Business Administration, B.A.

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A degree in business administration will help you build the skills, knowledge, and experience to land a job and thrive in today’s evolving economy. Graduates are in demand in a variety of industries, including marketing, management, banking, financial planning, insurance, and business analytics. Whether you dream to work for a large firm, start-up, or non-profit or start your own business, a business administration degree opens the doors to many career opportunities. Our experienced faculty take students beyond the classroom with internships in marketing, health care, and data analytics among other fields.

Total Major Requirements 48 Credits

BUS 110 - Introduction to Business Credits: 3
BUS 203 - Introduction to Financial Accounting Credits: 3
BUS 204 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting Credits: 3
BUS 211 - Management and Organizational Behavior Credits: 3
BUS 220 - Principles of Marketing Credits: 3
Select One of the following two:
BUS 252 - Excel for Data Analytics Credits: 3
or
BUS 270 - Management Information Systems Credits: 3
BUS 340 - Managerial Finance Credits: 3
BUS 351 - Business Analytics Credits: 3
BUS 365 - Organizational Leadership Credits: 3
BUS 491 - Strategic Management Credits: 3
ECO 101 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECO 102 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
Electives in Business and Economics Credits: 9

(must be at 200 level or above)

Other Requirements:
MAT 120 - Introductory Statistics Credits: 3
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1. Students must maintain at least a cumulative 2.000 GPA and achieve a C- or higher in any courses that count towards the major.

2. The Business Economics faculty must give prior approval for any courses that are not specified in current reciprocity agreements that students propose to transfer in to satisfy major requirements.

For specific information about world language requirements and expectations, see the General Education Requirements in the Academic Programs section of this catalog.

Other Requirements

General Education Requirements

For specific information about general education requirements and expectations, see the General Education Requirements in the Academic Programs section of this catalog.

Graduation Requirements

Completion of at least 120 credits and all requirements for this specific program, with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.000.

Minimum Total of Credits for The Degree: 120

Learning Goals and Assessment

Learning Goals:

As UMF graduates with a degree in business administration, students will be able to:

Understand financial institutions and become financially literate.
Understand the functions and operations of domestic and global markets.
Understand a business plan with micro and macro implications.
Understand and apply real-world data to make decisions and/or recommend policy.
Critically examine business and economics paradigms.
Become autonomous learners, bringing knowledge and skills learned in one area to enhance and integrate complex decision-making in related areas.

Assessment Criteria:

In order to assess our success in achieving the goals of our program listed above, we ask our students to produce evidence of this mastery with papers, group presentations, internships, service learning, research papers, and projects, case study analysis, engaged discussion in classes, and by examination. In the final analysis, it is our graduates’ success in the greater world that we value most highly.