General Business Major (M)

Students first receive a foundation in business skills and then select classes in accounting, business law, human resources, international business, marketing, economics, and finance according to their interest.

Program Learning Outcomes 

By fulfilling all of the course requirements for the Bachelor's of Science in General Business, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of how the Christian worldviews in formulating appropriate and enlightened responses to ethical issues and dilemmas. 

2. Demonstrate an understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices. 

3. Demonstrate an understanding and a disposition that a student builds across the business curriculum. 

4. Identify and evaluates conclusions, implications, and consequences.

5. Utilize, interpret and assess quantitative data to inform and drive sound decision making. 

6. Demonstrates language that skillfully communicates meaning to readers with clarity and fluency. 

7. Demonstrates the ability to convert relevant information into an insightful mathematical portrayal in a way that contributes to a further or deeper understanding.

Curriculum

This major requires the business core and 12 credits of business electives plus BUS 240 and MGMT 472.

Core Requirements 145
Major Requirements45
Electives30
Minor: Optional
Total Hours120
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For transfer students, please see the Advanced Transfer Core.

Major Requirements

Required Core Courses
Business Statistics (counted in University Core )
Macroeconomics (counted in University Core )
Public Speaking (counted in University Core )
Interpersonal Communication
Core Business Requirements
ACCT 2000Accounting & Finance for Business Professionals3
BUS 1200Business Essentials3
or BUS 1400 Quantitative Business Essentials
BUS 2200Business Law I3
BUS 3420Management Information Systems3
BUS 3999Business Internship3
BUS 4420Business Policy and Ethics (Business School Capstone)3
ECON 2100Microeconomics3
MGMT 1200Management & Leadership3
or BUS 5110 People-Focused Management
MKTG 1300Sales and Marketing3
Required Major Courses
MGMT 3660Managing Change3
BUS 2440Project Management3
Major Electives
Select 12 credits of Business Electives12
Total Hours45
Plan of Study Grid
Semester 1Hours
CCE 1010 Christian Citizen 3
ENG 1040 Introduction to Writing 3
MGMT 1200 Management & Leadership 3
PSY 1010 General Psychology 3
REL 1000 The Bible 3
 Hours15
Semester 2
BUS 1200 Business Essentials 3
CCE 1020 Western Culture & Worldview 3
COMM 1100
Public Speaking
or Interpersonal Communication
3
HHP 1100 Stewardship of the Body 1
MKTG 1300 Sales and Marketing 3
REL 1100 Christian Faith 3
 Hours16
Semester 3
ACCT 2000 Accounting & Finance for Business Professionals 3
BUS 2200 Business Law I 3
CCE 1030 Western Thought & Worldview 3
CRATIVE EXPRESSION 3
ECON 2200 Macroeconomics 3
 Hours15
Semester 4
ELECTIVE 3
BUS 2400 Introduction to LEAN 3
CCE 1040 Science & Humanity 3
NATURAL WORLD- SCIENCE 4
ECON 2100 Microeconomics 3
 Hours16
Semester 5
BUSINESS ELECTIVE 3
BUSINESS ELECTIVE 3
BUS 3450 Business Statistics 3
FIN 3000 Principles of Finance 3
FAITH & LIFE 3
 Hours15
Semester 6
BUSINESS ELECTIVE 3
BUSINESS ELECTIVE 3
BUS 3420 Management Information Systems 3
MGMT 3660 Managing Change 3
ELECTIVE 3
 Hours15
Semester 7
BUS 3999 Business Internship 3
NON-WESTERN CULTURE 3
ELECTIVE 3
ELECTIVE 3
HHP ACTIVITY 1
ELECTIVE 3
 Hours16
Semester 8
BUS 4420 Business Policy and Ethics 3
ELECTIVE 3
ELECTIVE 3
ELECTIVE 3
 Hours12
 Total Hours120

Course options and schedule are subject to change.