The bachelor of science program in business administration provides substantially more flexibility than traditional business majors. A strong liberal arts and business education prepares students for business careers and graduate study, while allowing a substantial amount of elective freedom for individual interests.
Requirements for the bachelor of science in business administration include completion of a core business curriculum and at least one of seven areas of concentration - accounting, finance, human resource management, international business, legal studies, management, and marketing. (R) = Course must be taken at Ithaca College
First Year |
Credits | |
888-10000 |
First Year Seminar in Business |
1 |
888-10100 |
World of Business |
3 |
306-12100
|
Principles of Macroeconomics
|
3
|
313-10500 |
Mathematics for Decision Making |
3 |
377-xxxxx |
Writing course (377-10600 or above) |
3 |
|
Social science elective |
3 |
Humanities elective
|
3 | |
|
Natural science elective (any course designated NS) |
3 |
312-11000 |
Introduction to Computers and Information Systems |
3 |
|
Total |
28 |
Second Year |
||
883-20300 |
Financial Markets and Institutions |
3 |
313-24300 |
Statistics |
3 |
313-10800 |
Calculus for Decision Making |
4 |
880-22500 |
Financial Accounting |
3 |
880-22600 |
Management Accounting |
3 |
887-20300 |
Introduction to Law I |
3 |
|
Natural science elective (from biology, chemistry, or physics) |
3 |
319-11000 |
Public Communication or |
|
319-11500 |
Business and Professional Communication |
3 |
Social science elective |
3 | |
|
Humanities elective
|
3 |
|
Total |
31 |
Third Year |
||
882-36000 |
Management Information Systems or |
|
880-32000 |
Accounting Information Systems |
3 |
883-31100 |
Business Finance (R) |
3 |
884-31200 |
Principles of Marketing |
3 |
885-30600 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
886-34500 |
Operations Management |
3 |
Concentration requirement |
6 | |
Concentration requirement (international business elective) |
3 | |
Liberal arts electives (Note: International business concentration students must take approved international business liberal arts electives) |
6 | |
Total |
30 | |
Fourth Year |
||
882-42100 |
Strategic Management (R) |
3 |
Concentration Requirement |
9 | |
Open electives |
8 | |
Liberal arts electives |
11 | |
Total |
31 |
Requirements for Concentrations |
|
Students in the School of Business may use a course to satisfy degree requirements in more than one business concentration as long as they complete 12 unique credits in each concentration.
Note: Students interested in sitting for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination should opt for the B.S. degree in accounting, p. 21. The B.S. in business administration with accounting concentration might not qualify the student to sit for the CPA examination.
880-34500 |
Intermediate Financial Accounting |
3 |
880-31500 |
Cost Accounting (R) |
3 |
880-49300 |
Tax Accounting (R) |
3 |
880-34600 |
Financial Accounting Theory and Reporting |
|
880-40200 |
Advanced Accounting |
|
880-49700 |
Selected Topics in Accounting |
|
887-30700 |
Commercial Law |
6 |
881-26500 |
International Business Operations |
|
883-37000 |
International Finance |
|
884-38000 |
International Marketing |
|
887-31000 |
International Business Law |
3 |
|
Total |
18 |
883-32100 |
Security Analysis and Portfolio Management (R) |
3 |
883-37000 |
International Finance |
3 |
883-48000 |
Cases in Financial Management (R) |
3 |
Finance elective (level 2 or above) |
3 | |
|
Business electives (level 2 or above) |
6 |
Total |
18 |
882-22000 |
Principles of Management |
3 |
885-34000 |
Human Resource Management |
3 |
885-35000 |
Labor Relations |
3 |
885-44400 |
Employment Law |
3 |
881-26500 |
International Business Operations |
|
883-37000 |
International Finance |
|
884-38000 |
International Marketing |
|
887-31000 |
International Business Law |
3 |
Business elective (level 2 or above) |
3 | |
Total |
18 |
881-26500 |
International Business Operations |
3 |
884-38000 |
International Marketing |
3 |
883-37000 |
International Finance |
3 |
881-49000 |
Seminar in International Business (R) |
3 |
Business electives (level 2 or above) |
6 | |
Total |
18 |
887-20400 |
Introduction to Law II |
|
887-30700 |
Commercial Law |
3 |
885-44000 |
Employment Law |
|
887-31000 |
International Business Law |
|
887-32000 |
Marketplace Regulation and Consumer Protection |
|
887-32300 |
Legal Research Seminar |
|
887-35300 |
Real Estate Law |
|
310-30300 |
Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties |
|
310-36400 |
Law and Public Policy |
|
640-43500 |
Health Care Law |
6 |
887-43000 |
Business and Society |
|
221-31200 |
Government and the Media |
|
306-35200 |
Economics of Regulation |
|
306-37200 |
Industrial Organization Regulation |
|
310-12300 |
Political Justice |
|
310-31000 |
Supreme Court in U.S. Politics |
|
310-36300 |
Politics of Equality |
|
314-21200 |
Introduction to Ethics |
|
314-23000 |
Medical Ethics |
|
314-25000 |
Environmental Ethics |
|
314-32500 |
Philosophy of Public Policy |
|
314-37500, 314-37600 |
Selected Topics (approval required by dean of School of Business) |
|
330-49200 |
Seminar in Psychology: Psychology and Law |
|
331-20300 |
Juvenile Delinquency |
|
331-30200 |
Sociology of Crime |
|
331-30700 |
Social Policy |
|
331-42100 |
Seminar: Race, Racism and the Law |
|
663-30300 |
Seminar in Legal and Ethical Issues in Sport |
6 |
881-26500 |
International Business Operations |
|
883-37000 |
International Finance |
|
884-38000 |
International Marketing |
|
887-31000 |
International Business Law |
3 |
Total |
18 |
882-22000 |
Principles of Management |
3 |
885-34000 |
Human Resource Management |
3 |
887-20400 |
Introduction to Law II |
3 |
Business elective (level 2 or above) |
3 |
Any course at level 2 or above with course number 882-xxxxx, 885-xxxxx, 886-xxxxx or 887-xxxxx |
3 |
881-26500 |
International Business Operations |
|
883-37000 |
International Finance |
|
884-38000 |
International Marketing |
|
887-31000 |
International Business Law |
3 |
Total |
18 |
884-41100 |
Marketing Research |
3 |
884-32300 |
Consumer Behavior |
3 |
884-38000 |
International Marketing |
3 |
884-48600 |
Marketing Strategy |
3 |
88x-xxxxx |
Business electives (level 2 or above) |
6 |
Total |
18 |
