This major requires four courses in a Business concentration and four courses in Technology concentration (for a total of 8 courses for the major).
Technology Concentration
Choose coursework from approved list, available at the Center for Student Success in Babbio 303. If all 4 courses are taken in the same technology area, then this constitutes a “concentration”. Otherwise, they are considered a general technology concentration.
Business Concentration
Students choose coursework from one of the following business concentrations:
Accounting Concentration
Required:
Select 2 courses from the following:
| ACC 351 | Federal Taxation of Individuals | 3 |
| ACC 421 | Auditing | 3 |
| FIN 510 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3 |
| ACC 352 | Federal Taxation of Business Entities | 3 |
| ACC 431 | Advanced Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 385 | Fraud Examination and Forensic Investigation | 3 |
Marketing Concentration
Students select 4 courses from the following:
| BT 403 | Marketing Strategy in a Digital World | 3 |
| BT 417 | Market Analytics & Research | 3 |
| BT 435 | Social Media and Network Analysis | 3 |
| BT 445 | Virtual and Physical Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| BT 465 | Integrated Marketing and Communication | 3 |
| BT 466 | Data Analytics | 3 |
Finance Concentration
Required:
| BT 440 | Money, Banking and Financial Institutions | 3 |
| BT 426 | Equity Valuation | 3 |
Students select 4 courses from the following:
| BT 325 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3 |
| | Or | |
| FIN 510 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3 |
| | | |
| BT 425 | Portfolio Management | 3 |
| BT 442 | Fixed Income Analysis | 3 |
| BT 454 | International Economics and Finance | 3 |
| QF 430 | Introduction to Derivatives | 3 |
Information Systems Concentration
Students select 4 courses from the following:
Whichever of the following courses (BT416 Business Process Management, BT421 Systems Analysis & Design, MIS460 IT Strategy or BT 466 Data Analytics) that the student didn’t take as part of their required coursework
| BT 310 | Programming for Mobile Applications | 3 |
| BT 333 | Database Management | 3 |
| BT 353 | Project Management | 3 |
| BT 370 | Human Centered Design | 3 |
| BT 422 | Decision Making | 3 |
| BT 435 | Social Media and Network Analysis | 3 |
| BT 416 | Business Process Management | 4 |
| BT 421 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| BT 466 | Data Analytics | 3 |
| MIS 460 | IT Strategy: Strategic Issues in IT Management | 3 |
Management Concentration
Required:
Students select 2 courses from the following:
| BT 360 | International Business | 3 |
| BT 370 | Human Centered Design | 3 |
| BT 419 | Entrepreneurship Practicum | 3 |
| BT 447 | Creativity and Innovation | 3 |
| BT 450 | Global Management Seminar | 3-9 |
| MGT 451 | Computational Models of Thought and Behavior | 3 |
| HPL 456 | Ethics of Business and Technology | 3 |
Note: “Management Elective” from approved list.
Economics Concentration
Required:
| BT 343 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| BT 344 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
Students select 2 courses from the following:
| BT 360 | International Business | 3 |
| BT 436 | Game Theory | 3 |
| BT 440 | Money, Banking and Financial Institutions | 3 |
| BT 454 | International Economics and Finance | 3 |
| MGT 451 | Computational Models of Thought and Behavior | 3 |
| QF 200 | Financial Econometrics | 3 |
Quantitative Finance Concentration
Required:
| QF 101 | Quantitative Finance | 3 |
| QF 102 | Basic Financial Tools | 3 |
| QF 103 | Introduction to Financial Tools and Technology | 1 |
Students select 2 courses
| QF 200 | Financial Econometrics | 3 |
| QF 202 | Financial Time Series | 3 |
| QF 430 | Introduction to Derivatives | 3 |
| QF 435 | Risk Management for Capital Markets | 3 |
Business and Technology Curriculum
Term I (17 Credits)
| CAL 103 | Writing and Communications Colloquium | 3 |
| MA 117 | Calculus for Business and Liberal Arts | 4 |
| BT 100 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BT 244 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| MIS 201 | Fundamentals of Information Systems | 4 |
Term II (15 Credits)
| CAL 105 | CAL Colloquium: Knowledge, Nature, Culture | 3 |
| MA 119 | Multivariate Calculus and Finite Mathematics | 3 |
| BT 243 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| BT 200 | Financial Accounting | |
| MIS 110 | Creative Problem Solving in Computing | 3 |
| BT 290 | Business Career Seminar | 0 |
Term III (15 Credits)
| PEP 123 | Physics for Business & Technology I | 3 |
| BT 221 | Statistics | 3 |
| BT 223 | Applied Models and Simulation | 3 |
| BT 321 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| BT 350 | Marketing | 3 |
| | Physical Education | |
Term IV (15 Credits)
| PEP 124 | Physics for Business & Technology II | 3 |
| | Or | |
| CH 115 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| | Or | |
| BIO 281 | Biology and Biotechnology | 3 |
| | Or | |
| BIO 201 | Introduction to Biology for Non-Science and Non-Engineering Majors | 3 |
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| BT 421 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| | Or | |
| BT 416 | Business Process Management | 4 |
| | Or | |
| MIS 460 | IT Strategy: Strategic Issues in IT Management | 3 |
| | Or | |
| BT 466 | Data Analytics | 3 |
| | | |
| BT 215 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BT 301 | Strategy | 3 |
| | Physical Education | |
| MGT 300 | Business Communications | 3 |
Term V (18 Credits)
| | Business Concentration | 3 |
| | Technology Concentration | 3 |
| | Technology Concentration | 3 |
| | | |
| BT 421 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| | Or | |
| BT 416 | Business Process Management | 4 |
| | Or | |
| MIS 460 | IT Strategy: Strategic Issues in IT Management | 3 |
| | Or | |
| BT 466 | Data Analytics | 3 |
| | | |
| BT 330 | Social Psychology and Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| BT 372 | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| | Physical Education | |
Term VI (15 Credits)
| | Humanities Requirement 100-200 Level | 3 |
| | Humanities Requirement 300-400 Level | 3 |
| | Business Concentration | 3 |
| | Technology Concentration | 3 |
| | General Elective | 3 |
| | Physical Education | |
Term VII (15 Credits)
| | Business Concentration | 3 |
| MGT 411 | Senior Design I | 3 |
| BT 401 | Capital Structure & Strategy Audit | 3 |
| | General Elective | 3 |
| ISE 350 | Logistics and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
Term VIII (15 Credits)
| | Business Concentration | 3 |
| | Technology Concentration | 3 |
| BT 413 | Business Law | 3 |
| MGT 412 | Senior Design II | 3 |
| | General Elective | 3 |
Note:
CAL 103, CAL 105, Humanities Requirement 100-200 Level, and Humanities Requirement 300-400 Level: Students are required to take two additional Humanities courses other than CAL 103 and CAL 105. One must be at the 100/200 level and one must be at the 300/400 level and be from two different disciplines.
PE 200: All students must complete a minimum of four semesters of Physical Education (P.E.) in non-repeating courses. Participation in varsity and/or club sports may be used to satisfy up to four credits of the P.E. requirement.
The IS Requirement must be chosen from the following courses: BT 421, BT 416, MIS 460, or BT 466.
Choose Business Concentration coursework from one of the seven concentrations.
Choose from an approved list of classes for the Technology Concentration.
CS 105: Students with computer science experience can take the more challenging course CS 115, all others are advised to take CS 105.