. K Valentin; Associate Professors: Bruce Christensen, Sandra Powell, Michael Stevens; Assistant Professors: Yuhong Fan, Stephen Hill, James Turner; Instructors: Bruce Davis, Terrilyn Morgan I he student who majors in business administration is seeking the most general business degree that is offered at the bachelor's levd. 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 espedally appropriate for students who intend to become entrepreneurs. Business Administration bachelors degree (bs or ba) » Program Prerequisites: Most business and economics courses with numbers above 3000 require formal admission to the John B. Goddard School of Business Sc Economics and completion of ACTG 2010, ECON SS2010, ECON SS2020,1ST TE2010, and QUAN SI2600. These five courses are referred to collectively as "Business Foundations." (Refer to the John B. Goddard School of Business Sc Economics Requirements on pages 180-183.) » Minor: Not required. » Grade Requirements: Candidates for the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees 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 182. Admission Requirements Acceptance to the John B. Goddard School of Business Sc Economics is required for all business majors, minors, and certificates. Students may obtain an application for 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 37-43 for either Bachdor of Science or Bachelor of Arts 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 Sdence). Course Requirements for BS or BA John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Requirements Liberal Support Curriculum (13 or 14) Business Foundations (13) BSAD 2899 Business Foundations Assessment (0) Business Cross-Functional Core (19) Business Functional Core (15) Major Courses Required (6 credit hours) 1ST 3110 Information Technology for Busfnes 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 Sc 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 Prindples Sc 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 MGMT 4400 Group B SCM SI3500 SCM 4100 SCM SI4600 Human Resource Management (3) Influence and Group Effectiveness (3) Advanced Organizational Behavior (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 SI3500 Intro to Business Research (3) BSAD 3600 [World Region] Business Sc Sodety (3) BSAD 4210 Survey of Business Law (3) BSAD 4500 Entrepreneurship (3) BSAD 4680 Senior Consulting Proj ect (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 Sc Economics advisor for requirements. Students pursuing this business administration minor must major in a non-business field and receive approval of the program by the Business Administration Department chair. 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