Area of Emphasis: General Business
To receive an emphasis in General Business, students must complete 12 credit hours from the College of Business and Leadership. A sample of courses might include but are not limited to:
ACCT 203 Principles of Accounting I (3)
The study of accounting as a means of communicating financial information about a business enterprise. Emphasis is placed on the basic concepts used in preparing and interpreting external financial statements. PR: CIS 101 or equivalent. Sophomore standing.
ACCT 204 Principles of Accounting II (3)
A continuation of ACCT 203 with added emphasis on preparing and interpreting accounting
information to aid management in the decision-making process. PR ACCT 203 - NON-LAB PRE-REQUISITE
GBUS 204 Business Law I (3)
The study of the origin of business law with a focus on contracts, agency, and bailments.
ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
An introductory study of principles that affect goals, incentives, and outcomes of economic behavior at the level of the individual decision maker. Specific topics include the operation of both product and resource markets, the behavior of firms and industries under different market structures, and international exchange.
MGT 101 Introduction to Business (3)
Survey of the field of business management, marketing, finance, data processing, and accounting; variety, nature and interrelationship of problems of business operation.
MGT 301 Management Principles (3)
Introduction to organizations; how the individual relates to the basic management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Survey of the evolution of management theory. PR: Junior standing and PERM.
MKT 301 Marketing Principles (3)
A study of the principles and practices of the marketing function. Includes a study of both consumer and industrial products, the channels through which they are distributed, the promotion and pricing procedures followed by modern business. PR: Junior standing or PERM.