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Business Administration

(BS in Business)

Total Semester Hours: 120

Major

Business Administration develops the fundamental body of knowledge and analytical tools common to all management positions through study in management, marketing, accounting, information systems, behavioral sciences, economics, and quantitative approaches to decision-making. Enrollment in this degree program is available only at Parkland College and requires admission to the School of Business. See the School of Business/Programs and Policies section of this catalog.

Calculation of the major GPA based on all business courses taken through Eastern Illinois University.

Course Requirements

Parkland College A.A. or A.S. Degree (60-64 semester hours)

Including completion of the following courses available only at Parkland College and may be counted toward A.A. or A.S. degrees at Parkland College.

General Education Courses

ECN 101 - Principles of Economics I
ECN 102 - Principles of Economics II
MAT 124 - College Algebra
MAT 141 - Finite Mathematics
or
MAT 145 - Linear Algebra
MAT 143 - Calculus for Business and Social Sciences

Lower- Division Business Core Courses

ACC 101 - Accounting Principles I
ACC 102 - Accounting Principles II
BUS 204 - The Legal Environment of Business
CIS 200 - Business Computer Systems
or
CSC 105 - Introduce Computers and Their Application To Business and Commerce
MAT 160 - Statistics

EIU Coursework

Total Semester Hours: 56-60

Senior Seminar. Credits: 3
Electives (at least 3 semester hours in non-business courses). Credits: 5-9

Upper-Division Business Core Courses

Total Semester Hours: 21

BUS 3010

Management and Organizational Behavior. (3 credits)

BUS 3470

Principles of Marketing. (3 credits)

BUS 3500

Management Information Systems. (3 credits)

BUS 3710

Business Financial Management. (3 credits)

BUS 3950

Operations Management. (3 credits)

BUS 4360

Strategy and Policy. (3 credits)

ECN 3860

International Economics. (3 credits)

Major Courses

Total Semester Hours: 27

Upper division courses selected from the business disciplines: Accounting (ACC), Computer Information Systems (CIS), Finance (FIN), Management (MGT), and Marketing (MAR). Students must complete at least one course (3 semester hours) from each of the foregoing business disciplines and no more than three courses from any one of the business disciplines.

Students without relevant work experience may take BUS 4275 (3 sem. hrs. approved internship) with prior written permission of the Associate Chair of the School of Business.

Information sourced from the 2004-2005 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.