Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Commerce, B.S.


Economics and Finance  
615-898-5117
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


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Common Body of Knowledge 31 hours*
Business Electives 24 hours
Electives 24-27 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 course required by the program meets True Blue Core requirements:

Commerce Common Body of Knowledge (31 hours)


All students must complete the Commerce Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) which requires 31 hours.

Statistics (3 hours)


Communication for Commerce (3 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, CYBM, 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.

Curriculum: Commerce


Freshman Fall


  • Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
  • Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours


Freshman Spring


  • Information Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
  • Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Fall


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Sophomore Spring


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Junior Spring


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Fall


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Spring


Subtotal: 13 Hours