Business Administration (BS)

Program Prerequisites: Most business and economics courses with numbers above 3000 require formal admission to the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics and completion of ACTG 2010 , ACTG 2020 , ECON 2010 , ECON 2020 , MIS 2010 , and QUAN 2600 . These six courses are referred to collectively as “Business Foundations.” (Refer to John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Requirements .)
Minor: Not required.
Grade Requirements: Candidates for the bachelor of science degree must complete all prerequisite and required business and economics courses with a grade of “C-” or higher. In addition, the cumulative Business Foundations GPA, Goddard School (major) GPA, and the overall university GPA must be 2.5 or higher.
Credit Hour Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours is required for graduation. The required 40 upper-division credit hours (courses numbered 3000 and above) are included in the School and major requirements.
Program Code: 4011BS
CIPC: 520201

Advisement

Advisement is strongly encouraged for all Goddard School majors and minors. See more information on available advising resources in the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics section of this catalog.

Admission Requirements

Acceptance to the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics is required for students pursuing a Bachelor of Science or Associates of Science as well as students pursuing minors in Accounting or Economics. To be admitted, students must register for BSAD 2899 . Students may obtain information regarding admissions from the Goddard School Advising Center, WB 211, (801) 626-6534.

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General Education

Refer to Degree Requirements for the University Bachelor of Science requirements. The following courses required for the Business Administration major will also satisfy general education requirements: ENGL 2010 (English Composition); MATH 1050 (Quantitative Literacy); ECON 2010 or ECON 2020 (Social Science); and BTNY 1403 (Life Science).

Major Course Requirements for BS Degree

John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Requirements

Liberal Support Curriculum (10)
Business Foundations (16)
BSAD 2899 - Business Foundations and Admission Assessment Credits: (0)
Business Core (34-35)

Major Courses Required (12 credit hours)

MGMT 3300 - Human Resource Management Credits: (3)
MGMT 4300 - Leadership and Group Effectiveness Credits: (3)
MGMT 4400 - Advanced Organizational Behavior Credits: (3)
MIS 2030 - Introduction to Business Analytics Credits: (3)

Major Electives (9 credit hours)

Two General Electives (6 credit hours) from list of approved courses

MGMT 3350 - Employment and Labor Law Credits: (3)
MGMT 3400 - International Business Credits: (3) (if not used above as International course)
MGMT 3450 - Business Studies Abroad-International Management Credits: (3) (if not used above as International course)
MGMT 3550 - The Cultural Environment of International Business Credits: (3) (if not used above as International course)
MGMT 4310 - Compensation and Benefits Credits: (3)
MGMT 4320 - Staffing Organizations Credits: (3)
MGMT 4350 - Training Credits: (3)
MGMT 4860 - Management Internship Credits: (3)
MGMT 4865 - Human Resource Internship Credits: (3)
MGMT 4650 - Negotiations Credits: (3)
SCM 3500 - Spreadsheet Modeling for Prescriptive Analytics Credits: (3) (if not used above as Supply Chain Management course)
SCM 4100 - Quality Management and Process Improvement Credits: (3) (if not used above as Supply Chain Management course)
BSAD 3500 - Introduction to Business Research Credits: (3) (if not used above as Marketing course)
BSAD 3600 - [World Region] Business and Society Credits: (3) (if not used above as International course)
BSAD 4210 - Survey of Business Law Credits: (3)
BSAD 4500 - Entrepreneurship Credits: (3)