Business Administration Majors

Major in Accounting, Finance, Management, or Marketing

Core Curriculum Requirements

60 Hours

All baccalaureate programs at North Georgia have as a requirement the satisfactory completion of at least 60 semester credit hours comprising the six areas of the core curriculum. A complete description of Areas A-E of the core curriculum can be found in Core Curriculum. Individual degree programs may specify exceptions and/or particular courses which must be taken within each Area A-E of the core curriculum. Those exceptions and/or course requirements and Area F of the core curriculum are shown below. Students who satisfy Areas A - F with courses other than those suggested will need to take the suggested courses as general electives.

Area A

Business Administration majors should take MATH 1111 in Area A.

Area B

No exceptions

Area C

No exceptions

Area D

Business Administration majors should take MATH 2040.

MATH 2400 is required in the Common Professional Component.

Area E

Business Administration majors should not take ECON 2105 in Area E. This course is required in Area F.

 

 

Area F

Business Administration

18 hours

ACCT 2101

Principles of Financial Accounting

3 hours

ACCT 2102

Principles of Managerial Accounting

3 hours

ECON 2105

Principles of Macroeconomics

3 hours

ECON 2106

Principles of Microeconomics

3 hours

ENGL 2238 or

BUSA 2810

Business Communication

Legal Environment of Business

3 hours

CSCI 1250

Information Technologies

3 hours

Note: Business Communication and Legal Environment of Business are both required for the B.B.A. degree. One course counts in Area F and the other counts in the Common Professional Component. Students who transfer with credit for a different course in Area F must use elective hours to meet the requirement.

Common Professional Component

30 Hours

MATH 2400

Elementary Statistics

3 hours

BUSA 3110

Statistics for Business

3 hours

BUSA 3120

Operations Management

3 hours

FINC 3440

Principles of Finance

3 hours

BUSA 3200 or

ACCT 4330

Business Information Systems

Accounting Information Systems

3 hours

MGMT 3661

Fundamentals of Management

3 hours

MKTG 3700

Principles of Marketing

3 hours

BUSA 2810 or

ENGL 2238

Legal Environment of Business

Business Communication

3 hours

BUSA 4527

International Business

3 hours

BUSA 4995

Strategic Management

3 hours

Courses Appropriate to Major

21 Hours

Accounting:

ACCT 3310

Intermediate Accounting I

3 hours

ACCT 3320

Intermediate Accounting II

3 hours

ACCT 3350

Federal Income Taxation

3 hours

ACCT 4310

Intermediate Accounting III

3 hours

ACCT 4320 or

ACCT 4350

Advanced Financial Accounting

Advanced Federal Income Taxation

3 hours

ACCT 4360

Cost Accounting

3 hours

ACCT 4380

Auditing

3 hours

Finance:

FINC 4410

Derivative Securities and Risk Management

3 hours

FINC 4420

Real Estate Finance

3 hours

FINC 4430

Management of Financial Institutions

3 hours

FINC 4440

Corporate Finance

3 hours

FINC 4470

Investment Management

3 hours

FINC 4480

Financial Policy

3 hours

ACCT 3350

Federal Income Taxation

3 hours

Management:

MGMT 4655

Advanced Operations Management

3 hours

MGMT 4665

Human Resources Management

3 hours

MGMT 4667

Small Business Management

3 hours

MGMT 4668

Seminar in Management

3 hours

MGMT 4669

Organizational Behavior

3 hours

ACCT 4370 or

MGMT 4626

Managerial Accounting

Labor Management Relations

3 hours

3000/4000 level elective

3 hours

 

 

Marketing:

MKTG 3710

Advertising

3 hours

MKTG 3720

Personal Selling

3 hours

MKTG 3730

Consumer Behavior

3 hours

MKTG 3740

Retailing

3 hours

MKTG 4730

Marketing Research

3 hours

MKTG 4780

Marketing Management

3 hours

3000/4000 level elective

3 hours

General Electives:

To bring the total hours to 120 typically 9 hours

Wellness and basic physical education courses cannot be used as electives.

Military Science requirement (for military students)

U.S. & Georgia Constitution and History requirements

Regents' Skills Test or exemption (must be taken during the first semester)