Business Administration Major

Students who major in business administration participate in a course of study that encompasses all of the functional areas of business, including finance, human resources, management, marketing and supply chain management.

Courses for the business administration emphasis are selected from a broad list of approved courses in the above subjects. While this degree is less specialized than others in the department, students choosing the major will be preparing for careers in business administration and/or graduate work.

BACHELOR'S DEGREE (BS or BA)

Program Prerequisites: Most business and economics courses with numbers above 3000 require prior completion of ACTG 2010, ECON SS2010, ECON SS2020, IST 2010, and QUAN 2600 (unless noted). These prerequisites are referred to collectively as "Business Foundations."  (Refer to John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Requirements.)
 
Minor: Not required.
 
Grade Requirements: Candidates for the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees must complete all prerequisite and required business and economics courses with a grade of "C-" or higher.  In addition, the cumulative Business Foundations GPA, the overall business and economics GPA, and the overall university GPA must be 2.5 or higher.
 
Credit Hour Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours is required for graduation -- 60-61 of these are School requirements, 30 are required within the major, and the balance should be taken outside of the major. The required 40 upper-division credit hours (courses numbered 3000 and above) are included in the School and major requirements.

Advisement

Advisement is strongly encouraged for all GSBE majors and minors. See more information on available advising resources.

Admission Requirements

Acceptance to the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics is required for all business majors, minors, emphases, and certificates. To be admitted, students must register for and complete BSAD 2899 or ECON 2899 (for non-business Economics majors only). Students may obtain information regarding admissions from the GSBE Advising Center, WB 211, (801) 626-6534, advisebusiness@weber.edu and/or the Department of Business Administration, WB 216, (801) 626-6075, bsad@weber.edu.

General Education

Refer to General Requirements for either Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts requirements. The following courses required for the Business Administration major also will satisfy general education requirements: ENGL EN1010, ENGL EN2010 (English Composition); MATH QL1050 (Quantitative Literacy); ECON SS2010 or ECON SS2020 (Social Science); and BTNY LS1403 (Life Science).

Course Requirements for BS or BA

John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Requirements

  • Liberal Support Curriculum (13 or 14)
  • Business Foundations (13)
  • Business Cross-Functional Core (19)
  • Business Functional Core (15)

Major Courses Required (6 credit hours)

  • IST 3110 Information Technology for Business (3)
  • MGMT 3200 Managerial Communications (3)

Major Electives (24 credit hours)

Two Marketing courses selected from:
  • MKTG 3100 Consumer Behavior (3)
  • MKTG 3200 Selling & Sales Management (3)
  • MKTG 3450 Promotion Management (3)
  • MKTG 3500 Retail Management (3)
  • MKTG 4400 Marketing Strategy (3)
Two Finance courses selected from:
  • FIN 3300 Investments (3)
  • FIN 3350 Financial Institutions (3)
  • FIN 3400 Real Estate Principles & Practices (3)
  • FIN 3500 Capital Budgeting (3)
  • FIN 4400 Financial Problems - Corporate Finance (3)
Two Management or Supply Chain Management courses:
(One each from Groups A and B)
Group A
  • MGMT 3300 Human Resource Management (3)
  • MGMT 4300 Influence and Group Effectiveness (3)
  • MGMT 4400 Advanced Organizational Behavior (3)
Group B
  • SCM SI3500 Computer Models/Applications (3)
  • SCM 4100 Quality Management (3)
  • SCM SI4600 Simulation (3)
Two courses selected from the following:
  • ACTG* (3)
  • ECON* (3)
  • IST* (3)
  • SCM* (3)
  • BSAD SI3500 Intro to Business Research (3)
  • BSAD 3600 [World Region] Business & Society (3)
  • BSAD 4210 Survey of Business Law (3)
  • BSAD 4500 Entrepreneurship (3)
  • BSAD 4680 Senior Consulting Project (3)
  • One additional CBE international course (3)
  • MGMT 4650 Negotiations (3)
  • One additional course from Group A or B in the previous section (3)
*Upper division course to be approved by your faculty advisor.
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