Business Administration, B.B.A.

Department of Management
615-898-2736
Jill Austin, program coordinator
Jill.Austin@mtsu.edu

A major in Business Administration consists of 24 semester hours (50 percent taken at MTSU).

The program below includes an Economics and Finance minor. An alternate business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Business Administration, B.B.A., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or /fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following General Education courses are required for this major:

MATH 1630 or 1810 (Math)
ECON 2410 (Soc/Beh Sci and core course)

College of Business Core (42 hours)

All students must complete the College of Business Core which requires 42 hours with a 2.000 GPA. ECON 2410 is included in the core and will also satisfy 3 hours from the Social/Behavioral General Education requirement.

Major Requirements (24 hours)

Financial Analysis (3 hours)

Select 3 hours:
ACTG 3020 - Managerial Accounting 3 credit hours
ACTG 3110 - Intermediate Accounting I 3 credit hours
ACTG 3310 - Cost Accounting 3 credit hours

Management (6 hours)

Select 3 hours:
MGMT 3630 - Organization Theory 3 credit hours
MGMT 3810 - Human Resources Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 4680 - Organization Behavior 3 credit hours
Select 3 hours:
MGMT 3640 - Introduction to Management Science 3 credit hours
MGMT 3705 - Continuous Improvement/Problem Solving 3 credit hours
MGMT 3710 - Management of Quality 3 credit hours
MGMT 3715 - International Sourcing 3 credit hours
MGMT 3720 - Supply Chain Distribution 3 credit hours
MGMT 3725 - Lean Project Management Principles 3 credit hours
MGMT 3730 - Management of Innovation 3 credit hours
MGMT 3750 - International Supply Chain Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 4700 - Applications in Supply Chain Management 3 credit hours

Marketing (6 hours)

Upper-division MKT electives (except MKT 4990 ) 6 credit hours

Business Environment (9 hours)

Select 3 hours:
BLAW 3430 - Commercial Law 3 credit hours
BLAW 3460 - Insurance Law 3 credit hours
BLAW 4470 - Real Property Law for Commerce and Agriculture 3 credit hours
BLAW 4490 - Industrial Relations Legislation 3 credit hours
BLAW 4500 - Employment Discrimination Law 3 credit hours
Select 3 hours:
MGMT 4710 - International Business 3 credit hours
MKT 4710 - International Business 3 credit hours
ECON 4440 - International Economics 3 credit hours
Select 3 hours:
MKT 3930 - Marketing Research 3 credit hours
MGMT 3890 - Managerial Decision Making 3 credit hours

Auxiliary Courses (9 hours)

ECON upper-division course 3 credit hours
FIN upper-division course 3 credit hours
Business elective 3 credit hours

Electives (7 hours)

Total hours in program: 120

Curriculum: Business Administration

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Math) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (Math)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci) *
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours *
Elective(s) 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours *
Elective 3 credit hours
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 3620 - Supply Chain Operations 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
Business elective 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Business Finance 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
BUS 3000 - Dale Carnegie Communications and Human Relations Seminar 3 credit hours
ACTG 3020 - Managerial Accounting 3 credit hours § OR
ACTG 3110 - Intermediate Accounting I 3 credit hours § OR
ACTG 3310 - Cost Accounting 3 credit hours §
BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours AND
BIA 3621 - Introduction to Business Analytics Lab 0 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

Select 3 hours:
MGMT 3640 - Introduction to Management Science 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3705 - Continuous Improvement/Problem Solving 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3710 - Management of Quality 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3715 - International Sourcing 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3720 - Supply Chain Distribution 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3725 - Lean Project Management Principles 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3730 - Management of Innovation 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3750 - International Supply Chain Management 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 4700 - Applications in Supply Chain Management 3 credit hours §
Select 3 hours:
MGMT 3630 - Organization Theory 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3810 - Human Resources Management 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 4680 - Organization Behavior 3 credit hours §
Select 3 hours:
MKT 3930 - Marketing Research 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3890 - Managerial Decision Making 3 credit hours §
Select 3 hours:
BLAW 3430 - Commercial Law 3 credit hours § OR
BLAW 3460 - Insurance Law 3 credit hours § OR
BLAW 4470 - Real Property Law for Commerce and Agriculture 3 credit hours OR
BLAW 4490 - Industrial Relations Legislation 3 credit hours § OR
BLAW 4500 - Employment Discrimination Law 3 credit hours §
FIN upper division elective 3 credit hours § OR
Upper-division business elective for alternate business minor 3 credit hours §
MGMT 4710 - International Business 3 credit hours § OR
MKT 4710 - International Business 3 credit hours § OR
ECON 4440 - International Economics 3 credit hours §
ECON upper-division elective 3 credit hours § OR
Upper-division business elective for alternate business minor 3 credit hours §
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours §
MKT upper-division electives 6 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

NOTE:

*A 2.25 GPA in these courses is required for admission to the Jones College of Business.

§Admission required