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Academic Catalog 2012-13  Academic Programs  School of Business  Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
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  • Master of Business Administration
  • Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
  • Completion of requirements for a bachelor's degree, including general education requirements, 120 credits of acceptable coursework, and at least 42 upper-division credits.
  • Completion of one of the following emphases:
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
  • General Business Emphasis for Associate of Arts or Science degrees
  • 5-year B.S./M.B.A. Program
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
 
  • Completion of requirements for a bachelor's degree, including general education requirements, 120 credits of acceptable coursework, and at least 42 upper-division credits.
  • Completion of one of the following emphases:
    • Advertising Emphasis
      • Completion of the following required courses:
        • AR 206: Design 2D (3 hours)
        • AR 207: Design/3D (3 hours)
        • AR 208: Drawing (3 hours)
        • AR 280: Beginning B&W Photography (3 hours)
        • AR 301: Typography (3 hours)
        • AR 302: Graphic Communications (3 hours)
        • AR 306: Design Problems (3 hours)
        • AR 310: Graphic Design I (3 hours)
        • AR 311: Graphic Design II (3 hours)
        • BUS 207: Principles of Accounting I (3 hours)
        • BUS 304: Principles of Marketing (3 hours)
        • BUS 318: Business Statistics (3 hours)
        • BUS 335: Consumer Behavior (3 hours)
        • BUS 345: Advertising (3 hours)
        • BUS 361: Principles of Management (3 hours)
        • BUS 448: Interactive Marketing (3 hours)
        • BUS 454: Market Research & Information (3 hours)
        • BUS 460: Marketing Management (3 hours)
        • BUS 466: Business Ethics (3 hours)
        • ECON 255: Principles of Economics I (3 hours)
      • Plus 9 semester hours from speech and/or journalism and 6 semester hours from business.
    • Applied Business Emphasis

      This curriculum mirrors the requirements of Bachelor of Arts in business administration, general business emphasis. All current Adams State requirements in general education, writing and technology proficiency, 120 total credits and 42 upper-division credits remain in force. The significant difference between this emphasis and all other emphases in both the B.A. and B.S. in business administration is the acceptance of up to 30 semester technical credits which will be applied in the elective area. Decisions on the acceptance of individual technical courses will be made by the student's advisor, subject to the approval of the department chair. Acceptance of technical credits applies only to this emphasis within this degree.

      • BUS 120: Bus Computer Applications I (3 hours)
      • BUS 207: Principles of Accounting I (3 hours)
      • BUS 208: Principles of Accounting II (3 hours)
      • BUS 211: Business Law (3 hours)
      • BUS 304: Principles of Marketing (3 hours)
      • BUS 318: Business Statistics (3 hours)
      • BUS 361: Principles of Management (3 hours)
      • BUS 363: Managerial Finance (3 hours)
      • BUS 265: Business Communications (3 hours)
      • BUS 430: Production & Operations Mgmt (3 hours)
      • BUS 480: Global Business Strategies (3 hours)
      • ECON 255: Principles of Economics I (3 hours)
      • ECON 256: Principles of Economics II (3 hours)
    • Business Teacher Emphasis
      • Completion of the following required courses:
        • BUS 103: Introduction to Business (3 hours)
        • BUS 120: Bus Computer Applications I (3 hours)
        • BUS 207: Principles of Accounting I (3 hours)
        • BUS 208: Principles of Accounting II (3 hours)
        • BUS 211: Business Law (3 hours)
        • BUS 304: Principles of Marketing (3 hours)
        • BUS 313: Meth of Teaching Bus Education (3 hours)
        • BUS 320: Bus Computer Applications II (3 hours)
        • BUS 323: Computerized Accounting (1 hours)
        • BUS 361: Principles of Management (3 hours)
        • BUS 363: Managerial Finance (3 hours)
        • BUS 265: Business Communications (3 hours)
        • BUS 480: Global Business Strategies (3 hours)
        • ECON 255: Principles of Economics I (3 hours)
      • Completion of the secondary teacher licensure requirements.

        Bachelor of Arts with Secondary Education Licensure

      • Plus completion of one of the following areas of specialization:
        • Accounting
          • BUS 305: Intermediate Accounting I (4 hours)

            OR BUS 307: Managerial Cost Accounting I (3 hours)

            OR BUS 355: Fundamentals of Income Tax (4 hours)
        • Management Information Systems
          • A minimum 12 credits from the following:
            • BUS 324: Data Communications & Network (3 hours)
            • BUS 425: Systems Analysis (3 hours)
    • General Business Emphasis
      • BUS 120: Bus Computer Applications I (3 hours)
      • BUS 207: Principles of Accounting I (3 hours)
      • BUS 208: Principles of Accounting II (3 hours)
      • BUS 211: Business Law (3 hours)
      • BUS 304: Principles of Marketing (3 hours)
      • BUS 318: Business Statistics (3 hours)
      • BUS 361: Principles of Management (3 hours)
      • BUS 363: Managerial Finance (3 hours)
      • BUS 265: Business Communications (3 hours)
      • BUS 430: Production & Operations Mgmt (3 hours)
      • BUS 480: Global Business Strategies (3 hours)
      • ECON 255: Principles of Economics I (3 hours)
      • ECON 256: Principles of Economics II (3 hours)
    • Pre-International Emphasis

      This emphasis prepares a student for graduate study in the field of international business.

      • Completion of the following required courses:
        • BUS 120: Bus Computer Applications I (3 hours)
        • BUS 207: Principles of Accounting I (3 hours)
        • BUS 208: Principles of Accounting II (3 hours)
        • BUS 211: Business Law (3 hours)
        • BUS 265: Business Communications (3 hours)
        • BUS 304: Principles of Marketing (3 hours)
        • BUS 361: Principles of Management (3 hours)
        • BUS 363: Managerial Finance (3 hours)
        • BUS 480: Global Business Strategies (3 hours)
        • ECON 255: Principles of Economics I (3 hours)
        • ECON 256: Principles of Economics II (3 hours)
        • GOVT 300: Introduction to World Politics (3 hours)
        • GOVT 301: Chang Dynamics/Int'l Relations (3 hours)
        • GOVT 307: Intro to World Governments (3 hours)
        • GOVT 308: Pacific Rim/21st Century World (3 hours)
        • GOVT 468: U S/Latin American Relations (3 hours)
      • Foreign Language (chosen in consultation with the department chair): 12 to 18 credits
      • Elective Courses
        • A minimum of 9 hours from the following:
          • GOVT 399: Individual Studies (1 TO 9 hours)
          • GOVT 479: Special Topics (1 TO 6 hours)
            • Topics in Comparative Government (3-credit GOVT 479 course)
            • Topics in International Relations (3-credit GOVT 479 course)
          • HIST 356: Latin America Since 1830 (3 hours)
          • HIST 357: Mexico (3 hours)
          • HIST 427: US History Since 1950 (3 hours)
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