Dec 21, 2024

2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog

2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Commerce, B.S.

Economics and Finance
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Sean Salter, program coordinator
Sean.Salter@mtsu.edu

The Bachelor of Science in Commerce follows the University’s general requirements for baccalaureate degrees and requires a minimum 2.00 inclusive GPA. Appropriate prior learning assessment credit and/or military education credit may count for a maximum of 24 semester hours toward the degree.

This includes a built-in Business Administration minor; however, a minor is not required for this major. Another 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:

Commerce, B.S., 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.

Commerce Common Body of Knowledge (31 hours)

All students must complete the Commerce Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) which requires 31 hours. A choice of ECON 2410 or ECON 2420 is included in the CBK and will also satisfy 3 hours from the Social/Behavioral General Education requirement.

ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
BUS 4000 - Senior Seminar in Commerce 1 credit hour (must be taken last semester)
FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours AND
BIA 3621 - Introduction to Business Analytics Lab 0 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours OR
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours

Statistics (3 hours)

BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours OR
MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours OR
Equivalent 3 credit hours

Communication for Commerce (3 hours)

BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours OR
BUS 3000 - Dale Carnegie Communications and Human Relations Seminar 3 credit hours OR
MGMT 3620 - Supply Chain Operations 3 credit hours

Business Electives (24 hours)

All students must complete 24 semester hours of business elective courses (chosen from courses with ACTG, BCED, BIA, BLAW, BUS, ECON, ENTR, FIN, INFS, LEAD, MGMT, or MKT prefixes). At least 18 of these 24 semester hours must be upper-division hours. A student may not count more than 6 semester hours from any one academic discipline, and a student may not count more than 12 semester hours from any one academic department.

General Electives (24 hours)

All students must complete 24 semester hours of general elective courses, which may include business and/or non-business courses. PRST 3010 may be used to satisfy 3 of the required 24 semester hours. At least 21 of these 24 semester hours must be upper-division hours.

Curriculum: Commerce

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

Freshman Fall

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
Mathematics (Math) 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Freshman Spring

ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Fall

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)
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
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours OR
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Sophomore Spring

BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours OR
MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours OR
Equivalent statistics course 3 credit hours
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
Electives 6 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Fall

ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours AND
BIA 3621 - Introduction to Business Analytics Lab 0 credit hours
BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours OR
BUS 3000 - Dale Carnegie Communications and Human Relations Seminar 3 credit hours OR
MGMT 3620 - Supply Chain Operations 3 credit hours

Commerce, B.S.

Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

Commerce Common Body of Knowledge (31 hours)

Statistics (3 hours)

Communication for Commerce (3 hours)

Business Electives (24 hours)

General Electives (24 hours)

Curriculum: Commerce

Freshman Fall

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Freshman Spring

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Fall

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Sophomore Spring

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Fall

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Spring

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Fall

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Spring

Subtotal: 13 Hours