Bachelor of Arts Degree: 60 Semester Credit Hours
Bachelor of Science Degree: 60 Semester Credit Hours
Please note: If students are interested in pursuing the Marketing emphasis, they must take PSY101 Introduction to Psychology to fulfill one of their General Education Social Science requirements.
The 60 credit hours of core and emphasis study is augmented by the General Education requirements set forth by Kentucky Wesleyan College. For students the General Education requirement will amount to approximately 44 credit hours. Those students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts will use 12 credit hours for study of a foreign language; the remaining credits can be used for additional upper level course work. Those students pursuing a Bachelor of Science are encouraged to pursue a minor. All students in the Business Administration program must complete 120 credits of course work as outlined to graduate.
Core Requirements | 33 Hours |
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MATH 101, 103, or 121 | College Algebra, College Algebra & Trigonometry, or Calculus |
ACCT 211 | Principles of Accounting I |
ACCT 212 | Principles of Accounting II |
BA 100 | Introduction to Business |
BA 261 | Principles of Marketing |
BA 325 | Business Law |
BA 341 | Principles of Financial Management |
BA 345 | Business and Professional Writing |
BA 357 | Management Information Systems |
BA 359 | Managerial Statistics |
BA 406 | Business Strategy and Innovation |
ECON 231 | Principles of Microeconomics |
ECON 232 | Principles of Macroeconomics |
If a student is interested in pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business, s/he must complete intermediate proficiency in a foreign language, either by completing 12 hours of the same foreign language or through CLEP test credit.
While in the process of meeting core requirements, students choose an emphasis: General Business Administration or Marketing. The requirements for those emphases are as follows:
General Business Administration | |
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ACCT 317 | Managerial Accounting |
BA 353 | Operations Management |
BA 354 or BA 455 | Human Resource Management or Organizational Leadership |
BA 360 | International Business |
BA 400 | Contemporary Topics in Business Administration |
BA 458 | Business Ethics and Social Responsibility |
ECON 333 or ECON 431 | Money, Credit and Banking or Managerial Economics |
Elective | Plus one 3 hour business elective or an internship |
Marketing | |
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BA 360 | International Business |
BA 362 | Consumer Behavior |
BA 363 or CART 203 | Salesmanship or Introduction to Advertising |
BA 462 | Marketing Management |
BA 463 | Marketing Research |
CART 204 | Introduction to Public Relations |
ECON 431 | Managerial Economics |
Elective | Plus one 3 hour upper-level business elective or an internship |
All Business students must maintain a 2.0 GPA in their major.