Oct 11, 2024  
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog

Business Administration Advising Guide


 

First Year Second Year Third Year Fourth Year
Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring
ACC 103   ACC 104   ECO 203   ECO 204   BUS 250   BUS 365  

300/400

BUS elective

BUS 498  
    BUS 226   ECO 215  

300/400

BUS elective

300/400

BUS elective

BUS 496  

300/400

BUS elective

    BUS 242          
    BUS 251          

Additional requirements:

  1. Complete the following 23 credits: BUS 215 (or MTH 356), 226, 242, 250, 251, 365, 496
  2. Complete the following cognates:
    1. ACC 103, 104
    2. ECO 203, 204
  3. Complete 12 additional credits of 300/400 level Business or Economics courses with at least 3 of those credits at the BUS 400 level (excluding BUS 421 and all 400-level ECO prefixed courses). Note: Only two 300-level Economics courses may be used toward the 12 additional credits required for the Business Administration major.
  4. The senior capstone courses, BUS 496 (Strategic Management) and BUS 498 Executing Business Strategy, plus six business credits at the 300/400 level (excluding BUS 421), must be completed through the Division of Economics and Business at the Doane College School of Arts and Sciences.
  5. No more than 48 credits of BUS courses may apply toward graduation. Students choosing a business administration major may want to focus on a specific functional area of business and should consider suggested electives for each area, as stated on-line or available from their advisors.

 

Students choosing a business administration major may want to focus on a specific functional area of business and should consider the following suggested electives for each area:

 

Graduate school:

Bus 339, Mth 235.  Pre-law students should consult with the pre-law advisor for further details

 

General management:

BUS 315*, 339, 346, 350, 353, 360, 455; other relevant courses: PSY 336 (prereq of

PSY 117 or SOC 109), PSY 365 (prereq of PSY 117 and sophomore standing)

 

Finance:

BUS 307, 358, 394*, 445; other relevant courses: ACC 231*, 232, ECO 303, MTH 235, 236

 

Human resource management:

BUS 315, 346, 361, 418; other relevant courses: PSY 336, CMS 321, PSY 336 (prereq of

PSY 117 or SOC 109), PSY 365 (prereq of PSY 117), SOC 324

 

International business:

BUS 346, 357, BUS/ECO 358 (prereq of ECO 203); or relevant courses: HIS 353, SOC 308, CMS 321, and foreign language courses*

 

Marketing:

BUS 324, 356, 357, 360, 453; other relevant courses: ART 258 (prereq of ART 107) IST 355 (prereq of IST 146 or permission), CMS 210, JOU 113

 

*Often required in careers in this field