BUSINESS COMMON PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT

Students completing the business common professional component will possess the broad skills necessary to pursue effectively their chosen specialization. The component provides a solid background in an organization’s environment and operations and provides the analytical tools needed for problem-solving and decision-making.

Students should be able to:

• Understand the environment and operations of an organization,
• To apply business-related analytical tools,
• To apply professional and personal self-management skills.

Business Common Professional Component

Courses — 51 credit hours

ACC 201: Principles of Accounting I

ACC 202: Principles of Accounting II

BUA 101: Computer Applications in Business

BUA 102: Leadership and Development I

BUA 202: Leadership and Development II

BUA 204: Business Communications OR

ENG 216: Technical Writing

BUA 320: Business Statistics

BUA 321: Legal Environment

BUA 370: Global Business Issues

BUA 380: Leadership and Ethics

BUA 402: Senior Seminar

ECO 202: Principles of Economics II

ECO 321: Quantitative Methods of Decision Making

FIN 305: Personal Finance

FIN 330: Corporate Finance

MGT 301: Principles of Management

MGT 490: Strategic Management

MIS 300: Management Information Systems

MKT 301: Principles of Marketing _____ Advised elective *

*Note that the advised elective should be a level 300 course or higher, selected from these prefixes: ACC, BUA, ECO, MGT, MIS, MKT, or PSY 402. The only exceptions are ENG 103 and MAT 125, which is strongly recommended as a professional elective for students planning to enter a business graduate program. MAT 125 is a required course for the Five-Year MBA program.

• Gather information from a variety of sources, integrate the information, and communicate the results to appropriate other people and groups.

SPECIALIZATION AREAS

GENERAL BUSINESS SPECIALIZATION

The Business Administration program with a specialization in General Business is designed to provide students a broad scope of various areas of business so that students can develop an understanding and appreciation of the business world and its relationship to the global economy and society.

Mission

This program provides a broad business background for those interested in conceiving, initiating and developing new business ventures. Graduates would develop the analytical, writing, speaking and observation skills along with the confidence to become small business owners, entrepreneurs and consultants. The curriculum also has enough elective hours for students who may be interested in double majors (specialization).

Graduates should be able to:

• Understand the industrial, national, and global environments in which a business operates;
• Analyze a wide variety of business situations BUA 320: Business Statistics

and make appropriate decisions;

Career Opportunities

Students who successfully complete the general business specialization have the choice of careers in business, industry, government, non-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures. The curriculum also provides a sound background for graduate study in business and related areas.

Professional Courses for General Business Specialization—24 Credit Hours

ECO 329: International Economics

MGT 433: Human Resource Management

MGT 465: Entrepreneurship

Professional Electives (15 hours)*

*May be an internship or international experience in Business or a level 300 course or higher selected from these prefixes: ACC, BUA, ECO, FIN, MGT, MIS, or MKT

KSU CATALOGUE, 2012-2013

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