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 , ECON 2010 , ECON 2020 , IST 2010 , and QUAN 2600 . These five 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; 60-61 of these are School requirements, 30 are required within the major, and the balance should be taken outside of the major. 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 all business majors, minors, emphases and certificates. 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 and General Education 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 (13 or 14)
Business Foundations (13)
BSAD 2899 - Business Foundations and Admission Assessment Credits: (0)
Business Cross-Functional Core (19)
Business Functional Core (15)

Major Courses Required (15 credit hours)

IST 3110 - Information Technology for Business Credits: (3)
MGMT 3200 - Managerial Communications Credits: (3) or
NTM 3250 - Business Communication Credits: (3)
MGMT 3300 - Human Resource Management Credits: (3)
MGMT 4300 - Leadership and Group Effectiveness Credits: (3)
MGMT 4400 - Advanced Organizational Behavior 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 Decision-Making 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)