2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 01, 2025  
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog

Business Administration Major

Majors in business administration are built upon a strong liberal arts basis and are recommended for those students who are interested in careers in a wide variety of occupations or for students who plan to attend graduate school in business. As a department, we recommend experience in the field through credited internships.

Requirements:

Choose one course:

Choose one course:

Cognate requirements:

Choose one course:

Note:

*BUS300 is waived for students who have taken ACC315 and 316

Business administration options:

Choose and complete the requirements of one or two of the following options, with no more than 8 credits of the same course work between options:

Business administration/agricultural business option

Business administration/finance option

 

Choose one course:

Business administration/general option

Choose a minimum of 17 credits:

  • ACC, AGR, BUS or ECO (must be numbered 300-level or above)
  • No more than 4 credits combined of ACC417, AGR417, BUS417, BUS418 or ECO417 may count toward this option.

Business administration/international business option

Choose two courses:

Business administration/management option

Business administration/marketing option

Choose a minimum of 7 credits:

Total credits required: 54-56

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