Business Administration

School of Management
Department of Business Administration
(907) 474-7253
www.uafsom.com/badegree.html

B.B.A., M.B.A. Degree

Minimum Requirements for Degree: 120 credits

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The business administration department offers professional education to students interested in management, finance, human resource management, international business, marketing and travel industry management.

Competent management practices require an education that is both broad and deep. The business administration program prepares graduates to meet complex technical, economic and social problems and enables them to apply imaginative and responsible leadership to the needs of industry and government.

The undergraduate and graduate programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Admission Standards to UAF School of Management's Upper-Division Courses

A student wishing to take upper division courses in accounting, accounting information systems or business administration must first complete the following courses.

1. Complete at least 30-40 credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.25 or higher.
2. Complete the following courses with a grade of "C" or better:
   ACCT 261--Accounting Concepts and Uses I--3 credits
   ACCT 262--Accounting Concepts and Uses II--3 credits
   STAT 200--Elementary Probability and Statistics--3 credits
   AIS 101--Effective Personal Computer Use--3 credits
   COMM 131X--Fundamentals of Oral Communication: Group Context (3)
        or COMM 141X Fundamentals of Oral Communication: Public Context (3)--3 credits
   ECON 200--Principles of Economics--4 credits
   ENGL 111X--Introduction to Academic Writing--3 credits
   ENGL 211X--Academic Writing about Literature (3)
        or ENGL 213X--Academic Writing about Social and Natural Sciences (3)--3 credits
   MATH 262X--Calculus for Business and Economics--4 credits
3. Complete at least 9 credits that satisfy UAF's Baccalaureate Core in Perspectives on the Human Condition and Natural Sciences.

Conditional Admission to Upper-division Courses

A student wishing to take upper-division courses in accounting, accounting information systems and business administration may do so for one semester only while completing lower level deficiencies, with approval of the director of undergraduate studies.

Major--B.B.A. Degree

Concentrations: Finance, General Business, Management and Organizations, Marketing

1. Complete the general university requirements. (As part of the core curriculum requirements, complete: BA 323X*; and MATH 262X*.)
2. Complete the B.B.A. degree requirements. (As part of the Common Body of Knowledge, complete AIS 310.)
3. Complete the following:*
   BA 151--Introduction to Business--3 credits
   ENGL 314W,O/2--Technical Writing--3 credits
4. Complete the following program (major) requirements:*
   ACCT 352--Management Accounting--3 credits
   BA 307--Personnel Management--3 credits
   ECON 321--Intermediate Microeconomics (3)
        or ECON 322--Managerial Economics (3)--3 credits
   BA 460--International Business--3 credits
5. Complete one of the following concentrations:*
   Finance
   1. Complete the following:
      BA 423W--Investment Analysis--3 credits
      BA 424--Real Estate and Alternative Investments--3 credits
      BA 454O--Student Investment Fund--3 credits
      BA 455--Portfolio Management--3 credits
      BA 461--International Finance--3 credits
   General Business
   
   1. Complete any five courses from these concentrations: finance, management and organizations, and marketing. 15 credits
      Note: At least one course must be designated writing intensive (W).
   Management and Organizations
   
   1. Complete the following:
      BA 317W--Employment Law--3 credits
      BA 447W,O--Compensation Management--3 credits
      BA 456W--Small Business Management--3 credits
      BA 457--Training and Management Development--3 credits
      BA 467--Current Topics in Management--3 credits
   Marketing
   
   1. Complete the following:
      BA 436--Consumer Behavior--3 credits
      BA 441--Promotion Management--3 credits
      BA 445W--Marketing Research--3 credits
      BA 490--Services Marketing--3 credits
      BA 491--Current Topics in Marketing--3 credits
6. Minimum credits required--120

* Student must earn a C grade or better in each course.
** Business students may earn a minor as long as their business degree requirements are met first.
Note: The B.B.A. degree requires 50 percent of the accounting, business administration and economics credits to be earned in residence at UAF.
Note: Only one bachelor of business administration degree may be earned with a concentration in general business, finance, management and organizations, or marketing.

Minor*

Finance

1. Complete the following:
   ACCT 261--Accounting Concepts and Uses I--3 credits
   BA 151--Introduction to Business--3 credits
   BA 325--Financial Management--3 credits
   ECON 200--Principles of Economics--4 credits
2. Complete one of the following with instructor permission:
   BA 424--Real Estate and Alternative Investments--3 credits
   BA 454O--Student Investment Fund--3 credits
   BA 461--International Finance--3 credits
3. Minimum credits required--16

General Business

1. Complete the following:
   BA 151--Introduction to Business--3 credits
2. Complete four of the following:
   ACCT 261--Accounting Concepts and Uses I--3 credits
   BA 307--Personnel Management--3 credits
   BA 325--Financial Management--3 credits
   BA 343--Principles of Marketing--3 credits
   BA 360--Operations Management--3 credits
   BA 390     organizational Theory and Behavior--3 credits
   ECON 200--Principles of Economics--4 credits
3. Minimum credits required--15-16

Management and Organizations

1. Complete the following:
   BA 151--Introduction to Business--3 credits
2. Complete four of the following:
   BA 307--Personnel Management--3 credits
   BA 317W--Employment Law--3 credits
   BA 325--Financial Management--3 credits
   BA 330--The Legal Environment of Business--4 credits
   BA 343--Principles of Marketing--3 credits
   BA 360--Operations Management--3 credits
   BA 390     organizational Theory and Behavior--3 credits
3. Minimum credits required--15-16

Marketing

1. Complete the following:
   BA 343--Principles of Marketing--3 credits
   BA 436--Consumer Behavior--3 credits
   BA 441--Promotion Management--3 credits
   BA 490--Services Marketing--3 credits
2. Complete one of the following:
   BA 445W--Marketing Research--3 credits
   BA 491--Current Topics in Marketing--3 credits
3. Minimum credits required--15

* For a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree.
Note: To take BA 300 level courses as a minor, students must receive approval from the director of undergraduate studies to be admitted in a Business Administration minor, meet all prerequisites for BA 300-level classes, have a cumulative GPA of 2.25 and be of junior standing. Students interested in pursuing a minor are reminded to review course descriptions for prerequisite requirements.