General Business Track – Bachelor of Business Administration

In addition to the track courses listed below, the general education, BBA qualifying courses, prerequisite courses, upper division and free electives must be completed. The track in general business is composed of 27 credit hours (one required course in accounting, computer information systems, economics, finance, management, marketing) and three approved business electives.

Program Competencies

Students completing the program will be able to:

  1. Communicate effectively.
  2. Know and properly analyze ethical issues faced in business.
  3. Have a regional and global perspective of business and appreciate the growing diversity of all stakeholders.
  4. Understand the regulatory and legal aspects of business and their impact on business decisions.
  5. Demonstrate the ability to solve business problems (supported by appropriate analytical and quantitative skills).
  6. Recognize the strategic importance of information systems and demonstrate the ability to apply technologies for improving business processes.
  7. Be competent in their discipline.

General Business Track Requirements

General Education

General Education Courses(See GNED Course Listings)

Variable

MATH 152, 174 or 175(choose one)

3-4

Total Credit Hours:33
Refer to the General Education section for a complete listing of general education requirements for the University. Program requirements that are also general education requirements will count in both places (as applicable).

Business Qualifying Courses

BBA 295Business Communication

3

CIS 211Software Tools for Business

3

MKT 204Marketing

3

MNGT 201Principles of Management

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Business Prerequisite Course

ACCT 281Principles of Financial Accounting

3

ACCT 282Principles of Managerial Accounting

3

BBA 261Business Law and Regulations

3

ECON 201Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECON 202Principles of Microeconomics

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Upper Core BBA Courses

Students must be admitted to the School of Business Administration program to register for upper division business core courses. Admission requires completion of the business qualifying courses and a cumulative Morehead State GPA of at least 2.25 for all MSU and transfer courses.

CIS 311Management Information Systems

3

FIN 360Business Finance

3

BBA 315Quantitative Analysis for Business

3

BBA 350Business Plan Development

3

BBA 363Ethical Decision Making in Business

3

BBA 370Operations and Service Management

3

BBA 380International Business

3

BBA 475Leadership Development

3

BBA 499CStrategic Management

3

MATH 305Business Statistics

3

Total Credit Hours:30

BBA 380: (or international cooperative education, or international exchange course experience)

Track Requirements

Accounting - Choose one course

Any 300-level or 400-level ACCT course for which prerequisites are met and is not being used to fulfill any other BBA-General Business degree requirement.

Total Credit Hours:3

Computer Information Systems - Choose one course

Any 300-level or 400-level CIS course for which prerequisites are met and is not being used to fulfill any other BBA-General Business degree requirement.

Total Credit Hours:3

Economics - Choose one course

Any 300-level or 400-level ECON course for which prerequisites are met and is not being used to fulfill any other BBA-General Business degree requirement.

Total Credit Hours:3

Finance - Choose one course

Any 300-level or 400-level FIN course for which prerequisites are met and is not being used to fulfill any other BBA-General Business degree requirement.

Total Credit Hours:3

Management - Choose one course

Any 300-level or 400-level MNGT course for which prerequisites are met and is not being used to fulfill any other BBA-General Business degree requirement.

Total Credit Hours:3

Marketing - Choose one course

Any 300-level or 400-level MKT course for which prerequisites are met and is not being used to fulfill any other BBA-General Business degree requirement.

Total Credit Hours:3

General Business Electives - Choose nine hours

Approved general business electives are any 300-level or 400-level business courses with the following prefixes: ACCT, BBA, CIS, ECON, FIN, MNGT, MKT or REAL. The nine hours of electives must consist of courses for which the prerequisites are met and courses that are not used to fulfill any other BBA-general business degree requirement. A maximum of three hours may be taken as cooperative education.
Total Credit Hours:9

Free Electives

Free Electives (chosen by student)

variable

Total Credit Hours: 120