2018-2019 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Business Administration in Management
Requirements for the B.B.A.
Core Courses
All business core courses acquaint you with various fields in business and help you learn to communicate, to interact, and to assume responsible positions in your chosen field.
For a major in business administration, you must complete the following courses.
- ACC 212 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3 credits)
- ACC 213 - Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- BOTH
- ECO 210 - Introductory Macroeconomics (3 credits) AND
- ECO 211 - Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits)
- OR ECO 200 - Business Economics (3 credits) Credits: 3
- Upper-division economics course (not ECO 490) Credits: 3
- FIN 320 - Managerial Finance (3 credits)
- MGT 268 - Business Processes and Management Information Systems (3 credits)
- MGT 331 - Concepts of Management (3 credits)
- MGT 366 - Operations Management (3 credits)
- MGT 495 - Administrative Policy (3 credits)
- MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
Students are required to select one class from the following list. This course may count toward the major or minor if applicable.
- ACC 333 - Corporate Governance and Accounting Ethics (3 credits)
- ECO 440 - Public Economics and Ethics (3 credits)
- FIN 330 - Ethics in Finance (3 credits)
- MGT 340 - Ethics and Business, Social Justice and Sustainability (3 credits)
- MGT 438 - Business Ethics (3 credits)
- MKT 375 - Marketing Ethics (3 credits)
Required Business Electives
Three upper-division Seidman courses are not applied to the major or minor (nine credits total). However, these courses can be applied toward a second business major.
Electives
Students may elect nonbusiness or business courses to fulfill their elective course requirements. Students may apply up to six hours of internship and independent research credit, in any combination, toward their degree requirements. Business majors may not take any of the major courses, except the internship, on a credit/no credit basis.
Requirements for an Emphasis in Management Information Systems
The MIS emphasis provides students with he appropriate knowledge and skills to define, design and develop management information systems in modern businesses. In addition, it provides them with specialized skills in the area of enterprise resource planning systems. This specialization provides a strong technical background, but emphasizes the business process knowledge and analytical skills necessary to successfully plan and implement such systems.
Required Courses
Business core:
- CIS 150 - Introduction to Computing (3 credits)
- CIS 160 - Programming with Visual Basic (3 credits)
- CIS 333 - Database Management and Implementation (3 credits)
- MGT 351 - Enterprise Information Systems (3 credits)
- MGT 371 - Systems Analyses and Design (3 credits)
- MGT 471 - Enterprise Systems Configuration (3 credits)
- MGT 475 - Customized ERP Solutions (3 credits)
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)
- MTH 122 - College Algebra (3 credits)
Quantitative group - choose one:
- MTH 125 - Survey of Calculus (3 credits)
- MTH 201 - Calculus I (4 credits)
- PHI 103 - Logic (3 credits)
- MGT 361 - Management Science (3 credits)
Electives
Any one of the following:
- MGT 350 - Principles of Electronic Commerce (3 credits)
- MGT 360 - Business Process Redesign (3 credits)