2002 - 2003 Business
Objectives | Program Requirements
| Plan of Study | Bachelor
of Arts Option | Business Minor
Program Director: Ken Meland
Faculty: Shannon Bellamy, Gaylen Bunker, Kimberly Dodson, Steve Hurlbut,
Brian Jorgensen, Ken Meland, Alysse Morton, Nancy Panos Schmitt, Georgia
White, Vicki Whiting, Kelvin Willoughby
Objectives
Students majoring in Business may opt for a Bachelor of Science in Business
degree or, with the completion of an approved minor (see listing below),
a Bachelor of Arts degree. The Business curriculum provides students the
opportunity to concentrate in a specific area of business or the flexibility
to choose electives across a variety of business disciplines. Concentrations
are available in accounting, finance, human resource management, information
resource management, management, marketing, and general business.
Program Requirements
Students must maintain a minimum 2.3 GPA in business program course work
to be eligible for a Bachelor's degree in Business.
For course prerequisites, please refer to the course description.
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Liberal Education Courses
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Business students should take the following courses as part of
the liberal education (LE) requirements. These courses must be completed
before registering for upper division business courses:
ECON 253 Elementary Macroeconomics (LE Group 3)
ENGL 110 Composition and Research (LE Skills Requirement)
MATH 141 College Algebra (LE Group 10)
MATH 150 Elementary Statistics (LE Skills Requirement)
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Requirement Description
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Foreign Language Requirement
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Business majors must complete eight credit hours in one of the
following ways:
- Four credit hours of a foreign language, and either: four credit
hours of a Westminster May term/summer international study tour,
or four credits of an international study tour transferred from
an accredited college or university.
- Eight credit hours of a single foreign language.
See Foreign Language Requirement for equivalencies, AP and CLEP
credit policy.
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Lower Division Business Courses
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MGMT 110 Historical Traditions of Business and Entrepreneurship
ACCT 213 Accounting Principles
ECON 253 Elementary Macroeconomics
ECON 263 Elementary Microeconomics
IRM 200 Principles of Information Resource Management
MATH 150 Elementary Statistics
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III.
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Upper Division Business Courses
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ACCT 313 Managerial Accounting
ECON An additional upper division Economics course
FINC 307 Corporate Finance
MGMT 305 Principles of Management
MGMT 325 Business and Employment Law
MGMT 485 Strategic Management
MKTG 300 Principles of Marketing
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Business Concentrations (Required)
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Students must choose a concentration from the following areas:
accounting, finance, human resource management, management, management
information systems, marketing, or general business.
ALL CONCENTRATIONS REQUIRE 12 CREDIT HOURS.
Accounting
ACCT 350 Intermediate Accounting I (4)
ACCT 360 Intermediate Accounting II (4)
ACCT Elective from ACCT 374, 412, 441*, 454, 474, 484 (4)
Finance
FINC 309 Concepts & Applications of Corp. Finance (4)
Two electives from FINC 305, 310, 412, 441*, 435; ECON 303 (8)
Human Resource Management
HRM 410 Human Resource Management (4)
Two electives from HRM 430, 412, 441*; ECON 420 (8)
Management
MGMT 309 Operations Management (4)
Two electives from HRM 410; MGMT 412, 433, 441*, 460, 474 (8)
Information Resource Management
Three electives from IRM 402, 403, 404, 441* (12)
Marketing
MKTG 303 Professional Selling (4)
MKTG 434 Marketing Analysis and Strategy (4)
Marketing elective from MKTG 338, 340, 412, 441* (4)
General Business
FINC or ACCT any additional upper division course (4)
MGMT or HRM any additional upper division course (4)
MKTG any additional upper division course (4)
*Note: 441 may not be used to complete both the Practice/ Experience
requirements and the upper division elective requirement.
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Practice/Experience Courses
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Any Business Discipline ACCT 440* Internship
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Any Business Discipline ACCT 441* Business Practicum
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Any Business Discipline ACCT 442* Professional Portfolio
*Note to transfers: all internships (440) must be taken at upper
division level. For transfer of credit for 441 or 442, please see
the Practice Experience Coordinator.
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TOTAL HOURS FOR BUSINESS
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Note: All students must complete 124 hours of coursework to graduate,
40 hours of which must be upper division (300 level or above). Students
may need to take other courses to complete the college hours requirement.
Please refer to the Undergraduate Degree Requirements section of this
catalog for information about restrictions when completing a major and
a minor or two majors.
Recommended Plan of Study for Business
In order to complete all major requirements, Business majors should plan
to take business courses in the following stages, subject to scheduling
and availability constraints, in conjunction with other required courses
and electives.
Freshman - Sophomore
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Sophomore - Junior
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ACCT
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213 Accounting Principles
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ACCT
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313 Managerial Accounting
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ECON
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253 Elem Macroeconomics
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ECON
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263 Elem Microeconomics
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IRM
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200 Princ of Info Res Mgmt
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FINC
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307 Corporate Finance
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MGMT
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110 Hist/Trad of Bus & Entrep
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MGMT
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305 Princ of Management
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MATH
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141 College Algebra
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MGMT
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325 Business Law
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MATH
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150 Statistics
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MKTG
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300 Princ of Marketing
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Foreign Language
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Foreign Language
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Junior - Senior
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ECON
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Upper Division Elective
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440/441/442 Intern/Prac. Reqrmnt
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Upper Division Bus. Concentration Req's.
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MGMT
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485 Strategic Practicum
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Bachelor of Arts Option
Students completing the bachelor of arts option must also complete an
academic minor from one of the following areas: Anthropology, Art, Communication,
Computer Science, Economics, English, Environmental Studies, French, Gender
Studies, History, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Physics, Political Science,
Psychology, Social Science, Sociology, Spanish, or Theatre Arts. Completion
of a minor is required for the B.A. degree. Students who elect to complete
a minor may elect to receive either a B.A. or B.S. degree.
Students who complete either a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts
in Business may have the option, based on MBA admission, of completing
an accelerated Master of Business Administration degree. A minimum of
36 graduate credit hours are required to complete the program and earn
the Master of Business Administration degree in conjunction with the requirements
of the B.S. or B.A. in Business program.
Note: Students who wish to participate in the MBA program should plan
to take the GMAT and apply for admission to the MBA program during their
senior year. Students are encouraged to meet with their program advisor
for specific requirements. Information on the MBA program admission requirements
is found in the MBA section of this catalog.
Business Minor (for non-business majors only)
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Requirement Description
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Required Courses
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ACCT 213 Accounting Principles
ECON 253 Elementary Macroeconomics, LE
ECON 263 Elementary Microeconomics
MGMT 110 Historical Traditions of Business and Entrepreneurship
MGMT 305 Principles of Management
MKTG 300 Principles of Marketing
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TOTAL HOURS FOR BUSINESS MINOR
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