Major in Business and Technology

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:

ACC 311Intermediate Accounting I

3

ACC 312Intermediate Accounting II

3

Select 2 courses from the following:

ACC 351Federal Taxation of Individuals

3

ACC 421Auditing

3

FIN 510Financial Statement Analysis

3

ACC 352Federal Taxation of Business Entities

3

ACC 431Advanced Accounting

3

ACC 385Fraud Examination and Forensic Investigation

3

Marketing Concentration

Students select 4 courses from the following:

BT 403Marketing Strategy in a Digital World

3

BT 417Market Analytics & Research

3

BT 435Social Media and Network Analysis

3

BT 445Virtual and Physical Consumer Behavior

3

BT 465Integrated Marketing and Communication

3

BT 466Data Analytics

3

Finance Concentration

Required:

BT 440Money, Banking and Financial Institutions

3

BT 426Equity Valuation

3

Students select 4 courses from the following:

BT 325Financial Statement Analysis

3

Or

FIN 510Financial Statement Analysis

3

BT 425Portfolio Management

3

BT 442Fixed Income Analysis

3

BT 454International Economics and Finance

3

QF 430Introduction 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 310Programming for Mobile Applications

3

BT 333Database Management

3

BT 353Project Management

3

BT 370Human Centered Design

3

BT 422Decision Making

3

BT 435Social Media and Network Analysis

3

BT 416Business Process Management

4

BT 421Systems Analysis and Design

3

BT 466Data Analytics

3

MIS 460IT Strategy: Strategic Issues in IT Management

3

Management Concentration

Required:

BT 353Project Management

3

BT 422Decision Making

3

Students select 2 courses from the following:

BT 360International Business

3

BT 370Human Centered Design

3

BT 419Entrepreneurship Practicum

3

BT 447Creativity and Innovation

3

BT 450Global Management Seminar

3-9

MGT 451Computational Models of Thought and Behavior

3

HPL 456Ethics of Business and Technology

3

Note: “Management Elective” from approved list.

Economics Concentration

Required:

BT 343Intermediate Macroeconomics

3

BT 344Intermediate Microeconomics

3

Students select 2 courses from the following:

BT 360International Business

3

BT 436Game Theory

3

BT 440Money, Banking and Financial Institutions

3

BT 454International Economics and Finance

3

MGT 451Computational Models of Thought and Behavior

3

QF 200Financial Econometrics

3

Quantitative Finance Concentration

Required:

QF 101Quantitative Finance

3

QF 102Basic Financial Tools

3

QF 103Introduction to Financial Tools and Technology

1

Students select 2 courses

QF 200Financial Econometrics

3

QF 202Financial Time Series

3

QF 430Introduction to Derivatives

3

QF 435Risk Management for Capital Markets

3

Business and Technology Curriculum

Term I (17 Credits)

CAL 103Writing and Communications Colloquium

3

MA 117Calculus for Business and Liberal Arts

4

BT 100Principles of Management

3

BT 244Microeconomics

3

MIS 201Fundamentals of Information Systems

4

Term II (15 Credits)

CAL 105CAL Colloquium: Knowledge, Nature, Culture

3

MA 119Multivariate Calculus and Finite Mathematics

3

BT 243Macroeconomics

3

BT 200Financial Accounting

MIS 110Creative Problem Solving in Computing

3

BT 290Business Career Seminar

0

Term III (15 Credits)

PEP 123Physics for Business & Technology I

3

BT 221Statistics

3

BT 223Applied Models and Simulation

3

BT 321Corporate Finance

3

BT 350Marketing

3

Physical Education

Term IV (15 Credits)

PEP 124Physics for Business & Technology II

3

Or

CH 115General Chemistry I

3

Or

BIO 281Biology and Biotechnology

3

Or

BIO 201Introduction to Biology for Non-Science and Non-Engineering Majors

3

BT 421Systems Analysis and Design

3

Or

BT 416Business Process Management

4

Or

MIS 460IT Strategy: Strategic Issues in IT Management

3

Or

BT 466Data Analytics

3

BT 215Managerial Accounting

3

BT 301Strategy

3

Physical Education

MGT 300Business Communications

3

Term V (18 Credits)

Business Concentration

3

Technology Concentration

3

Technology Concentration

3

BT 421Systems Analysis and Design

3

Or

BT 416Business Process Management

4

Or

MIS 460IT Strategy: Strategic Issues in IT Management

3

Or

BT 466Data Analytics

3

BT 330Social Psychology and Organizational Behavior

3

BT 372Entrepreneurship

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 411Senior Design I

3

BT 401Capital Structure & Strategy Audit

3

General Elective

3

ISE 350Logistics and Supply Chain Management

3

Term VIII (15 Credits)

Business Concentration

3

Technology Concentration

3

BT 413Business Law

3

MGT 412Senior 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.