Business Administration, International Business Concentration, BSBA

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II and Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

Courses in Major (51 credits total)

¶ Free Electives or Minor (19 credits minimum)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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♥ Required Support Courses (15 credits total)

• ECO 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECO 202 Principles of Microeconomics
• ITC 117 Computing for the Professions

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• ITC 241 Spreadsheet for the Professions
• MAT 128 Quantitative Methods for Business and Finance
• SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology

Additional Information and Notes

*        Up to 6 credits of Foreign Language. Students who are double majoring in World languages and Cultures (French, Italian or Spanish concentrations) should take two 300 level or 400 level advanced courses in French, Italian or Spanish (in the same language) to fulfill the concentration electives. 

 †       Students wishing to register for MGT485 must obtain permission of Department Chairperson in terms of course requirements and amount of credit hours to be granted.

►      ENT 337 or ENT 350 is a required prerequisite for ENT 420 and ENT 450.

Total credits for graduation: 120