School of Management
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Degree Requirements (120 hours)
I. Core Curriculum Requirements1: 42 hours
A. Communication (6 hours)
3 hours Communication (RHET 1302)
3 hours Communication Elective (BA 3311)
B. Social and Behavioral Sciences (15 hours)
6 hours Government (GOVT 2301 and 2302)
6 hours American History
3 hours Social and Behavioral Science Elective (ECON 2301)
C. Humanities and Fine Arts (6 hours)
3 hours Fine Arts (ARTS 1301)
3 hours Humanities (HUMA 1301)
D. Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (6 hours)
6 hours Calculus (MATH 1325 and 1326)
E. Science (9 hours including at least one course with a substantial laboratory component)
1 Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed in parentheses are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.
II. Major Requirements: 48-54 hours
Major Preparatory Courses (15 hours)
AIM 2301* Introductory Financial Accounting
AIM 2302* Introductory Management Accounting
BA 2301* Business and Public Law
ECON 2301* Principles of Macroeconomics2
ECON 2302* Principles of Microeconomics
MATH 1325* Applied Calculus I2, 3
MATH 1326* Applied Calculus II2, 3
MATH 2333* Matrices, Vectors, and Their Application4
Major Core Courses (24 hours)
BA 3311 Business Communications2
BA 3341 Business Finance
BA 3351 Introduction to Management Information Systems
BA 3352 Production Management
BA 3361 Organizational Behavior
BA 3365 Principles of Marketing
BA 4305 Strategic Management
BA 4371 International Business
STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics
Major Related Courses
Core Courses for the MIS Concentration (159 hours)
BA 4318 Programming in Visual Basic or BA 4331 Programming in Java
BA 4321 Database Fundamentals
BA 4322 Systems Analysis and Design
BA 4323 Business Data Communications
BA 4326 Systems Development Project
Core Courses for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration (12 hours)
BA 4308 Entrepreneurship
BA 4310 Entrepreneurial Finance
BA 4311 Entrepreneurial Strategy
BA 4335 Marketing Research
Core Courses for the International Business Concentration (9 hours)
BA 4361 International Finance Management
BA 4372 International Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
BA 4373 Global Strategy
Core Courses for the Marketing Concentration (9 hours)
BA 4335 Marketing Research
BA 4337 Product and Brand Management
BA 4338 Sales and Distribution Management
Core Courses for the Operations Management Concentration (9 hours)
BA 4366 Introduction to Supply Chain Management
BA 4368 Lean and Six Sigma Processes
BA 4369 Integrated SCM Information Systems
Core Courses for the Organization Behavior Concentration (9 hours)
BA 3345 Introduction to Leading and Managing
BA 4372 International Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
BA 4V00 Business Ethics
Breadth Core Courses for students not choosing a concentration - General Business (15 hours)
Select from the following with at least 1 course from 3 of the 6 groups:
Group 1: Management
BA 3345 Introduction to Leading and Managing
BA 4308 Entrepreneurship
BA 4332 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
BA 4333 Performance Management
BA 4372 International Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
BA 4373 Global Strategy
Group 2: Marketing
BA 3372 Export Market Development
or BA 3374 International Marketing
BA 4335 Marketing Research
BA 4336 Marketing Strategy
BA 4337 Product and Brand Management
Group 3: Finance and Accounting
AIM 3320 Financial Information Management
AIM 3341 Cost Management Systems
AIM 3351 Individual Taxation
AIM 4336 Financial Statement Analysis
AIM 4337 Business Valuation
BA 4310 Entrepreneurial Finance
BA 4346 Investment Management
BA 4350 Personal Financial Management and Planning
Group 4: Information Systems
AIM 3321 Managing Financial Data
or BA 4321 Database Fundamentals
AIM 4342 Analysis and Design of Accounting Systems
BA 3360 Managerial Decision Making
BA 4322 Systems Analysis and Design
BA 4323 Business Data Communications
BA 4330 Information Technology Security and Audit
BA 4356 Enterprise Resource Planning
Group 5: Business Environment
BA 3301 Employment Law
BA 4307 Corporations, Politics and Society
BA 4309 Regulation of Business and Financial Markets
BA 4345 Financial Markets and Institutions
BA 4V00 Business Ethics
Group 6: Operations Management
BA 3360 Managerial Decision Making
BA 4366 Introduction to Supply Chain Management
BA 4367 Introduction to Project Management
BA 4368 Lean and Six Sigma Processes
BA 4369 Integrated SCM Information Systems
2A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Hours are counted in Core Curriculum.
3These hours are counted under Mathematics Core above; students may substitute MATH 2413 and MATH 2414 or MATH 2417 and MATH 2419.
4Students may substitute MATH 2418 or CS 2305.
*Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.
III. Elective Requirements: 24-30 hours
Advanced Electives (6 hours)
All students are required to take at least six hours of advanced electives outside their major field of study. These must be either upper-division classes or lower-division classes that have prerequisites.
Free Electives
Both lower- and upper-division courses may count as electives but students must complete at least 51 hours of upper-division credit to qualify for graduation.
MIS Concentration: (129 hours) (6 hours must be non-business courses)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration: (12 hours) (6 hours must be non-business courses)
International Business Concentration: (12 hours) (3 hours must be non-business courses)
Marketing Concentration: (12 hours) (6 hours must be non-business courses)
Operations Management Concentration: (12 hours) (6 hours must be non-business courses)
Organizational Behavior Concentration: (12 hours) (6 hours must be non-business courses)
General Business: (18 hours) (6 hours must be non-business courses)
Guided Electives
MIS Concentration: (129 hours) to be selected from AIM 43433322, BA 4199, BA 4299, BA 4311, BA 4319, BA 43204323, BA 4324, BA 4326, BA 4328, BA 4329, BA 4330, BA 4331, BA 4335, BA 4355, BA 4356, BA 4367, BA 4V95.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration: (9 hours)
Three hours to be selected from BA 3372 or BA 33744336.
Six hours to be selected from AIM 3320, AIM 3341, BA 3372, BA 4309, BA 43214329, BA 4336 or BA 4199 and BA 4299.
International Business Concentration: (12 hours)
Three hours to be selected from BA 3372 or BA 3374.
Three hours to be selected from BA 4311, BA 43224332 or BA 4366.
Six hours to be selected from an approved list provided by the department.
Marketing Concentration: (12 hours)
Three hours to be selected from BA 3372, BA 3374, BA 4336, BA 4339 or BA 4V93.
Nine hours to be selected from BA 3372, BA 3374, BA 4308, BA 4311, BA 4329, BA 4336, BA 4339, BA 4366,
BA 4199 and BA 4299, BA 4V93 or ECON 3310. If approved, the student may select from graduate
marketing courses.
Operations Management Concentration: (12 hours)
Three hours to be selected from BA 3360, BA 4356, or BA 4367.
Nine hours to be selected from AIM 3341, BA 3360, BA 3372, BA 4199, BA 4299, BA 4321, BA 4332, BA 4338, BA 4356, or BA 4367.
Organizational Behavior Concentration: (12 hours)
Three hours to be selected from BA 4332, BA 4333, or BA 4380.
Nine hours to be selected from BA 3301, BA 4307, BA 4309, BA 4332, BA 4333, BA 4339, BA 4380, or BA 4199 and BA 4299.
The University of Texas at Dallas 2008-2010 Undergraduate
Catalog - 2009 Supplement
Volume 32, Number 2
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