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 Student Development 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

ACCT 2301 ACCT 2302	Principles of Accounting I and Principles of Accounting II
ECON 2303 ECON 2304	Principles of Economics and Principles of Economics
QMB 2301	Fundamentals of Business Statistics

Business Core Requirements

ACCT 3314 ACCT 3321	Management Accounting or Intermediate Accounting I (Accounting and Finance degrees require ACCT 3321)
BLAW 3301	Legal Environment of Business
ENGL 3355	Workplace Writing
ECON 3310 ECON 3320	Managerial Economics or Money and Banking
FIN 3310	Business Finance
CIS 3345	Management Information Systems
OSCM 3321	Production/Operations Management
QMB 3301	Quantitative Methods in Business
BUSN 3304	Global Business Environment
MGMT 3303	Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior
MKT 3300	Principles of Marketing
MGMT 4300	Strategic Management (may only be taken in last semester)

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

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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 4***	Accounting Elective (must be approved by advisor)
BUSN 33**	Upper-Level Business Elective (must be approved by advisor)

Computer Information Systems Major Option

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CIS 3350	Business System Analysis and Design
CIS 3355	Business Data Structure
CIS 4365	Database Management
CIS 4370	Business Data Communications
BUSN 33**	Upper-Level Business Elective
And three CIS Electives (CIS 3385, CIS 4305, CIS 4320, CIS 4330, CIS 4399 or OSCM 3335)

Economics Major Option

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ECON 3302	Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 3303	Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
33 33	Two Upper-Level Free Electives (any 3300 or 4300 level UTEP courses)
And four upper-level ECON electives.

Finance Major Option

General Finance Concentration Download PDF
FIN 3315	Investments
FIN 4310	Managerial Finance
And six upper-level FIN electives.

Commercial Banking Concentration Download PDF
FIN 3315	Investments
FIN 4310	Managerial Finance
FIN 4315	Portfolio Analysis (formerly titled Investment Management)
FIN 4316	Analysis of Derivatives (formerly titled Speculative Markets)
FIN 4318	Financial Statement Analysis
FIN 4311	Commercial Bank Management
And two upper-level FIN electives.

Financial Analyst Concentration Download PDF
FIN 3315	Investments
FIN 4315	Portfolio Analysis (formerly titled Investment Management)
FIN 4316	Analysis of Derivatives (formerly titled Speculative Markets)
FIN 4318	Financial Statement Analysis
FIN 4325	International Finance
And three upper-level FIN elective.

Management Major Option

General Management Concentration Download PDF
MGMT 3304	Advanced Organizational Development
MGMT 3311	Introduction to Human Resource Management
MGMT 3315	Employee and Labor Relations
MGMT 4325	International Management
33 33	Two Upper-Level Business Electives
And one upper-level MGMT elective, and one upper-level non-business elective.

Human Resource Management Concentration Download PDF
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 33**	Upper-Level Business Elective
And two upper-level MGMT electives, And one upper-level non-business elective.

Marketing Major Option

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MKT 3302	Consumer Behavior
MKT 4301	Marketing Research
MKT 4325	International Marketing
MKT 4395	Strategic Marketing Management
BUSN 33**	Upper-Level Business Elective
And two upper-level MKT electives, And one upper-level non-business elective.

Operations and Supply Chain Management Major Option

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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 33**	Upper-Level Business Elective
And two OSCM electives.

Visit the Supply Chain Management Website for more information about this program.

General Business Major Option

International Business Concentration Download PDF
BUSN 33**	Upper-Level Business Elective
33**	Upper-Level Non-Business Elective
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 Download PDF
Six upper-level business electives (no more than 6 hours in any one functional area), and two upper-level non-business electives.