B.S. in Business Administration

51 credit hours required.

All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Required Courses 30
ACCT 201Principles of Accounting I 
ACCT 202Principles of Accounting II 
FINA 301Finance 
MGMT 301Principles of Management 
MKTG 301Principles of Marketing 
EMRE 330Human Resource Management 
MGMT 330Legal Environment of Business 
MGMT 340Information Systems for Business 
MGMT 410Operations Management 
MGMT 490Strategic and Global Management 

      Elective Courses: four courses from the following
      12
ACCT 301Intermediate Accounting I 
ACCT 302Intermediate Accounting II 
ACCT 360Federal Individual Taxation 
ACCT 385Managerial Accounting 
ACCT 395Special Topics in Accounting (1-12 credits) 
ACCT 450Fraud Examination 
ACCT 485Cost Management 
ACCT 491Accounting Internship 
ACCT 495Special Topics in Accounting (1-12 credits) 
FINA 320Management of Risk and Insurance 
FINA 395Special Topics in Finance (1-12 credits) 
FINA 410Investments and Portfolio Analysis 
FINA 460Financial Statement Analysis 
FINA 491Finance Internship 
FINA 495Special Topics in Finance (1-12 credits) 
MGMT 310Organizational Behavior and Ethics 
MGMT312Ethical Issues in Management 
MGMT 320International Business 
MGMT 360Corporate Law 
MGMT 370Entrepreneurship 
MGMT 395Special Topics in Management (1-12 credits) 
MGMT 420Leadership in Organizations 
MGMT 440Mergers and Acquisitions 
MGMT 491Management Internship 
MGMT 495Special Topics in Management (1-12 credits) 
MKTG 320Principles of Advertising and Promotion 
MKTG 330Marketing Research 
MKTG 370Business-to-Business Marketing 
MKTG 395Special Topics in Marketing (1-12 credits) 
MKTG 491Marketing Internship 
MKTG 495Special Topics in Marketing (1-12 credits) 
MUAI 327Business of Music I 
MUAI 328Business of Music II 
MUAI 400Legal Aspects of the Music Industry 
ECON 300Statistical Methods in Economics and Business 
ECON 307Forecasting and Data Modeling 
ECON 441Money and Banking 
EMRE 300Employment Relations 
EMRE 301Employment Law 
EMRE 420Compensation 
EMRE 432Organizational Development 

      Cognate Requirements		 
      9
ECON 105Principles of Microeconomics 
ECON 110Principles of Macroeconomics 
MATH 125, STAT 100, or CIS 125Statistics Course 

        Special Notes
  1.         Business administration students must meet the same General Education requirements as students pursuing Bachelors of Arts degrees at SUNY Potsdam. However, Bachelor of Science students only need 65 credit hours outside the Department of Business Administration, instead of 70. Courses with subject codes ACCT, FINA, MGMT and MKTG are considered inside the department.
  2. Business administration majors must earn a minimum grade of 2.0 in every required, elective, and cognate course counted toward the major. Students may not elect the S/U option for any required, elective, and cognate course.
  3. Occasionally, special topic courses in business administration are offered in ACCT, FINA, MGMT and MKTG with codes 395 or 495. These courses may be counted as business administration electives. Students must consult with their advisers.
  4. Student may not double-count more than two common courses between any majors or minors in the Department of Business Administration and any other department. Cognate requirements are excluded from this rule.
  5. Students must take a minimum of 9 courses (27 credit hours) at SUNY Potsdam toward fulfilling the requirements for the business administration major.
  6. Students pursuing Bachelor of Science degrees must complete a minimum of 75 credit hours of liberal arts courses. Non-liberal arts courses are designated in course descriptions with the “@” symbol.
  7. All 300 and 400 level ACCT, FINA, MGMT, and MKTG courses require at least junior standing with the exception of MGMT301.
  8. Up to 3 credit hours of internship in ACCT, FINA, MGMT, and MKTG may be counted toward the electives.
  9. MGMT 301 and 310 are Speaking-Intensive (SI) unless taken online.
  10. MGMT 490 is Writing-Intensive (WI). It is also the capstone course that must be taken in senior year.
  11. Under advisement other courses may count as business electives. Students should consult their adviser.