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Bachelor of Science in Business
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General Education Requirements
Foundation Courses
Concentration Courses
General Electives
The Bachelor of Science in Business is a 120-semester-hour program which provides a balanced, liberal arts-based education including a comprehensive survey of the business world and a strong foundation on which to advance or build a career. Students are prepared for decisionmaking positions in business, industry, and government and receive the preparation necessary for satisfactory performance in graduate business studies.

The same course may not be used to fulfil multiple requirements in general education, foundation, major and/or elective areas.
General Education Requirements
51 Semester Hours
The general education requirements provide a broad foundation in the basic academic disciplines and offer students the opportunity to explore the breadth of the liberal arts and sciences. These courses stress intellectual development and a multidisciplinary examination of the critical issues and values inherent in the human experience. The following courses offered by Andrew Jackson University meet the general education requirements for undergraduate students:
English Composition and Oral Communication
9 Semester Hours
(i.e., composition and rhetoric, grammar and composition, expository writing, applied writing, freshman composition, English composition, public speaking, persuasion, business and professional speech, voice and articulation, argumentation and debate/forensics, acting, directing, oral interpretation, group discussion, interpersonal communication)
(6 semester hours written English and 3 semester hours oral communication required)
EN 111
Composition I
EN 112
Composition II (prerequisite EN 112 or equivalent)
CM 220
Fundamentals of Speech
Mathematics
9 Semester Hours
(i.e., advanced algebra, college mathematics, finite mathematics, precalculus, calculus, trigonometry, statistics)
(3 semester hours each in calculus and statistics required)
MA 135
Finite Mathematics
MA 245
Survey of Business Calculus (prerequisite: MA 135 or equivalent)
ST 235
Elementary Statistics
Natural Sciences
6 Semester Hours
(i.e., anatomy and physiology, microbiology, chemistry, biology, genetics, zoology, physics, astronomy, geology, oceanography)
GS 150
General Biology
GS 210
Earth Science
GS 261
Introduction to Physics
Critical Reasoning
3 Semester Hours
(i.e., introductory and/or systematic philosophy; ethics; logic; critical analysis, thinking and/or reasoning; value theory; negotiation, persuasion)
(requirement met by selecting one of the following courses)
BA 175
Ethical Decision Making
CJ 341
Ethical Behavior in the Criminal Justice System
CM 365
Developing Critical Thinking Skills
Humanities/History/Fine Arts
12 Semester Hours
(i.e., anthropology, art, civilization, music, literature, geography, foreign language, religion, humanities, creative/advanced writing, philosophy, ethics)
(student selects four of the following courses — 3 semester hours of ethics required and 6 semester hours in at least one subject area to meet depth requirement)
BA 175
Ethical Decision Making
EN 221
American Literature I
EN 222
American Literature II
HI 171
Western Civilization I
HI 172
Western Civilization II
HI 231
American History I
HI 232
American History II
Social/Behavioral Science
12 Semester Hours
(i.e., political science, economics, government, sociology, psychology)
(student selects four of the following courses 3 semester hours each required in macro- and microeconomics)
BA 340
Business Law
BA 371
Macroeconomics
BA 372
Microeconomics
CJ 336
American Constitutional Law
CJ 361
Criminology
CM 101
Principles of Human Communication
PS 150
American Government
PS 271
American State and Local Politics
PY 141
General Psychology
SO 241
General Sociology
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Foundation Courses
39 Semester Hours
Foundation courses expose students to the basic business functions and prepare them for further study in this major. The following Andrew Jackson University courses meet foundation requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Business:
Business Overview
3 semester hours
(i.e., survey of business, general business, introduction to business)
BA 301
Introduction to Business
Legal Foundations
3 semester hours
(i.e., United States business law, commercial law, legal environment of business)
BA 340
Business Law
Accounting
6 semester hours
(i.e., financial accounting, managerial accounting, fundamentals of accounting I and II, principles of accounting I and II)
(3 semester hours each required in financial and managerial accounting)
BA 415
Financial Accounting
BA 416
Managerial Accounting
Financial Management
3 semester hours
(i.e., business finance, corporate finance, financial planning, capital management, cost budgeting, financial markets, securities analysis, commercial banking, risk and insurance)
(requirement met by selecting one of the following courses)
BA 425
Business Finance
BA 471
Money and Banking
Global Business
3 semester hours
(i.e., international accounting, banking, business, economics, finance, marketing, or strategy; export/import management; foreign market analysis; intercultural communication; international money theory; multinational management)
BA 436
International Business
Human Resources
3 semester hours
(i.e., human resource management, personnel administration, labor relations, collective bargaining, human resource development, industrial psychology, labor economics, organizational development, training and development)
BA 356
Human Resource Management
Information Technology
3 semester hours
(i.e., management information systems, computer programming, computer science, computer information systems)
CM 461
Management Information Systems
Marketing
3 semester hours
(i.e., principles of marketing, advertising and promotion, consumer behavior, distribution channels, electronic marketing, international marketing, marketing management, marketing research, retail/ wholesale management, sales management)
(requirement met by selecting one of the following courses)
BA 461
Principles of Marketing
CM 346
Advertising and Promotion
Management
3 semester hours
(i.e., principles of management, management functions, individual and workforce diversity, interpersonal processes and the group, supervision)
BA 351
Principles of Management
Organizational Behavior
3 semester hours
(i.e., organizational behavior, behavior in organizations)
BA 331
Organizational Behavior
Production and Operations
3 semester hours
(i.e., production and operations management, production management, operations management, planning and control analysis)
BA 358
Production and Operations Management
Business Policy
3 semester hours
(i.e., business policy, business strategy, corporate strategy, management policy/strategy, managerial decision-making)
BA 486
Business Policy
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Concentration Courses
18 Semester Hours
Concentration courses allow students to focus on specific business or management skills that will meet individual career plans and goals. One of five concentrations may be selected: entrepreneurship, sales, sales management, management/leadership, and general business.
Entrepreneurship
Sales
Sales Management
Management/Leadership
General Business
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General Electives
12 Semester Hours
Up to twelve (12) semester hours of general education coursework or courses in any major discipline may be taken as electives when not duplicated to meet other program requirements. In order to develop additional depth and breadth in their major, students are encouraged to choose intermediate or advanced courses in business-related areas. If not previously elected, up to six (6) semester hours of electives may be completed as topics courses.
BA 395
Topics in Business I
BA 495
Topics in Business II
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BS Concentrations
Entrepreneurship
Sales
Sales Management
Management/Leadership
General Business
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