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Business Administration Major, B.S.

Students majoring in Business Administration are advised to complete MATH 1170 College Algebra or a higher-level MATH course from Liberal Education Category 4. They are also advised to take at least one course in Psychology, Sociology, or Anthropology as part of their liberal education requirements.

Note: Transfer students planning to major in Business Administration must take a minimum of 24 semester credits of courses from the Bemidji State University Business Administration major.

I. Required Basic Core Courses

ACCT 1101 Principles of Accounting I (3 credits)
ACCT 1102 Principles of Accounting II (3 credits)
BUAD 2220 Law and Business (3 credits)
BUAD 2231 Business Statistics I (3 credits)
BUAD 2280 Computer Business Applications (3 credits)
BUAD 3223 Operations Management (3 credits)
BUAD 3351 Management (3 credits)
BUAD 3361 Marketing (3 credits)
BUAD 3381 Management Information Systems (3 credits)
BUAD 3771 Financial Management (3 credits)
BUAD 4559 Strategic Management (3 credits)
ECON 2000 Markets and Resource Allocation (3 credits)
ECON 2100 Macro Economics and the Business Cycle (3 credits)

Subtotal 39 Credits

II. Required Field of Emphasis

Select one or more of the following fields of emphasis.

A. Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management

NOTE: No course used to fulfill a requirement in the Basic Core may be used to fulfill any other requirements in a field of emphasis.

1. Additional Required Courses

BUAD 4458 New Business Venture Creation (3 credits)
BUAD 4469 Small Business Case Analysis (3 credits)

2. Required Electives

Select four of the following courses with the consent of advisor:

Note: BUAD 3283 has a prerequisite not included in this major.
ACCT 3118 Financial Statement Analysis (3 credits)
ACCT 3404 Income Taxes I (3 credits)
BUAD 3281 Decision Support Systems (3 credits)
BUAD 3283 E-Commerce Web Development (3 credits)
BUAD 3384 Systems Analysis and Design (3 credits)
BUAD 3467 Advertising Management (3 credits)
BUAD 3568 Personal Selling (3 credits)
BUAD 3677 Principles of Real Estate (3 credits)
BUAD 3678 Risk Management and Insurance (3 credits)
BUAD 4385 Data Modeling and Design (3 credits)
BUAD 4387 Corporate Information Management (3 credits)
BUAD 4456 Human Resource Management (3 credits)
BUAD 4467 Marketing Research (3 credits)

Subtotal 18 Credits

Subtotal from Basic Core 39 Credits

Total Semester Credits Required For Major, Field of Emphasis A 57 Credits

A Total of 128 Semester Credits is Required for a Bachelor's Degree

B. Finance

NOTE: No course used to fulfill a requirement in the Basic Core may be used to fulfill any other requirement in a field of emphasis.

1. Additional Required Courses
BUAD 3772 Advanced Financial Management (3 credits)
BUAD 3872 Investments (3 credits)
BUAD 4779 Corporate Financial Policies (3 credits)
ECON 3200 Economics of the Financial Sector (3 credits)

2. Required Electives
Select two of the following sequences:

ACCT 3404 Income Taxes I (3 credits)
ACCT 3405 Income Taxes II (3 credits)
ACCT 3118 Financial Statement Analysis (3 credits)
BUAD 3232 Business Statistics II (3 credits)

BUAD 3677 Principles of Real Estate (3 credits)
BUAD 3678 Risk Management and Insurance (3 credits)

Subtotal 24 Credits

Subtotal from Basic Core 39 Credits

Total Semester Credits Required For Major, Field of Emphasis B 63 Credits