BBA Concentrations
GENERAL BUSINESS
The general business curriculum allows students desiring a broad background in business administration to design their own area of emphasis, with the approval of their advisor. To fulfill the requirements for award of the general business concentration, the student must complete:
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12 semester hours in business courses at the 3000 level from any of the following eight areas: accounting, management, marketing, information systems, international business, economics, business law, and banking and finance.
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6 semester hours at the 4000 levels.
MANAGEMENT
The management concentration is designed for students who aspire to assume positions in business organizations, governmental agencies, community/non-profit firms, or ownership/executive-level positions in small entrepreneurial companies. To fulfill the requirements for award of the management concentration, the student must complete:
A. 9 semester hours as follows:
BMGT |
3354 |
Human Resource Management |
BMGT |
4340 |
Management Skills |
BMGT |
4355 |
Organizational Behavior and Leadership |
B. 9 hours selected from:
BMGT |
4345 |
Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management |
BMGT |
4346 |
Systems and Quality Management |
BMGT |
4351 |
Seminar in Business and Society |
BMGT |
4356 |
Fundamentals of Organizational Change and Development |
BMGT |
4363 |
Electronic Business Strategy, Architecture and Design |
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
This information systems concentration prepares students to solve technical, customer service, and management problems in governmental, business and other community organizations using information management principles and information technology skills. To fulfill the requirements for award of the Business Information Systems concentration, the student must complete the following 18 semester hours:
BINF |
2330 |
Programming Languages I |
BINF |
3362 |
System Analysis and Specification |
BINF |
3363 |
Design and Implementation of Databases and Systems |
BINF |
3367 |
Introduction to Networks and Telecommunications |
BINF |
4363 |
E-Business Strategy, Architecture and Design |
BINF |
4370 |
Project Management |
BANKING AND FINANCE
The program is designed to prepare students for careers in private and public employment in the fields of banking, financial management, investments, and securities markets. To fulfill the requirements for award of the banking and finance concentration, the student must complete:
A. 12 semester hours of required courses:
BFIN |
3322 |
Intermediate Financial Management |
BFIN |
3324 |
Investments |
BFIN |
3325 |
Money and Capital Markets |
ACCT |
3311 |
Intermediate Accounting I |
B. 6 semester hours in area of emphasis, either:
Corporate Finance Emphasis: Students must choose 6 semester hours from the following courses:
BFIN |
3355 |
International Banking and Finance |
BFIN |
4355 |
Capital Budgeting |
BFIN |
4373 |
Case Studies in Financial Management or |
Banking Emphasis: 6 semester hours as follows:
BINT |
3355 |
International Banking and Finance |
BFIN |
4304 |
Management of Financial Institutions |
MARKETING
The marketing concentration is designed for students planning to assume managerial responsibilities in marketing, sales, distribution, advertising, and related fields.
A. To fulfill the requirements for award of the marketing concentration, the student must complete the following 12 hours:
BMKT |
3334 |
Service Marketing |
BMKT |
3377 |
Consumer Behavior |
BMKT |
4375 |
Market Research |
BMKT |
4390 |
Marketing Management |
B. To complete the 18 required semester hours in the concentration, students may choose 6 semester hours from the following courses:
BMKT |
3319 |
Internship in Marketing |
BMKT |
3333 |
Fundamentals of Advertising |
BMKT |
3335 |
Sales Management |
BMKT |
3340 |
Retailing |
BMKT |
3361 |
International Marketing |
BMKT |
4399 |
Selected Topics |
ACCOUNTING
Accounting is the means by which businesses report to their stakeholders the results of their operations, comprehensive income, financial position and changes in cash and owner's equities by analyzing, recording, presenting and interpreting the results of transactions and events. Intended to develop the decision making and accounting skills needed to enter the profession and become accountants in public practice, industry, non-profit organizations or government, the curriculum is based on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant's core competencies. The requirements for the accounting concentration in the BBA are:
A. 15 semester hours of required accounting courses:
ACCT |
3311 |
Intermediate Accounting I |
ACCT |
3312 |
Intermediate Accounting II |
ACCT |
3313 |
Cost Accounting |
ACCT |
3315 |
Federal Income Tax I |
ACCT |
4314 |
Auditing |
B. 9 semester hours selected from:
ACCT |
3316 |
Taxation of Entities |
ACCT |
3317 |
Accounting Systems |
ACCT |
3318 |
Fraud Examination |
ACCT |
3319 |
Internship (see advisor) |
ACCT |
3321 |
Advanced Federal Income Tax |
ACCT |
3345 |
International Accounting |
ACCT |
4311 |
Advanced Accounting |
ACCT |
4313 |
Accounting for Non-Profit and Government Entities |
ACCT |
4318 |
Ethics for Accounting & Business |
The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (TSBPA) requires 30 semester hours of approved upper division accounting courses, plus 21 hours of approved upper division business courses, plus an approved three hour course in ethics, included within a total of 150 semester hours with a degree, as qualifications to sit for the CPA examination.
