Business Administration - General Business Concentration BS

The four-year program in general business is designed to provide a broad understanding of business by focusing on all aspects of its dynamics. A broad-based general education precedes an extensive education in general business. Successfully completing this degree program gives you the necessary tools to enter a career in business or to pursue graduate study. Students planning to pursue graduate degrees are strongly advised to take MATH 1900 as an elective.

The general business program has both a core of business courses and nonbusiness courses. You choose, after consulting with your advisor, at least one upper division course in four of the prescribed elective areas: accounting, automated information systems, finance, management, and marketing. This gives you some flexibility in designing a program which meets your career goals.

Degree Requirements

General Education Program	31 Hours
The GEP Quantitative Reasoning component is satisfied in the required nonbusiness courses.
Required Nonbusiness Courses	12 Hours
Business Core Courses	36 Hours
BSBA-General Required Bus. Course	3 Hours
Upper Divison Business Electives	12 Hours
Business Electives	15 Hours
Electives	15 Hours

Total Hours Required	124 Hours

Required Nonbusiness Courses (12 Hours)

Business Core Courses (36 Hours)

BSBA-General Required Business Course (3 Hours)

BUAC 3030 - Accounting Applications for Management Decisions

Upper Division Business Electives (12 Hours)

Choose a minimum of one 3000 or higher course in four of the five areas below:

BUAC XXXX Upper Division Accounting Elective - 3
BUFI XXXX Upper Division Finance Elective - 3
BUIS XXXX Upper Div. Information Systems Elective - 3
BUMG XXXX Upper Div. Management Elective - 3
BUMK XXXX Upper Division Marketing Elective - 3

Other Business Electives (15 Hours)

Choose any course 1100 or higher with the following prefixes: BUAC, BUFI, BUIS, BUMG, BUMK.

Bachelor Degrees

Special Notes

Students must complete—at Shawnee State— at least 12 credit hours in their majors. The 12 hours must be taken at the 3000 or 4000 level. In the case of the BS natural science, at least 8 of the 12 upper division hours must be in the first concentration.
General Electives Elective hours are not limited to any particular area of study and can be earned in science to enhance the major or to complete requirements for a minor. Courses from all departments of the University can be used to satisfy the electives requirements. Electives should include courses in the arts and humanities. Coherent groups of courses are encouraged and should be chosen with the student’s career objectives and personal interests in mind. Consultation with your faculty advisor is highly recommended so that electives can be an important component of your educational experience.