Bachelor of Business Administration General Education

Curricular Requirements for B.S.B.A. Majors

All students enrolled in the College of Business and Global Affairs are expected to complete the General Education Curricular Requirement, the Degree Common Courses Requirement and the requirements of a major selected with the assistance of a College of Business and Global Affairs faculty adviser. The format for the B.S.B.A. program of study shown in the following table indicates specific course requirements. 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.

In addition to the General Education requirements for a bachelor’s degree listed in the front of this catalog, the following specific curricular requirements for a B.S.B.A. in one of the majors in the College of Business and Global Affairs must be satisfied.

Moreover, students should be aware of the following requirements.

A minimum of 50% of the business courses required for graduation must be taken at 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 Administration Common Course Requirements.
To graduate with a B.S.B.A. degree, students must have a three-hour international course chosen from one of the following: any international travel study course; any French, Spanish, German, Japanese or Portuguese course; Accounting 471; ECON 321 or ECON 333 ; FIN 332 ; GEOG 151 , GEOG 152 , or GEOG 202 ; Interdisciplinary Studies 250; MGT 461 ; MKTG 410 ; or POSC 230 , POSC 321 , POSC 322 , POSC 341 , POSC 343 , or POSC 423 . See your adviser to determine how the appropriate choice of a course can fulfill the requirements and allow graduation with a minimum of 120 hours.
A student wishing to graduate with honors must earn at least 60 semester hours from UT Martin.
Unless otherwise specified below, courses may be chosen from university lists for General Education categories.
With prior approval from their department chair or dean, students may transfer up to nine (9) hours of upper division business coursework from another university. MGT 490 must be taken at UT Martin.

General Education Courses (50 Hours)

Other Requirements:

CSCI 201 - Introduction to Computer Applications Credit(s): 3
(ACCT 305 is required for Accounting majors in lieu of CSCI 201 )
(MKTG 205 is required for Marketing majors in lieu of CSCI 201 )
(INFS 205 is required for Management and Information Systems majors in lieu of CSCI 201 )
(Finance majors may choose from CSCI 201 , INFS 205 , or ACCT 305 .)
(Economic majors may choose from Computer Science 201 or Information Systems 205)
POSC 220 - American Political Institutions and Policy Credit(s): 3
OR
POSC 230 - Introduction to World Politics Credit(s): 3
Electives - sufficient hours so that the total General Education hours equal 50.

Business Common Course Requirements (37 Hours)

ACCT 201 - Accounting Information for Decision Making I Credit(s): 3
ACCT 202 - Accounting Information for Decision Making II Credit(s): 3
BADM 490 - Senior Seminar Credit(s): 1
BADM 301 - Business Analytics Credit(s): 3
BLAW 301 - Business Law I Credit(s): 3
ECON 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit(s): 3
ECON 202 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit(s): 3
Note: One or more economics courses may be used in Social & Behavioral Sciences depending on the student’s major.
FIN 301 - Managerial Finance Credit(s): 3
INFS 310 - Management Information Systems Credit(s): 3
OR
ACCT 461 - Accounting Information Systems Credit(s): 3
Note: Accounting Majors must take ACCT 461 - Accounting Information Systems .
Note: Marketing Majors may substitute COMM 322 - Basic Print Design or COMM 323 - Basic Web Design in place of INFS 310 - Management Information Systems or ACCT 461 - Accounting Information Systems .
INFS 351 - Business Communication Credit(s): 3
MGT 300 - Management and Behavior Credit(s): 3
OR
SPMG 300 - Advanced Sport Business and Administration Credit(s): 3 (Sport Business concentration only)
MGT 310 - Operations Management Credit(s): 3
MGT 490 - Business Policy Credit(s): 3
MKTG 301 - Principles of Marketing Credit(s): 3

Major Requirements (30 Hours)

(See your respective major requirement)

Bachelor of Business Administration General Education

Curricular Requirements for B.S.B.A. Majors

General Education Courses (50 Hours)

Biological and Physical Systems (8 Hours)

Communication (9-10 Hours)

Fine Arts (Aesthetics) (3 Hours)

Humanities (9 Hours)

Mathematics (3-6 Hours)

Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 Hours)

Other Requirements:

Business Common Course Requirements (37 Hours)

Major Requirements (30 Hours)

Minimum Hours Required for B.S.B.A Degree: 120