Due to the implementation of the new General Education Program, there are currently two programs of study for the Business Administration major:

For students who entered SJU before the fall of 2010, or transfer students who entered SJU in the fall of 2010 with 15 or more credits:

GER Common Courses (See Curricula): six courses

GER University Distribution (See Curricula): fourteen courses, including:

Mathematics—one of the following two-course sequences:

MAT 105	Finite Mathematics with Applications in Business
MAT 106	Brief Business Calculus
	or
MAT 155-156	Calculus for Biology and Social Science
	or
MAT 161-162	Calculus I-II

Social/Behavioral Science

ECN 101	Introductory Economics (Micro)
ECN 102	Introductory Economics (Macro)

GER Electives: any four courses

Business Foundation: ten courses, including

ACC 101	Concepts of Financial Accounting
ACC 102	Managerial Accounting
DSS 200	Introduction to Information Systems
DSS 210	Business Statistics
DSS 220	Business Analytics
FIN 200	Introduction to Finance
MGT 110 MGT 120MGT 121	Essentials of Organizational Behavior or Essentials of ManagementHonors Organizations in Perspective (Honors Program students only)
MGT 360	Legal Environment of Business
MKT 201	Principles of Marketing
BUS 495	Business Policy

Major Concentration: six courses

Two upper division courses from three different departments.

Choose among the Departments of:

• Accounting

• Decision and System Sciences

• Finance

• Food Marketing

• Management

• Marketing

• Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing.

These courses must be in addition to any course that is part of the Business core and must be in three different departments, not majors. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this degree, students majoring in Business Administration can NOT double major or minor within the Haub School of Business.

*See course descriptions in the Academic Catalog for prerequisites

 

For students who entered SJU in the fall of 2010 or later, or transfer students who entered SJU in the fall of 2010 with 14 or fewer credits:

GEP Signature Courses (See Curricula): six courses

GEP Variable Courses (See Curricula): six to nine courses, including

Integrated Learning Component (ILC): three courses. NOTE: In no case may an ILC course be double counted towards completing other requirements of the Business Administration major.

 

Required:

ECN 102

Introductory Economics (Macro)

 

Plus any

two

courses from the following areas:

Economics (maximum of one course from this section)

ECN 322	International Macroeconomics**†
ECN 360	Industrial Organization*
ECN 370	Economic Development*
ECN 380	Managerial Economics
ECN 470	Ethical Values in the Marketplace

*Prerequisite: ECN 101

**Prerequisite: ECN 102

 

English

ENG 206	Public Speaking: Rhetoric in Modern Practice
ENG 263	Writing for Organizations

Interdisciplinary Courses

IHS 346

Administration of Health Care and Public Health

 

Political Science

POL 101	First-Year Majors (FYM) Introduction to American Government and Politics
POL 103	First-Year Majors (FYM) Introduction to Comparative Politics
POL 111	Introduction to American Government and Politics
POL 113	Introduction to Comparative Politics
POL 302	Modern Political Thought
POL 303	American Political Thought
POL 315	Government and Business
POL 352	Political Economy of Booms and Busts

Psychology

PSY 100		Introductory Psychology
PSY 123	Psychology of Men and Women*
PSY 200	Personality*
PSY 212	Multicultural Psychology**
PSY 230	Social Psychology**
PSY 235	Psychology of Gender**

*Prerequisite: PSY 100 or PSY 101

**Prerequisites: PSY 100 or PSY 101, and PSY 200

 

Sociology

SOC 101	Introductory Sociology
SOC 102	Social Problems
SOC 208	Sociology of Gender*
SOC 211	Classical Sociological Theory*
SOC 262	White Collar Crime*
SOC 335	Classes and Power in the United States*
SOC 363	Philadelphia: In Black and White

* Prerequisite SOC 101 or SOC 102

 

Free electives: six courses

Business Foundation: ten courses, including:

ACC 101	Concepts of Financial Accounting
ACC 102	Managerial Accounting
DSS 100	Excel Competency (non-credit)
DSS 200	Introduction to Information Systems
DSS 210	Business Statistics
DSS 220	Business Analytics
FIN 200	Introduction to Finance
MGT 110 or MGT 120 or MGT 121	Essentials of Organizational Behavior Essentials of Management Honors Organizations in Perspective (Honors Program students only)
MGT 360	Legal Environment of Business
MKT 201	Principles of Marketing
BUS 495	Business Policy

 

Major Concentration: six courses

Two upper division courses from three different departments.

Choose among the Departments of:

• Accounting

• Decision and System Sciences

• Finance

• Food Marketing

• Management

• Marketing

• Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing.

These courses must be in addition to any course that is part of the Business core and must be in three different departments, not majors. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this degree, students majoring in Business Administration can NOT double major or minor within the Haub School of Business. A double major or minor in the College of Arts and Sciences would be permitted, with appropriate permissions from the College of Arts and Sciences.

*See course descriptions in the Academic Catalog for prerequisites