Business Emphasis
Regents Bachelor of Arts, Business Emphasis
The R.B.A. Business Emphasis prepares students for success and career advancement in a wide variety of fields that require managerial acumen. Foundational courses in economics and accounting give students the broad knowledge they need to understand the context of contemporary business, while more specialized courses in management, communications, marketing, ethics, and business law provide useful content knowledge. In order to achieve the business emphasis, a minimum 2.0 is required for each upper division course in the emphasis.
Required Courses, 21 Hours:
ACCT 201 – Introductory Accounting I (3 cr)
ECON 123 – Contemporary Economics (3 cr) OR
ECON 205 – Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr)
Elective Courses, 15 Credit Minimum:
BADM 309 – Fundamentals of Risk ( 3 cr)
BADM 310 – Principles of Management (3 cr) OR
BADM 311 – Small Business Management (3 cr)
BADM 312 – Business Law I (3 cr)
BADM 319 – Business Ethics (3 cr)
BADM 323 – Human Resources and Ethics (3 cr)
BADM 329 – Estate Planning (3 cr)
BADM 338 – Business Information Systems ( 3 cr)
BADM 340 – Marketing (3 cr)
BADM 345 – Business Communications (3 cr)
BADM 350 – Retailing (3 cr)
BADM 359 – International Business (3 cr)
BADM 365 – Promotional Strategy (3 cr) Pre-req BADM 340
BADM 366 – Professional Selling (3 cr) Pre-req BADM 340
BADM 370 – Entrepreneurial Organization and Financing (3) Pre req BADM 311
BADM 395 – Consumer Behavior (3) Pre-req BADM 340
ECON 304 – History of Economic Thought (3 cr)
ECON 305 – Money and Banking (3 cr)
ECON 310 – Public Finance (3 cr) Pre-req ECON 206 or permission of chair
ECON 330 – Economics of Developing Countries (3 cr) Pre-req ECON 206 or permission of chair
ECON 370 – Environmental and Resource Economics (3 cr)
FINC 308 – Introduction to Financial Planning (3 cr)