Curriculum
The course of study for the Bachelor of Business Administration degree includes
four sets of academic requirements:
| Non-Business Foundation Requirements |
45 semester hours |
| Pre-Business Foundation Requirements |
15 semester hours |
| Business Core Requirements |
36 semester hours |
| Major Option Requirements |
24 semester hours |
| Total: |
120 semester hours |
Non-Business Foundation Requirements
The UTEP Core Curriculum is included in the Non-Business Foundation requirements.
To minimize the number of courses taken, students should select core curriculum
courses carefully. See the recommended course sequence for a suggested semester-by-semester plan. The
advisors in the Undergraduate Advising Center can help you if you have questions.
ENGL 1311
ENGL 1312 |
Expository English Composition
and
Research and Critical Writing (or ESOL 1311 and ESOL 1312) |
COMM 1301
COMM 1302 |
Public Speaking or
Business and Professional Communication (COMM 1302 is recommended) |
MATH 1320
MATH 2301 |
Mathematics for Social Sciences I and
Mathematics for Social Sciences II |
POLS 2310
POLS 2311 |
Introduction to Politics and
American Government and Politics |
HIST 1301
HIST 1302 |
History of the United States to 1865 and
History of the United States since 1865 |
| PHIL 2306 |
Ethics |
| Natural Sciences |
Two course sequence and labs required. Select sequence from Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geology or Physics. |
| Visual & Performing Arts |
Select one course from Art, Art History, Dance, Music or Theater. |
PSYC 1301
SOCI 1301 |
Introduction to Psychology or
Introduction to Sociology |
UNIV 1301
UNIV 2350 |
Seminar / Critical Inquiry or
Interdisciplinary Technology / Society
|
Pre-Business Foundation Requirements
Business Core Requirements
ACCT 3314 & ACCT 3323 cannot both be taken for credit in any option. ACCT 3314
cannot be counted by accounting majors toward fulfillment of any part of the
accounting option degree requirements.
Accounting Major Option
|
ACCT 3319
|
Software Applications for Accounting |
|
ACCT 3320
|
Accounting Systems |
|
ACCT 3322
|
Intermediate Accounting II |
|
ACCT 3323
|
Cost Accounting |
|
ACCT 3327
|
Federal Income Tax - Individuals |
|
ACCT 4304
|
Auditing Principles and Procedures |
|
ACCT
|
Accounting Elective (3300 or 4300 level - must be approved by advisor) |
| BUSN |
Upper-Level Business Elective (3300 or 4300 level - must be approved by advisor) |
Computer Information Systems Major Option
|
CIS 3301 |
Introduction to Business Application Programming |
|
CIS 3350 |
Business System Analysis and Design |
|
CIS 4365 |
Database Management |
|
CIS 4370 |
Business Data Communications |
|
CIS 4385 |
Introduction to Information Security Systems |
| BUSN |
Upper-Level Business Elective (3300 or 4300 level - must be approved by advisor) |
And three CIS
Electives (CIS 3385, CIS 4305, CIS 4320, CIS 4330, CIS 4399 or OSCM
3335) |
Economics Major Option
|
ECON 3302 |
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory |
|
ECON 3303 |
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory |
| Electives |
Two Upper-Level Free Electives (any 3300 or 4300 level UTEP courses) |
And four upper-level ECON
electives. |
Finance Major Option
| General Finance Concentration
|
|
FIN 3315 |
Investments |
|
FIN 4310 |
Managerial Finance |
And six
upper-level FIN electives. |
Finance majors that started college before 2009 must see an advisor as degree requirements have changed.
| Financial Analyst Concentration
|
|
FIN 3315 |
Investments |
|
FIN 4315 |
Portfolio Analysis |
|
FIN 4316 |
Analysis of Derivatives |
|
FIN 4318 |
Financial Analysis of the Firm and Its Valuation |
|
FIN 4325 |
International Finance |
And three
upper-level FIN elective. |
Management Major Option
| Entrepreneurship Concentration
|
|
MGMT 3306 |
Entrepreneurship |
|
MGMT 3310 |
Creativity and Innovation |
|
MGMT 3320 |
Small Business Management |
|
FIN 3330 |
Finance for Entrepreneurs |
| And three of the following:
|
|
MGMT 4306 |
Franchising |
|
MGMT 4320 |
Corporate Entrepreneurship |
|
BLAW 4391 |
Business Law |
|
MKT 4301 |
Marketing Research |
And one upper-level business or non-business elective. |
| General Management Concentration
|
|
MGMT 3304 |
Advanced Organizational Development |
|
MGMT 3311 |
Introduction to Human Resource Management |
|
MGMT 3315 |
Employee and Labor Relations |
|
MGMT 4325 |
International Management |
BUSN
MGMT |
One Upper-Level Business Elective and one Upper-Level Management Elective (3300 or 4300 level - must be approved by advisor)
|
| And two upper-level non-business elective. |
| Human Resource Management Concentration
|
|
MGMT 3311 |
Introduction to Human Resource Management |
| And three of the following:
|
|
MGMT 3315 |
Employee and Labor Relations |
|
MGMT 4304 |
Human Resource Training and Development |
|
MGMT 4310 |
Employment Law and Dispute Resolution |
|
MGMT 4315 |
Human Resource Staffing and Planning |
|
MGMT 4337 |
Compensation and Employee Benefits |
| BUSN |
Upper-Level Business Elective (3300 or 4300 level - must be approved by advisor) |
And two upper-level MGMT electives, And one upper-level non-business elective. |
Marketing Major Option
|
MKT 3302 |
Consumer Behavior |
|
MKT 4301 |
Marketing Research |
|
MKT 4325 |
International Marketing |
|
MKT 4395 |
Strategic Marketing Management |
| BUSN |
Upper-Level Business Elective (3300 or 4300 level - must be approved by advisor) |
And two upper-level MKT electives, And one upper-level non-business elective. |
Operations and Supply Chain Management Major Option
|
OSCM 3322 |
Advanced Production/Operations Management |
|
OSCM 3331 |
Service Operations Management |
|
OSCM 3333 |
Production Planning and Control |
|
OSCM 3337 |
Business Logistics |
|
OSCM 4375 |
Operation Models for SCM |
| BUSN |
Upper-Level Business Elective (3300 or 4300 level - must be approved by advisor) |
And two OSCM electives. |
Visit the Supply Chain Management Website for more
information about this program.
General Business Major Option
| International Business Concentration
|
| BUSN |
Upper-Level Business Elective (3300 or 4300 level - must be approved by advisor) |
| Elective |
Upper-Level Non-Business Elective (3300 or 4300 level - must be approved by advisor) |
| And two sophomore language courses, and four
International Business electives (ACCT 4325, BLAW 4325, ECON 4325, ECON 3366, ECON 3367, ECON
4368, FIN 4325, MGMT 4325, or MKT 4325) |
| General Business Concentration
|
| Six upper-level business
electives (no more than 6 hours in any one functional area), and
two upper-level non-business electives. |
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