Kent State University Catalog 2010 - 2011

Business Management - B.B.A. Program Requirements

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

Type Legend:DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	PRE-MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (63 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	ACCT	23020	Introduction to Financial Accounting	3
		23021	Introduction to Managerial Accounting	3
	BUS	10123	Exploring Business	3
KAD	COMM	15000	Introduction to Human Communication*	3
KSS	ECON	22060	Principles of Microeconomics	3
KAD		22061	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
	FIN	26074	Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business	3
KMC	MATH	11010	Algebra for Calculus*	3
KAD		11012 12002	Intuitive Calculus (3) or Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5)	3-5
	MIS	24053	Introduction to Computer Applications	3
		24056	Fundamentals of Business Statistics	3
		24163	Principles of Management*	3
	MKTG	25010	Marketing	3
KSS DD	PSYC	11762	General Psychology	3
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
	Kent Core Composition**			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
III.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (30 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	ACCT	33061 33063	Financial Reporting (3) or Cost Control (3)	3
	MIS	34165	Dynamics of Leadership	3
		34180	Human Resources Management	3
		44150	Total Quality Management*	3
	Additional FIN or MIS or MKTG from the electives below			3
	Choose from the following: ECON elective			3
	ECON	32025	Money, Credit and Banking (3)
		32070	Labor Problems (3)
		32082	Introduction to Managerial Economics (3)
		32084	Economics of the Environment (3)
		42068	Industrial Organization and Public Policy (3)
		42075	International Economic Relations (3)
		42081	Urban Economics (3)
		42085	Public Finance (3)
		42087	Law and Economics (3)
	Choose from the following: FIN elective			3
	FIN	36058	The Financial system (3)
		36059	Investments* (3)
		36063	Individual Investment Analysis and Strategies (3)
	Choose from the following: MIS elective			3
	MIS	34054	Using Information Systems for Solving Business Problems (3)
		34185	Individual and Group Behavior (3)
		44091	Seminar: Human Resource Management (3)
		44096	Individual Investigation in Management (3)
		44183	Developing and Training Human Resources in Organization (3)
	Choose from the following: MKTG elective			3
	MKTG	35015	Service Marketing (3)
		35035	Consumer Behavior (3)
		35050	Marketing Research (3)
		45046	Personal Selling and Sales Management (3)
		45060	International Marketing (3)
		45071	Business Marketing and E-Commerce (3)
	Choose from the following: PSYC elective			3
	PSYC	31773	Industrial Psychology (3)
		41282	Personality (3)
		41532	Social Psychology (3)
IV.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (27 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	ENG	30063	Business and Professional Writing	3
	FIN	36053	Business Finance	3
	MIS	34060	Operations Management	3
		44285	Integrated Business Policy and Strategy	3
	General Electives (minimum 11 upper-division credit hours)			15
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

*A minimum C (2.0) grade is required.

**A minimum C (2.0) grade is required in both courses.

Students may take or use any course at any level as long as the minimum 39-hour requirement for upper-division courses is satisfied for graduation with a B.B.A. Exceptions: Maximum 3 credit hours of physical education activity (PEB) courses and maximum 3 credit hours for courses in applied music and music ensembles (MUS courses with a second digit of 5, 6 or 7) combined may be counted toward the 121-total hour or 39-upper-division-hour graduation requirement. Non-business courses may be selected, provided there is minimum 6 credit hours in each of two different disciplines/departments. A minor (business or non-business) is encouraged. There is no limit on other music coursework. Any other exceptions must be approved by the assistant dean. Credit for ENG 11001 or 11002 or MATH 10023 or 10024 may apply only toward lower-division non-business electives.