Business Core Category (45 credit hours)

Business Core Requirements (45 credit hours)

Business Core Requirements are imposed on every UT Martin business major (i.e., Accounting, Economics, Finance, Information Systems, Management, and Marketing) as follows:

Courses numbered in the 100 and 200 series are normally taken during the first two years of study. Courses in the 300 and 400 series are upper-division courses taken during the second two years of study.
A minimum of 50% of the business core, major core, and concentration (if a concentration is required) courses required for graduation must be taken at UT Martin.
A student wishing to graduate with honors must earn at least 60 semester hours from UT Martin.

To graduate with a B.S.B.A. degree, students must have at least a 2.00 cumulative grade point average and no more than two (2) grades of D in Business Core courses.

With prior approval from their department chair or dean, students may transfer a maximum of nine (9) hours of upper division business coursework from another university to satisfy Business Core or Major Core Requirements or a combination. MGT 490 must be taken at UT Martin.

Business Core Course Requirements

Business Core Requirements consist of the following fifteen (15) courses/categories:

All B.S.B.A. students must take these courses:

ACCT 201 - Accounting Information for Decision Making I Credit(s): 3
(a mimimum grade of C is required)
ACCT 202 - Accounting Information for Decision Making II Credit(s): 3
(Accounting majors must earn a minimum grade of C)
BADM 301 - Business Analytics Credit(s): 3
BCOM 351 - Business Communication Credit(s): 3
BLAW 301 - Business Law I Credit(s): 3
ECON 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit(s): 3
(may also satisfy 3 hours of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the General Education requirements)
ECON 202 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit(s): 3
(may also satisfy 3 hours of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the General Education requirements)
FIN 301 - Managerial Finance Credit(s): 3
MATH 210 - Elementary Statistics and Probability Credit(s): 3
(may also satisfy 3 hours of Mathematics in the General Education requirements)
MGT 301 - Management and Organizations Credit(s): 3
MGT 310 - Operations Management Credit(s): 3
MKTG 301 - Principles of Marketing Credit(s): 3
MGT 490 - Business Policy Credit(s): 3
(This course must be taken at UT Martin and in the semester immediately before a student’s graduation)

Choose one of the following technology courses based on your major and in consultation with your advisor:
ACCT 461 - Accounting Information Systems Credit(s): 3
(required for all Accounting majors; a minimum grade of C is required for Accounting majors)
INFS 310 - Management Information Systems Credit(s): 3
MMSC 322 - Basic Publication Design Credit(s): 3
(an option for Marketing majors only)
MMSC 323 - Basic Web Design Credit(s): 3
(an option for Marketing majors only)

Choose one of the following international courses (Total Credit(s): 3)
Any international travel study course
Any French, Spanish, German, Japanese or Portuguese language course
ACCT 471 - Research in International Accounting Theory Credit(s):
ECON 321 - International Economics Credit(s): 3
ECON 333 - International Business Credit(s): 3
FIN 332 - International Finance Credit(s): 3
GEOG 151 - Introduction to Regional Geography: North America, Europe and Russia Credit(s): 3
GEOG 152 - Introduction to Regional Geography: Asia, Africa and Latin America Credit(s): 3
GEOG 202 - Introduction to Cultural Geography Credit(s): 3
IDST 250 - Foundations in Canadian Studies Credit(s): 3
MGT 461 - International Management Credit(s): 3
MKTG 410 - International Marketing Credit(s): 3
POSC 230 - Introduction to World Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 321 - International Relations Credit(s): 3
POSC 322 - American Foreign Policy Credit(s): 3
POSC 341 - Survey of Comparative Politics Credit(s): 3