Requirements for Majors and Minors
The mission of the Department of Business Administration is to create a learning environment that produces graduates in a variety of business specialties who have:
1. Current skills and knowledge that make them desirable to a variety of organizations.
2. Enduring analytical, communication, and critical thinking skills to be life-long learners, advance in their careers, and contribute to the global community.
To achieve these broad objectives, graduates of the Department of Business Administration will:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of business terminology and theories both in general business and specific to their subject specialties.
2. Be able to select and apply appropriate technology for analysis, research, and presentation.
3. Work as effective members of a team.
4. Demonstrate critical thinking skills in decision making and problem solving.
5. Demonstrate appropriate oral and written communication skills.
In addition to the requirements listed below, students in all areas of business are encouraged to take MATH 105 (Functions, Graphs, and Analysis). Students who plan to pursue an M.B.A. are also encouraged to take Mathematics 112 (Calculus I).
Business Administration Major
| MGMT 111 |
Introduction to Business & Technology |
| MGMT 312 |
Organizational Management |
| MGMT 321 |
Financial Management |
| MGMT 330 |
Production and Operations Management |
| MGMT 340 |
Human Resource Management |
| MGMT 360 |
Legal Environment of Business (or MGMT315) |
| MGMT 490 |
Business Policy Seminar |
| MRKT 313 |
Principles of Marketing |
| ACCT 201 |
Financial Accounting |
| ACCT 202 |
Managerial Accounting (or ACCT204) |
| ECON 101 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
| ECON 102 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
| BUSA/ECON 333 |
Applied Statistics for Economics and Management |
Business Administration Minor: ACCT 201, ACCT 202, MGMT 312, MRKT 313, plus eight credits of electives from other Business Administration courses.
Accounting Major
Accounting Courses:
| ACCT 201 |
Financial Accounting |
| ACCT 204 |
Cost Accounting |
| ACCT 301 |
Intermediate Accounting I |
| ACCT 302 |
Intermediate Accounting II |
| ACCT 401 |
Advanced Accounting |
| ACCT 402 |
Auditing |
| ACCT 490 |
Accounting Senior Seminar |
| Choice of one: |
| ACCT 306 |
Individual Taxation |
| ACCT 309 |
Business Taxation |
| Supporting Courses: |
| MGMT 111 |
Introduction to Business & Technology |
| MGMT 365 |
Business Law for Accountants |
| MGMT 321 |
Financial Management. |
| BUSA/ECON 333 |
Applied Statistics for Economics and Management |
| ECON 101 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
| ECON 102 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
To qualify to sit for the Uniform CPA Examination in the state of Wisconsin, a student must take all courses above and one of the following: MGMT 312, MRKT 313, MGMT 330.
Marketing Major
Marketing Specific Courses:
| MRKT 313 |
Marketing Principles |
| MRKT 324 |
Consumer Behavior |
| MRKT 330 |
Managing Sales Organizations |
| MRKT 410 |
Marketing Communications |
| MRKT 420 |
Database Marketing |
| MRKT 490 |
Market Research Senior Seminar |
Supporting Courses:
| ECON 101 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
| ECON 102 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
| ACCT 200 |
Survey of Accounting (or ACCT202 or 204) |
| BUSA/ECON 333 |
Applied Statistics for Economics and Management |
| MGMT360 |
Legal Environment of Business (or BUSA315) |
| One of |
| MGMT 321 |
Financial Management |
| MGMT 371 |
International Management |
| One of |
| GEOG 215 |
Economic Geography |
| GEOG 239 |
Mapping Your World |
| One of |
| PSYC 150 |
Introduction to Psychology |
| SOCI 141 |
Principles of Sociology |
Information Systems Major
Technology specific courses:
| MGMT 111 |
Introduction to Business & Technology |
| CSCI 111 |
Principles of Computer Science I |
| CSCI 112 |
Principles of Computer Science II |
| CSCI 341 |
Database Design and Management |
| CSCI 360 |
Networking and Telecommunications |
| ISYS 311 |
E-Commerce |
| ISYS 345 |
Information Systems Theory and Practice |
| ISYS 425 |
Systems Analysis |
| ISYS 490 |
Information System Senior Seminar |
Supporting Courses:
| ACCT 201 |
Financial Accounting |
| MGMT 312 |
Organizational Management |
| MGMT 330 |
Production and Operations Management |
| BUSA/ECON 333 |
Applied Statistics for Economics and Management |
| ECON 101 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
Information Systems Minor: CSCI 110 or 111, MGMT 111, ACCT 201, ISYS 311, 345, and 425.
The Business Administration course catalog has been reorganized for Fall 2007. Below is a table mapping the old course numbers and names to the new course numbers.
| Previous Number/Name |
New Number |
| BUSA 111 Intro to Business & Technology |
MGMT 111 |
| BUSA 201 Financial Acct |
ACCT 201 |
| BUSA 202 Managerial Acct |
ACCT 202 |
| BUSA 204 Cost and Managerial Acct |
ACCT 204 |
| BUSA 211 Business Ethics |
BUSA 211 |
| BUSA 301 Intermediate Accounting I |
ACCT 301 |
| BUSA 302 Intermediate Accounting II |
ACCT 302 |
| BUSA 305 Legal Environment of Business |
MGMT 360 |
| BUSA 306 Individual Taxation |
ACCT 306 |
| BUSA 309 Business Taxation |
ACCT 309 |
| BUSA 311 E-Commerce |
ISYS 311 |
| BUSA 312 Organizational Management |
MGMT 312 |
| BUSA 313 Marketing Principles |
MRKT 313 |
| BUSA 315 Business Law for Accountants |
MGMT 365 |
| BUSA 321 Financial Management |
MGMT 321 |
| BUSA 330 Operations Management |
MGMT 330 |
| BUSA 333 Applied Statistics for Econ and Management |
BUSA 333 |
| BUSA 340 Human Resource Management |
MGMT 340 |
| BUSA 345 Information Systems Theory and Practice |
ISYS 345 |
| BUSA 371 International Management |
MGMT 371 |
| BUSA 373 International Legal Environment of Business |
MGMT 373 |
| BUSA 375 International Accounting and Finance |
ACCT 375 |
| BUSA 400 Business Policies Seminar |
MGMT 490 |
| BUSA 401 Advanced Accounting |
ACCT 401 |
| BUSA 402 Auditing |
ACCT 402 |
| BUSA 405 Labor and Employment Law |
MGMT 405 |
| BUSA 410 Advertising |
MRKT 410 |
| BUSA 425 Systems Analysis and Design |
ISYS 425 |
| BUSA 430 Marketing Research |
MRKT 490 |
| BUSA 490 Accounting Senior Seminar |
ACCT 490 |
| BUSA 491 Information Systems Senior Seminar |
ISYS 490 |
There are three courses that are no longer in the catalog but will be offered for at least one more year to meet the needs of students from prior catalogs.
| BUSA 403 Senior Thesis in Accounting |
| BUSA 320 Consumer Behavior |
| BUSA 325 Sales Force Management |
