The Business Administration and Economics major provides quantitative, analytical, and creative skill necessary for careers in international business, accounting, law, as well as service in national and international agencies.
The Business/Economics major fosters an understanding and appreciation of economic forms of explanation, training students in economic theory and policy. At the same time, it prepares students to serve as principled, globally-minded business professionals, able to bridge management cultures and operate as key players in international networks. Small classes permit the one-on-one development of key statistical techniques, communication skills, and creative entrepreneurship necessary today around the world. Regular internships provide opportunities to integrate practice and theory.
Students completing the Business/Economics major are ready to continue their studies in Masters of Business or Economics Ph.D. programs. With their strong statistical background, as well as their expertise in management, students find opportunities in business, finance, marketing firms, and state, international, and not-for-profit institutions demanding sophisticated data analysis and forecasts.
What macroeconomics and microeconomics can really give the student is an attitude, a perspective. Microeconomics is about how people make choices on the market and in business. Macro is completely different. It’s about how individual choices add up, and how they form major trends in the economy.
Gábor Antal
Professor of Economics
Required Core:
BUA 1101 - Principles of Accounting I
BUA 1102 - Principles of Accounting II
BUA 2209 - Principles of Marketing
BUA 3323 - Corporate Finance and Financial Management
ECO 1103 - Introduction to Economics
Economics Electives - Three additional courses at the 2000-level or higher
Mathematics - One four-credit course
STA 2215 - Introduction to Statistics
Departmental writing(one course from the list below)
Area of Concentration:
Select three courses from one of the following:
1. Entrepreneurship
2. Finance
3. International Business
4. Leadership and Management
5. Marketing
Entrepreneurship:
BUA 2211 - Entrepreneurship (required)
Select two courses:
BUA 2205 - The Legal Environment of Business
BUA 2210 - Ethics and Business
BUA 2214 - Principles of Management
BUA 2216 - Small Business Management
ECO 3303 - Microeconomic Theory
Finance:
ECO 3310 - Money and Financial Markets (required)
Select two courses:
BUA 2212 - Tax Accounting
BUA 3307 - Investments
ECO 3306 - International Finance
ECO 3320 - Macroeconomic Theory
STA 2217 - Econometrics OR
STA 2218 - Data Analytics
International Business:
Select one required course:
ECO 3304 - International Economics OR
ECO 3306 - International Finance
Select two courses:
BUA 2101 - Global Markets and Marketing
BUA 2214 - Principles of Management
COM 3320 - Intercultural Communication
ECO 3318 - European Economic History
ECO 3326 - Economic Development
Leadership and Management:
BUA 2214 - Principles of Management (required)
Select two courses:
BUA 2205 - The Legal Environment of Business
BUA 2210 - Ethics and Business
BUA 2216 - Small Business Management
ECO 2203 - Labor Economics
ECO 2206 - Gender Roles in the Economy
ENG 2212 - Professional Communication
COM 3150 - Organizational Communication
Marketing:
Select three courses:
ART 1116 - Graphic Design I
BUA 2101 - Global Markets and Marketing
BUA 2103 – Digital Marketing
BUA 2211 - Entrepreneurship
BUA 3306 - Consumer Behavior
COM 3220 - Intercultural Communication
COM 3610 - Visual Communication
ENG 2103 - Transmedia Storytelling
ENG 2106 - Writing for Main Street
ENG 3307 - Social Media: Rhetoric and Design
Capstone:
BUA 4100 - Business Strategy and Policy
Departmental Writing Courses:
Students are required to take one of the following:
ECO 3326 - Economic Development
ENG 1103 - Introduction to Journalism
ENG 2106 - Writing for Main Street
ENG 2107 - Business Writing
ENG 2120 - Editing for Publication
ENG 2208 - Advanced Composition
ENG 2212 - Professional Communication
ENG 3307 - Social Media: Rhetoric and Design
ENG 3312 - Writing for Nonprofit Organizations
