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2016-2017 Johnstown Campus Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Business Major, BA

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Faculty: Neelima Bhatnagar; Cristina DeDiana, Skip Glenn, John McGrath; Greg Petyak, Douglas Reed; James Teague; Travis Stouffer; Deborah Zakrzwski, CPA

Required Courses

I. General Requirements (17 credits minimum)

CS 0015 - INTRO TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
CS 0016 - INTRO TO CMPTR PRGMG APPLCTNS
MATH 0121 - BUSINESS CALCULUS or
MATH 0221 - ANALYTC GEOMETRY & CALCULUS 1
PSY 0200 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
STAT 1040 - STATISTICS FOR BUS/ECON
ENGWRT 1192 - TECHNICAL WRITING

II. Division of Social Sciences requirements (15 credits)

One from each category:

Anthropology

Geography

History

Political Science

PS 0206 - AMERICAN POLITICAL PROCESS
PS 0302 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS
PS 0310 - COMPARATIVE DEVELOPING SYSTEMS
PS 0501 - WORLD POLITICS

Sociology

SOC 0070 - SOCIAL PROBLEMS
SOC 0100 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

III. Business Core (24 credits)

ECON 0105 - INTRO MICROECONOMIC THEORY
ECON 0115 - INTRO TO MACROECONOMIC THEORY
BUS 0115 - ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES 1
BUS 0300 - PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE
BUS 0400 - INTRO TO BUSINSS INFOR SYSTEMS
BUS 0500 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
BUS 0510 - PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING
BUS 1010 - BUSINESS ANALYSIS & MODELING

III. Business Core (24 credits)

ECON 0105 - INTRO MICROECONOMIC THEORY
ECON 0115 - INTRO TO MACROECONOMIC THEORY
BUS 0115 - ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES 1
BUS 0300 - PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE
BUS 0400 - INTRO TO BUSINSS INFOR SYSTEMS
BUS 0500 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
BUS 0510 - PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING
BUS 1010 - BUSINESS ANALYSIS & MODELING

IV. Economics Electives (3 credits)

Any Economics course (except ECON 0105 , ECON 0115 )

V. Business concentrations:

A. Accounting

a. Financial Accounting Track

BUS 0200 - ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES 2
BUS 1120 - INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING 1
BUS 1130 - INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING 2
BUS 1140 - AUDITING

Any three of the following:

BUS 1110 - COST ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS
BUS 1146 - FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
BUS 1151 - ADVANCED ACCOUNTING THEORY
BUS 1155 - GOVT AND NONPROFIT ACCOUNTING
BUS 1160 - TAX ACCOUNTING 1
BUS 1171 - TAX ACCOUNTING 2
BUS 1190 - ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
BUS 1330 - FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
BUS 1570 - BUSINESS LAW 1

b. Managerial Accounting Track

BUS 0200 - ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES 2
BUS 1115 - MANAGERIAL COST ACCTG APPLCS
BUS 1120 - INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING 1

Any three of the following:

BUS 1110 - COST ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS
BUS 1140 - AUDITING
BUS 1286 - ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP 1
BUS 1330 - FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
BUS 1355 - FINANCIAL MODELING
BUS 1356 - CAPITAL BUDGETING
BUS 1520 - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

B. Economics

Any six economics courses above the introductory level in addition to the required three economics courses listed under general business requirements.

C. Finance

BUS 1310 - INVESTMENTS
BUS 1355 - FINANCIAL MODELING
BUS 1356 - CAPITAL BUDGETING

Any four of the following:

BUS 1270 - FINANCIAL REPORTING
BUS 1315 - PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING
BUS 1330 - FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
BUS 1370 - PORTFOLIO THEORY
BUS 1486 - FINANCE INTERNSHIP 1
ECON 0281 - INTRODUCTION TO MONEY & BANKNG
ECON 0501 - INTRO TO INTERNATIONAL ECONMCS
ECON 1141 - ECONOMIC FORECASTING
ECON 1151 - FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

D. Management

a. General Management Track

BUS 1510 - HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
BUS 1520 - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
BUS 1530 - OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN MGMT
BUS 1540 - LEADERSHIP IN BUS AND SOCIETY
any three upper-level business courses taken under advisement

b. Human Resources Track

BUS 1510 - HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
BUS 1520 - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
BUS 1540 - LEADERSHIP IN BUS AND SOCIETY

At least three of the following:

BUS 1515 - RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
BUS 1525 - EMPLOYMENT LAW AND NEGOTIATION
BUS 1545 - COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
BUS 1686 - MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP 1
PSY 1636 - ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

E. Management Infromation Systems

BUS 1410 - BUSINESS DATABASE MANAGEMENT
BUS 1420 - BUSINSS SYSTEMS ANALYS & DESGN
BUS 1426 - COMPUTER HRDWR OPERATING SYMS
BUS 1435 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Any two of the following:

BUS 1411 - ADVANCED DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES
BUS 1412 - GRAPHIC DESIGN
BUS 1415 - WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
BUS 1425 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS & NETWORKS
BUS 1428 - MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
BUS 1441 - DATA WAREHSNG & DATA MINING
BUS 1445 - MGMNT INFO SYSTMS SPEC TOPICS
BUS 1448
BUS 1489 - MIS INDEPENDENT STUDY
CS 0417 - INTERMEDIATE PRGMG USING JAVA

F. Marketing

BUS 1520 - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
BUS 1535 - MARKETING RESEARCH
BUS 1540 - LEADERSHIP IN BUS AND SOCIETY
BUS 1560 - MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Any three of the following:

BUS 1575 - CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
BUS 1581 - SALES MANAGEMENT
BUS 1582 - INTERNET MARKETING
BUS 1583 - INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
BUS 1584 - PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
BUS 1585 - PROMOTION MANAGEMENT
BUS 1586 - PRICING MANAGEMENT
BUS 1587 - DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
BUS 1670 - MARKETING SPECIAL TOPICS
BUS 1671 - MARKETING INTERNSHIP 1

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