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General Business - B.B.A. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity-Domestic; DG Diversity-Global; ELR Experiential Learning; 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, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 credit)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1 1  
MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (36 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  ECON 12060 Personal Finance 3  
  ECON
ECON		 32025
42075		 Money, Credit and Banking (3)     or
International Economic Relations (3)		 3  
  ENTR 27056 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3  
  FIN 36058 The Financial System 3  
  MIS
MIS		 24065
34054		 Web Programming (3)     or
Using Information Systems for Solving Business Problems (3)		 3  
  MIS
MIS		 34165
34180		 Dynamics of Leadership (3)     or
Human Resources Management (3) 2		 3  
WIC MIS 44163 Global Business Management 3 C 3
  Major Electives 4 9  
  Accounting Electives, choose from the following: 3  
  ACCT 33061 Financial Reporting Issues and Analysis (3)    
  ACCT Department-Approved Major Course (3)    
  Marketing Electives, choose from the following: 3  
  MKTG 35056 Social Media Marketing (3)    
  MKTG 45046 Personal Selling (3)    
  MKTG Department-Approved Major Courses (3)    
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (83 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  ACCT 23020 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3  
  ACCT 23021 Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3  
  BUS 10123 Exploring Business 5 3  
  BUS 30061 Business Professional Practices 6 1  
KAD COMM 15000 Introduction to Human Communication 3 C
KSS ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics 3  
KSS ECON 22061 Principles of Macroeconomics 3  
  ENG 30061 Writing in Business 6 2  
  FIN 26074 Legal Environment of Business 3  
  FIN 36053 Business Finance 3  
KMC MATH 11010 Algebra for Calculus 3 C
KMC MATH
MATH		 11012
12002		 Intuitive Calculus (3)     or
Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5)		 3-5  
  MIS 24053 Introduction to Computer Applications 3  
  MIS 24056 Fundamentals of Business Statistics 7 3  
  MIS 24163 Principles of Management 3  
  MIS 34060 Operations Management 3  
  MIS 44285 Integrated Business Policy and Strategy 3  
  MKTG 25010 Principles of Marketing 3  
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7  
  Kent Core Composition 8 6 C
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each) 9  
  Kent Core Social Sciences 3  
  General Electives (lower or upper division) 9 8  
  MINIMUM TOTAL 120  
  1. US 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus and dual-enrollment) or students age 21+ at time of admission.
  2. Students who take BMRT 31006 as an associate degree student or at a Kent State Regional Campus may use it in place of MIS 34180.
  3. A minimum C grade is required in MIS 44163 to fulfill the writing intensive requirement.
  4. Students may fulfill major electives by selecting any remaining business courses listed above and/or approved upper-division courses from non-business disciplines. A course fulfilling the experiential learning requirement is recommended if not already satisfied.
  5. A student changing to the College of Business Administration or transferring may be waived out of BUS 10123 Exploring Business if:
    1. 30 or more hours have been earned and any two classes (from ACCT 23020, ACCT 23021, FIN 26074, MIS 24163, MKTG 25010 or MIS 24053) have successfully been completed.
    2. 60 or more hours have been earned and the student has successfully completed one course (from ACCT 23020, ACCT 23021, FIN 26074, MIS 24163, MKTG 25010 or MIS 24053)
    3. At the discretion of the Dean's Office, the student has sufficient breadth and depth of knowledge in a business field (as demonstrated by a CLEP exam or Credit by Exam) but does not meet the requirements listed above.
  6. BUS 30061 and ENG 30061 should be taken concurrently. Students who have transferred ENG 30063 from another institution may use it as a substitute for ENG 30061.
  7. Students who have taken MATH 10041 for another program may use it as a substitute for MIS 24056.
  8. Minimum C grade in ENG 21011 or HONR 20197
  9. Number of general elective credits required depends on meeting minimum 120 credit hours and minimum 39 upper-division credit hours. An experiential learning requirement course is required for graduation, the student should contact their academic advisor for assistance in meeting the requirement. 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. degree Exceptions: Maximum 4 credit hours of physical education activity (PEB) courses and maximum 4 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 120-total hour or 39-upper-division-hour graduation requirement. General elective courses may be selected from any area and at any level provided students do not go over the PEB, applied music and ensemble music restriction and they satisfy the 39 hour upper-division requirement. 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.