The Bachelor of Science in Business (BSB) degree prepares students for careers in a variety of business roles. The BSB provides students the opportunity to combine a comprehensive business administration education with other areas of interest to create a customized degree program. Students will acquire core business knowledge and pursue an area of emphasis via a minor, certificate, or program-approved directed electives.
The flexibility and customization features of the BSB prepare students for a broad range of degree options based on their unique interests and skill sets. Students may pursue employment in traditional business roles or a sector in line with their area of interest. The flexibility of the BSB program may also allow for pre-professional students (pre-med, pre-health, etc.) to incorporate some or all their non-business prerequisite courses into their degree plan.
Students must be admitted to the Bachelor of Science in Business degree program and may not major or double-major in a Mays Business School Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) major, including accounting, business honors, finance, management, management information systems, marketing, and supply chain management.
Plan of Study Grid First Year |
Fall |
BUSN 101 | Freshman Business Initiative | 3 |
ECON 202 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
MATH 140 | Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| |
| Public Speaking | |
| Communication for Technical Professions | |
| Argumentation and Debate | |
| Composition and Rhetoric | |
| Technical and Professional Writing | |
| 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
Spring |
ECON 203 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
MATH 142 | Business Calculus 2 | 3 |
POLS 206 | American National Government | 3 |
3 | 3 |
| 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
Second Year |
Fall |
ACCT 229 | Introductory Accounting | 3 |
ISTM 210 | Fundamentals of Information Systems | 3 |
POLS 207 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| 3 |
| |
| Public Speaking | |
| Communication for Technical Professions | |
| Argumentation and Debate | |
| Composition and Rhetoric | |
| Technical and Professional Writing | |
3 | 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
Spring |
ACCT 230 | Introductory Accounting | 3 |
BUSN 203 | Statistical Methods for Business 4 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
Third Year |
Fall |
FINC 341 | Business Finance | 3 |
MGMT 311 | Legal and Social Environment of Business | 3 |
MKTG 321 | Marketing | 3 |
5 | 3 |
5 | 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
Spring |
MGMT 363 | Managing People in Organizations | 3 |
SCMT 364 | Operations Management | 3 |
5 | 3 |
5 | 3 |
5 | 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
Summer |
BUSN 484 | Internship | 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 3 |
Fourth Year |
Fall |
6 | 3 |
6 | 3 |
5 | 3 |
5 | 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
Spring |
BUSN 404 | Business Capstone Project | 3 |
MGMT 466 | Strategic Management | 3 |
6 | 3 |
5 | 3 |
5 | 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 120 |
Program requires the completion of a minor or certificate for degree to be awarded.