2023-2024 College Catalog

Quantitative Business Administration Major

Quantitative Business Administration Major Requirements

Minimum credits: 36 credits in required courses; 15 credits in electives

Core courses in Business Administration

BUSA 101Introduction to Business

4

BUSA 230Organizational Behavior

3

BUSA 240Marketing

4

BUSA 260Quantitative Business

3

BUSA 270Business Information Systems

4

BUSA 280Finance

4

BUSA 490Senior Thesis

3

BUSA 101, BUSA 260 and BUSA 280: grade of C minimum

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

ACCO 101 and ACCO 102: C minimum

Economics courses

ECON 101Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECON 102Principles of Macroeconomics

3

Law and Ethics Cognate Requirement

(students select ONE course from the list below)

Law and Ethics Cognate Courses

BUSA 310Business Law I

3

BUSA 311Business Law II

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*

*A course chosen from this list cannot satisfy both the Critical Communication and Law and Ethics cognate requirements simultaneously.

(students select ONE course from the list below)

Critical Communication Cognate Courses

ARTH 104Global Art 1750-Present

3

PHIL 236Logic

3

PHIL 249Existentialism

3

PHIL 271Values and Society

3

PHIL 273Relativism

3

PHIL 370Philosophy of Mind

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

PHIL 201Classics of Philosophy

3

PHIL 336Ethics

3

PHIL 383Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant

4

Quantitative Business Administration Degree Pathway

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

First Year

Fall

BUSA 101Introduction to Business

4

ECON 101Principles of Microeconomics

3

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 260Quantitative Business

3

Critical Communication Cognate

Third Year

Fall

BUSA 270Business Information Systems

4

Electives

Winter

BUSA 395Internship in Business

1

Spring

BUSA 280Finance

4

Electives

Fourth Year

Fall

Electives

Spring

BUSA 490Senior Thesis

3