Degree Requirements for the Bachelor of Science

Major in Business Administration

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Specific Aiken courses are listed (equivalent Beaufort courses in parentheses)
Hours
General Education Requirements
60
Skills and Competencies
15
English
AEGL 101 (ENGL 101)
3
AEGL 102 (ENGL 102)
3
Math
AMTH 170 (MATH 170)
3
AMTH 122 (MATH 122)
3
Speech ASPE 201 or 241 (THSP 140)
3
Methods and History of Disciplines
* (At least 3 hours must be in non-Western world studies, unless an approved non-Western world studies course  has been completed 
     elsewhere in the student's degree program.)
 
Natural Sciences
8
Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Marine Science, Physics (2 labs)  
Social and Behavioral Sciences (at least two areas)  
Economics
AECO 221 (ECON 221)
3
AECO 222 (ECON 222)
3
Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science, or Geography
6
Humanities  
Two courses from History 101, 102
6
Three courses from at least two areas:
English Literature 281 or above (all students must take one)
3
Fine Arts History, History, Humanities, Religion, Foreign Language (200 level and above), Philosophy (not logic), Speech Communication (not applied), Literature
6
Free Electives (Can include up to three credit hours of Economics/Business Administration courses. Students who do not have competencies in word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications should take ABUS 290 and count it here. The School of Business Administration encourages the study of foreign language as free electives.)
10
Business Core Requirements
39
ABUS 225 Principals of Financial Accounting (ACCT 225)
ABUS 226 Principals of Managerial Accounting (ACCT 226)
ABUS 296 Statistics (MGSC 291)
ABUS 345 Business Communications
ABUS 350 Marketing
ABUS 363 Business Finance
ABUS 371 Principles of Management & Leadership
ABUS 379 Business and Society
ABUS 380 Entrepreneurship
ABUS 383 International Business
ABUS 390 Management Information Systems
ABUS 396 Business Research Methods
ABUS 478 Strategic Management
Management Concentration
21
AMGT 374 Human Resource Management
AMGT 376 Organization Behavior
AMGT 473 Management & Operations of Small Business
AMGT 475 Production/Operations Management
AMGT 477 Organization Theory
Choose either: AMGT 378 Labor Relations or AMGT 411 International Management
And one Business elective: one business or economics course (300 level or above)
Total Hours
120
* Definition: A non-Western world studies course is any course which focuses substantially on the culture of the region of the world other than Europe or those areas in which the dominant culture is European, such as the Unites States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Study of the cultures of the indigenous peoples of these countries may be acceptable, bu this would not include the study of contemporary African-Americans, Japanese-Americans and other "assimilated" ethnic categories.
The following courses were approved as meeting the non-Western world studies general education requirement: AANP 102 Understanding Other Cultures; AHST 103 Introduction to Non-Western Civilization; APLS 101 The United States and World Problems: Global Perspectives, and APLS 102 The United States and World Problems: Regional Perspectives.

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