Business Administration with an Area of Concentration, B.A.

I. Major Program Requirements (for each area of concentration below)

Thirty-nine semester credits of accounting, business, and economics courses, including:

BA 203	Principles of Accounting I	3
BA 204	Principles of Accounting II	3
BA 301	Business Law I	3
BA 302	Business Law II	3
BA 306	Marketing	3
BA 313	Managerial Finance	3
BA 365	Financial Analysis Using Excel	3
BA 375	Fundamentals of Management	3
BA 392	International Business(GD&WI)	3
BA 410	Business Policy	3
EC 201	Principles of Economics I	3
EC 202	Principles of Economics II	3

EC 309	Financial Markets and Institutions	3
	or
EC 406	International Economics	3

EC 406: for students concentrating in International Business only

Plus one of the following areas of concentration (18 credits):

A. Economics

BA 409	Operations Research	3
EC 304	Public Finance	3
EC 306	Int'l Trade/Global Organization	3
EC 401	Intermediate Microeconomics	3
EC 402	Intermediate Macroeconomics	3
EC 406	International Economics	3

B. Management

BA 377	Entrepreneurship (WI)	3
BA 408	Human Resource Management	3
BA 409	Operations Research	3
BA 413	Organizational Behavior	3
CO 320	Organizational Communication	3
PMGT 210	Project Planning,Scheduling &Estimating	3

C. International Business

Required courses:

BA 401	International Marketing	3
EC 306	Int'l Trade/Global Organization	3
SA	Study Abroad Experience	3-12
FR/SP/GM/GK/LA	6 credits of a modern foreign or classical language	6

Plus one of the following:

BA 393/EC 393	India: Socioeconomic Issues(GDorND)	3
CO 325G/CO 325N	Intercultural Comm (GD)	3

D. Marketing

Required course:

BA 320

Market Research

Plus three of the following:

BA 322	Consumer Behavior	3
BA 324	Marketing Communication & Promotion	3
BA 326	New Product Development	3
BA 328	Personal Selling	3
BA 401	International Marketing	3

Plus two of the following:

CO 250	Social Media and Communication	3
CS 202	Web Design and Development	3
CS 310	Database Design	4
GIS 220	GIS Databases	3

E. Sports Management

Required courses:

BA 320	Market Research	3
BA 324	Marketing Communication & Promotion	3
BA 425	BA Internship	1-9
CO 215	Introduction to Public Relations I	3
ENWR 305	Workplace Writing (WI)	3

BA 425: minimum 3 credits required

Plus one of the following:

BA 322	Consumer Behavior	3
BA 328	Personal Selling	3
EC 305	Economics & Strategies of Sports	3
HS 325	Applied Anatomical Kinesiology	3
HS 413	Exercise Physiology/Human Performnce	3

Suggested Electives:

BA 227	Nonprofit Fundraising and Philanthropy	3
BI 102	Human Biology	4
CO 108	Digital Publishing	3
CO 166	Fund Film/TV Prod II:Aesthetics Film/TV	3
CO 225	Professional Communication	3
CO 280/GNDR 280	Gender Communication (ND)	3

II. Other Program Requirements

Required classes:

CS 213	Management Information Systems	3

MA 117	Difference Equations and Linear Algebra	3
	or
MA 121	Differential Calculus	3
	or
MA 131	Calculus of Single Variable Functions	4

MA 207	Introduction to Statistics	3

Notes:

All business majors and minors must earn a grade of “C-” or better in all required courses.
The Business Department, in addition to Carroll’s regional accreditation, has received specialized business accreditation through IACBE for the degrees in Accounting, Finance, and Business Administration with concentrations in economics, international business, management, and marketing. As a requirement of this accreditation, students graduating with a major in Business, Accounting or Finance are required to take a comprehensive exam at the end of their curriculum.
Concentration courses may be double counted to fulfill Core requirements or requirements for other academic majors and still count as a concentration course. However, each concentration requires the completion of 18 credits, and a concentration course may be applied to only one area of concentration. It cannot be double counted to fulfill concentration requirements in more than one area of concentration.
Admission to the Internship Program in Sports Management: All Business majors with a concentration in Sports Management must apply for admission to the internship program (BA 425, Sports Management Internship). Applications must be submitted to the internship director no later than May 1 of the junior year. Failure to do so may forfeit the student’s opportunity to participate in an internship during the fall or spring semesters of the following school year. It is the student’s responsibility to seek admission to the internship program.