(not available to College of Business majors)
The Business Studies major combines foundational courses in business with the liberal arts. It is meant to complement a non-business student’s program of study by offering primary business topics as well as the necessary analytical tools required for careers in management related fields. Students cannot pursue this major either on its own or in conjunction with a business major.
Prerequisites for all courses must be met. Students not enrolled in the College of Business BBA program cannot elect more than 30 credit hours in courses offered by the College of Business.
Prerequisites to the Major
Course List | Code | Title | Credit Hours |
| Prin: Macroeconomics | |
| Prin: Microeconomics | |
| College Algebra | |
| Pre-Calculus |
Major Requirements
Course List | Code | Title | Credit Hours |
| ACC 298 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| FIN 401 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| ISM 310 | Info Systems in Management | 3 |
| MKT 352 | Mktg Principles and Policies | 3 |
| OB 354 | Behavior in Organizations | 3 |
| OM 300 | Intro to Operations Management | 3 |
| 3 |
| Introductory Business Statistics using Excel | |
| Economic Statistics | |
| Probability | |
| Prin of Stat and Exper Design | |
| 1 | 9 |
| Total Credit Hours | 30 |
Concentration Requirements
General Business Concentration
Three courses from any 300 or 400 level COB course (Excluding BA 300, BPS 451, and any BI course). Courses must be from at least two different disciplines.
Communications Concentration
Course List | Code | Title | Credit Hours |
| COMM 340 | Professional Communication | 3 |
| or BA 330 | Managerial Communication |
| 6-8 |
| Intro to Media & Culture | |
| Public Relations Principles | |
| Communication Research Methods | |
| Public Comm and Culture Stdies | |
| Critical Media Studies | |
| Public Relations Campaigns | |
| Risk and Crisis Communication | |
| Advertising | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9-11 |
Economics Concentration
Course List | Code | Title | Credit Hours |
| 9 |
| Managerial Economics | |
| Intermediate Microeconomics |
| Business Conditions Analysis | |
| Intermediate Macroeconomics |
| Money and Banking | |
| Com Bank: Functn and Operatns |
| Labor in the American Economy | |
| Industrial Organization | |
| Experimental Economics | |
| Antitrust and Regulation | |
| Beh Econ for Business & Policy | |
| International Finance | |
| International Trade | |
| Economics of the Labor Sector | |
| International Financial Management | |
| International Business | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 |
Entrepreneurship Concentration
Course List | Code | Title | Credit Hours |
| 9 |
| Entrepreneurial Thinking&Behav | |
| New Venture Planning | |
| Social Entrepreneurship | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 |
Psychology Concentration
Course List | Code | Title | Credit Hours |
| 9 |
| Human Resource Policy/Admin | |
| Understanding Customers | |
| Social Psychology | |
| Cognitive Psychology | |
| Diversity and the Workplace | |
| Psychology in the Workplace | |
| Applied Cognitive Psychology | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 |
