Aug 24, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Business Administration, B.B.A.

Department of Management
615-898-2736
Deana Raffo, program coordinator
Deana.Raffo@mtsu.edu

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

The program below includes a required 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

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
College of Business Core	42 hours*
Major Requirements	24 hours
Auxiliary Courses	9 hours*
Business Elective	3 hours
Electives	1-10 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

MATH 1630 or MATH 1810 (Quant Lit)
ECON 2410 (HSSR and business core course)
ECON 2420 (HSSR and business 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.

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:
LEAD 3010 - Leadership Skills and Development 3 credit hours
MGMT 3810 - Human Resource Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 4250 - Diversity and Inclusion in Leadership 3 credit hours
MGMT 4680 - Organization Behavior 3 credit hours
Select 3 hours:
MGMT 3640 - Managing Key Performance Indicators 3 credit hours
MGMT 3705 - Continuous Improvement/Problem Solving 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 3010 and 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 Law for Business 3 credit hours
Select 3 hours:
MGMT 4710 - International Business 3 credit hours
MKT 4510 - Global Marketing 3 credit hours
MKT 4840 - Study Abroad 3 credit hours
ECON 4440 - International Economics 3 credit hours
Select 3 hours:
MKT 3825 - Marketing Analytics 3 credit hours
MKT 3930 - Marketing Research 3 credit hours
MGMT 3890 - Managerial Decision Making 3 credit hours
MGMT 3940 - Ethical Leadership in Business 3 credit hours

Auxiliary Courses (9 hours)

MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
ECON upper-division course 3 credit hours
FIN upper-division course 3 credit hours

Business Elective (3 hours)

Electives (1-10 hours)

Curriculum: Business Administration

Freshman Fall

MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Quant Lit) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (Quant Lit)
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (HSSR) *
Written Communication 3 credit hours
Elective 1 credit hour
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 14 Hours

Freshman Spring

ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours (HSSR) *
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Fall

ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
Creative and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
Creative and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Sophomore Spring

ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours
Creative and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 hours

Junior Fall

FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
BUS 3000 - The Dale Carnegie Course 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Spring

INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MGMT 3620 - Supply Chain Operations 3 credit hours
Business elective 3 credit hours
BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 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 §

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Fall

MGMT 3640 - Managing Key Performance Indicators 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3705 - Continuous Improvement/Problem Solving 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 §
MKT 3825 - Marketing Analytics 3 credit hours § OR
MKT 3930 - Marketing Research 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3890 - Managerial Decision Making 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3940 - Ethical Leadership in Business 3 credit hours §
MGMT 4710 - International Business 3 credit hours § OR
MKT 4510 - Global Marketing 3 credit hours § OR
MKT 4840 - Study Abroad 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 §
FIN upper-division elective 3 credit hours § OR
Upper-division business elective for alternate business minor 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Spring

LEAD 3010 - Leadership Skills and Development 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3810 - Human Resource Management 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 4250 - Diversity and Inclusion in Leadership 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 4680 - Organization Behavior 3 credit 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 Law for Business 3 credit hours §
MKT UD electives 6 hours
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

NOTE:

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

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