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Undergraduate Catalog 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Administration, B.S. with Majors

Major areas include: Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Healthcare Management, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management, Marketing, Public Relations and Advertising, and Sports Management.

General: A candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration must complete the general requirements for all baccalaureate degrees, including the general education requirements, and complete a minimum of 60 semester hours in business courses as well as the following specific requirements:

General Education (38-41 sem. hrs)

Click here  for information regarding general education requirements.

Ethics Course Requirements (3 sem. hrs)

Multicultural Requirement (3 sem. hrs)

All courses that meet this requirement can be found here .

Core Requirements (48 sem. hrs)

All courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Courses in the major cannot be taken as pass/fail.

Business Electives (21 sem. hrs)

Nine of the remaining 21 hours of Business electives must be upper-level (300-400) courses and must be taken at Columbia College. These courses can come from the following areas:

  • Accounting
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Health Care Management
  • Management
  • Marketing

Note(s):

MGMT 479  is the culminating experience course for all students receiving a Business Administration degree.**

Electives (7-10 sem. hrs)

Total Semester Hours: 120

Major Areas

In general, 300 - level courses in the Business Administration Professional Core or Electives Groups are taken after students have completed the freshman and sophomore years (4 full semesters).

However, students who have completed 45 semester hours and who have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.75 or above are eligible to take 300 - level business core courses during the second semester of the sophomore year.

A student can complete no more than two internships in business administration, each carrying no more than three semester hours of credit.

Courses in the major cannot be taken as pass/fail.

Accounting Major

Students who elect to earn a major in Accounting must complete nine semester hours of required courses and nine semester hours of elective hours drawn from the courses listed below.

Required Courses (9 sem. hrs)

All courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher. These nine hours are required:

Nine semester hours of electives must be selected from the following courses:

Entrepreneurship Major

Students who elect to earn a major in Entrepreneurship must complete the courses listed below:

Required courses (12 sem. hrs)

All courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher and cannot be taken as pass/fail.

Elective courses (6 sem. hrs)

Finance Major

Courses in the major cannot be taken as pass/fail. Students who elect to earn a major in Finance must complete:

9 semester hours of electives drawn from the following courses:

Healthcare Management Major

Students who elect to earn a major in Healthcare Management must complete the courses listed below. Courses in the major cannot be taken as pass/fail.

Required courses (18 sem. hrs)

All courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

Human Resource Management Major

Students who elect to earn a major in Human Resource Management must complete twelve (12) hours of required courses and six (6) hours of electives courses drawn from the courses listed below:

Courses in the major cannot be taken as pass/fail.

Required courses (12 sem. hrs)

Elective courses (6 sem. hrs)

International Business Major

Courses in the major cannot be taken as pass/fail.

Required courses (12 sem. hrs)

Elective courses (6 sem. hrs)

Management Major

Students who elect to earn a major in Management must complete nine semester hours of required courses; and nine elective hours with a management field code, three of which must be in upper-level coursework.

Courses in the major cannot be taken as pass/fail.

Marketing Major

Students who elect to earn a major in Marketing must complete nine hours of required courses and nine elective hours with a MKTG prefix.

Required courses (9 sem. hrs)

Elective courses (9 sem. hrs)

Public Relations and Advertising Major

Students who elect to earn a major in Public Relations and Advertising must complete the courses listed below. Six hours of non-business courses chosen from one of the listed option areas below will count as business electives in the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree. Courses in the major cannot be taken as pass/fail.

Required courses (6 sem. hrs)

(All courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher)

Option:

(Complete one of the following Options):

Option I - Public Relations Track:

Complete two courses from the following:

Option II - Advertising Track:

Complete one course from the following:

Sports Management Major

Students who elect to earn a major in Sports Management must complete nine hours of required courses and nine elective hours. Courses in the major may not be taken as pass/fail.

Required courses (9 sem. hrs)

Elective courses (9 sem. hrs)

Choose a minimum of nine hours from the following courses: