2023-2024 College Catalog

Integrative Business Administration Major

Integrative Business Administration Major Requirements

Minimum credits: 33 credits in required courses; 15 credits in electives; minor credits vary by discipline (courses in certain minors may also satisfy major requirements).

Core Courses in Business Administration

BUSA 101Introduction to Business

4

BUSA 230Organizational Behavior

3

BUSA 240Marketing

4

BUSA 270Business Information Systems

4

BUSA 280Finance

4

BUSA 480Business Policy and Strategy

3

BUSA 101: Minimum grade of C

Three 300- or 400-level electives in Business Administration

Minimum 9 credits.

Note: an approved BUSA internship of 3 credits or more (BUSA 395 or BUSA 495) may count as one of the three electives. A total of one 300- or 400-level course in ACCO, FINA, or ECON may be counted as an elective for the BUSA major; At least two electives (6 credits) must be in BUSA.

Accounting Courses

ACCO 101Financial Accounting

4

ACCO 102Managerial Accounting

4

Economics Courses

ECON 101Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECON 102Principles of Macroeconomics

3

Law and Ethics Cognate Requirement

(students select ONE course from list below)

Law and Ethics Cognate Courses

BUSA 310Business Law I

3

BUSA 311Business Law II

3

POSC 107Freedom Equality and Power

3

POSC 227Justice & Virtue

3

POSC 247Rights & Revolution

3

POSC 292Public Policy

3

POSC 325International Environmental Politics

3

POSC 377/PHIL 377Seminar in Philosophy of Law

3

ECON 313Classical Political Economy

4

HIST 104Race & Ethnicity in Amer Hist

3

HIST 162Health & Disease Modern World History

3

HIST 240American Environmental History

3

RELS 341Religion and Medicine

3

RELS 347Religion and Nature

4

PHIL 271Values and Society

3

PHIL 336Ethics

3

Critical Communication Cognate Requirement*

*A course chosen from this list cannot satisfy both the Critical Communication and Law and Ethics cognate requirements simultaneously; however, BUSA-310 can fulfill the Accounting requirements and the Law and Ethics requirements at the same time for accounting and CPA majors.

(students select ONE course from list below)

Critical Communication Cognate Courses

ARTH 104Global Art 1750-Present

3

PHIL 201Classics of Philosophy

3

PHIL 236Logic

3

PHIL 249Existentialism

3

PHIL 271Values and Society

3

PHIL 273Relativism

3

PHIL 336Ethics

3

PHIL 370Philosophy of Mind

4

PHIL 383Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant

4

ENGL 115Principles-Public Speaking

3

ENGL 190Intro to Textual Analysis & Criticism

3

ENGL 200Business Writing

3

ENGL 205Journalism

3

ENGL 213Intro to Creative Writing

3

ENGL 310Creative Non-Fiction Workshop

3

Minor Specialization

Students work with their academic advisor to identify a minor in any discipline at the College except Business Administration that complements their professional goals. A double major also satisfies this requirement.

Integrative Business Administration Degree Pathway

Suggested sequence of courses for students majoring in Integrative Business Administration:

First Year

Fall

ECON 101Principles of Microeconomics

3

BUSA 101Introduction to Business

4

Spring

ACCO 101Financial Accounting

4

BUSA 230Organizational Behavior

3

ECON 102Principles of Macroeconomics

3

Second Year

Fall

ACCO 102Managerial Accounting

4

BUSA 240Marketing

4

Law and Ethics Cognate

Spring

BUSA 270Business Information Systems

4

Critical Communication Cognate

Third Year

Fall

BUSA 280Finance

4

Electives

Winter

BUSA 395Internship in Business

1

Spring

Electives

Fourth Year

Fall

Electives

Spring

BUSA 480Business Policy and Strategy

3