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Business Administration - B.S.

CIP Code

52.0201

 

Major Requirements

In addition to the University CORE and language requirements, the requirements for the Bachelor of Science with Business Administration major are as follows:

  • Common professional component: Business Administration major coursework [40 credits]
  • Cognate courses [4-8 credits]
  • Concentration [24 credits] Courses offered in accounting, economics, finance, international business, management, and marketing are open to all Fisk students who have met the prerequisites. Courses for the concentration in music business administration that are offered through Belmont University are only available to business majors. The common professional component is required of all business administration majors.

Required Courses

The common professional component for the Business Administration major [40 credits]:

ACC 230PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I

3
ACC 240PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II

3

BAD 110BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

3
Or
CSCI 100INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING

3

BAD 220LEGAL AND ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS

4
BAD 250BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

3

MKT 300MARKETING PRINCIPLES

3
Or
BAD 320MARKETING

3

BAD 399INTERNSHIP SEMINAR

2
BAD 490BUSINESS POLICY

3
ECON 230PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

3
ECON 240PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

3
FIN 320BUSINESS FINANCE

3
MGT 280MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

3
MGT 330PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

4

Cognate Courses

BAD 260APPLIED STATISTICS

4
Or
HSS 280METHODS AND STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

4
Or
NSCI 360STATISTICS

4

BAD 200APPLIED CALCULUS

4
Or
MATH 120CALCULUS I

4

Note: BAD 200 Applied Calculus is not required for the management concentration and the music business concentration. but it is still highly recommended. It is, however, required for all other concentrations.

Areas of Concentration

The Department of Business Administration offers six areas of concentration: accounting, financial economics, international business, management, marketing, and music business.

CORE Curriculum Guidelines

The selection of CORE curriculum include one course chosen from each of the following groups, A-E.

Group A [Choose one of the following]:

ART 291AFRICAN AMERICAN ART

4
ART 292AFRICAN ART

4
ENG 275AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1919

4
HIS 180AFRICAN HISTORY

4
HIS 270AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY

4
MUS 206CROSSCURRENTS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC

2

Group B [Choose one of the following]:

CORE 132ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS FOR A CONTEMPORARY WORLD II

3
BAD 200APPLIED CALCULUS

4
BAD 260APPLIED STATISTICS

4
MATH 120CALCULUS I

4
NSCI 360STATISTICS

4

Group C [Choose one of the following]:

CORE 220THE CREATIVE ARTS

3
MUS 205MUSIC IN AMERICA

2
MUS 207TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC

2
MUS 208HISTORY OF JAZZ

2
ART 207ARTS AND IDEAS I

4
ART 208ARTS AND IDEAS II

4

Group D [Choose one of the following]:

CORE 240NATURAL SCIENCE

4

BIOL 101GENERAL BIOLOGY I

3
And
BIOL 101LGENERAL BIOLOGY I LABORATORY

1

CHEM 113GENERAL CHEMISTRY I

3
And
CHEM 103EXPERIMENTS IN GENERAL CHEMISRY I

1

PHYS 130UNIVERSITY PHYSICS I

3
And
PHYS 130LEXPERIMENTS IN GENERAL PHYSICS I

1

Group E [Choose one of the following]:

HIS 160UNITED STATES HISTORY

4
PSCI 122AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS

4
PSY 180GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

4
SOC 100INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

3

Total Credit Hours: 120

Suggested Program Plan for Business Administration Majors:

First year, fall semester [16 credits]

CORE 100NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION SEMINAR

1
CORE 150COMPOSITION I

3
MATH 101COLLEGE ALGEBRA

3
MFL 101

4
BAD 110BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

3

First year, spring semester [16 credits]

MFL 102

4
CORE 120CRITICAL THINKING

2
CORE 160COMPOSITION II

3
MGT 280MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

3
BAD 200APPLIED CALCULUS

4

Second year, fall semester [17 credits]

CORE 201INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

3
MFL 200

4
ECON 230PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

3
ACC 230PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I

3
BAD 250BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

3

Second year, spring semester [16 credits]

ACC 240PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II

3
BAD 260APPLIED STATISTICS

4
BAD 399INTERNSHIP SEMINAR

2
ECON 240PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

3
CORE 220THE CREATIVE ARTS

3

Third year, fall semester [15-17 credits]

CORE 240NATURAL SCIENCE

4
BAD 220LEGAL AND ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS

4

MKT 300MARKETING PRINCIPLES

3
Or
BAD 320MARKETING

3

Concentration courses/general electives

4-6

Third year, spring semester [15-17 credits]

CORE 260HUMANITIES: THOUGHT AND EXPERIENCE

3
FIN 320BUSINESS FINANCE

3
MGT 330PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

4
Concentration courses/general electives

4-6

Fourth year, fall semester [14-16 credits]

CORE 360THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLES

3
Concentration courses/general electives

10-12

Fourth year, spring semester [13-16 credits]

BAD 490BUSINESS POLICY

3
Concentration electives/general electives

10-13
Field examination in Business

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