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).

Business and Technology Curriculum

Term I

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

3

Term II

CAL 105CAL Colloquium: Knowledge, Nature, Culture

3

MA 119Multivariate Calculus and Finite Mathematics

3

BT 243Macroeconomics

3

ACC 200Principles of Financial Accounting

3

MIS 110Creative Problem Solving in Computing

3

BT 290Business Career Seminar

0

Term III

Science Requirement

3

BT 221Statistics

3

BT 223Applied Models and Simulation

3

BT 321Corporate Finance

3

BT 350Marketing

3

Term IV

Science Requirement

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 301Strategy

3

MGT 300Business Communications

3

ACC 215Managerial Accounting

3

Term V

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

Term VI

Humanities Requirement 100-200 Level

3

Humanities Requirement 300-400 Level

3

Business Concentration

3

Technology Concentration

3

General Elective

3

Term VII

Business Concentration

3

MGT 411Senior Design I

3

BT 401Advanced Strategy

3

General Elective

3

ISE 350Logistics and Supply Chain Management

3

Term VIII

Business Concentration

3

Technology Concentration

3

BT 413Business Law

3

MGT 412Senior Design II

1

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.

The Science Requirement must be chosen from the following courses: CE 240CH 115CH 116BIO 181PEP 151PEP 123 OR PEP 111, PEP 124 OR PEP 112, BIO 101, EN 250, EN 375 or NANO 200.

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 listed below.

Choose from an approved list of classes for the Technology Concentration listed below.

MIS 110: Students with computer science experience can take the more challenging course CS 115, all others are advised to take MIS 110.

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 421Audit and Assurance

3

ACC 431Advanced Accounting

3

ACC 552Tax Compliance and Planning for Business Entities

3

FIN 510Financial Statement Analysis

3

Marketing Concentration

Students select 4 courses from the following:

BT 403Marketing Strategy in a Digital World

3

BT 404Marketing, Society, and Sustainability

4

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

FIN 510Financial Statement Analysis

3

Students select 2 courses from the following:

BT 425Portfolio Management

3

BT 426Equity Valuation

3

BT 442Fixed Income Analysis

3

BT 454International Economics and Finance

3

QF 430Introduction to Derivatives

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

1

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

Technology Concentration

Choose coursework from approved list, available at the Center for Student Success in Babbio 303. Business majors can find this list on the business school's canvas page. If all 4 courses are taken in the same technology area, then this constitutes a “concentration”. Otherwise, they are considered a general technology concentration. Courses cannot be double counted towards other requirements on your study plan (e.g., IS requirements, General Electives).

Environmental Science/Green Technology Concentration

Select 4 courses from the following:

CH 115General Chemistry I

3

CH 116General Chemistry II

3

And

CH 118General Chemistry Laboratory II

1

EN 570Environmental Chemistry

3

EN 575Environmental Biology

3

EN 530Introduction to Sustainable Engineering

3

EN 541Fate and Transport of Environmental Contaminants

3

EN 580Modeling of Environmental Systems

3

Or

ME 514Sustainable Energy

3

Art and Technology Concentration

Select 4 courses from the following:

HAR 114Introduction to Photography

3

HAR 225Moving Image: On Screen

3

HAR 226Moving Image: In Space

3

HAR 241Design I

3

HAR 260Game Design I

3

HAR 271Creative Programming I

3

HAR 340Design II

3

HAR 3433D Modeling

3

HAR 360Game Design II

3

HAR 371Creative Programming II

3

HAR 460Game Design III

3

HAR 471Creative Programming III

3

Music and Technology Concentration

Select 4 courses from the following:

HMU 211Introduction to Electronic Music

3

HMU 231Sound Recording I

3

HMU 232Sound Recording II

3

HMU 333Sound Recording III

3

HMU 334Sound Recording IV

3

HMU 405Advanced Topics in Electronic Music

3

HMU 407Sound Design

3

HMU 314Electroacoustic Composition

3

HMU 351Musical Acoustics

3

HMU 406Audio Post Production

3

HMU 425Creating Musical Arrangements Using Studio Technologies

3

Information Systems Concentration

Select 4 courses from the following:

CS 115Introduction to Computer Science

4

BT 333Database Management

3

BT 353Project Management

3

BT 310Programming for Mobile Applications

3

BT 435Social Media and Network Analysis

3

MGT 451Computational Models of Thought and Behavior

3

BT 466Data Analytics

3

BT 416Business Process Management

4

BT 421Systems Analysis and Design

3

MIS 460IT Strategy: Strategic Issues in IT Management

3

Data Analytics Concentration

Select 4 courses from the following:

BT 417Market Analytics & Research

3

BT 435Social Media and Network Analysis

3

BT 466Data Analytics

3

CS 442Database Management Systems

3

CS 546Web Programming

3

CS 559Machine Learning: Fundamentals and Applications

3

BIA 660Web Mining

3

BIA 674Supply Chain Analytics

3

FA 550Data Visualization Application

3

Biotechnology Concentration

Select 4 courses from the following:

CH 115General Chemistry I

3

CH 116General Chemistry II

3

And

CH 118General Chemistry Laboratory II

1

BIO 181Biology and Biotechnology

3

BIO 291Cell and Molecular Biology

4

BIO 382Biological Systems

4

BIO 484Molecular Genetics

4

BME 306Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

3

Computer Science Concentration

Select 4 courses from the following:

CS 115Introduction to Computer Science

4

CS 135Discrete Structures

4

CS 146Introduction to Web Programming and Project Development

3

CS 284Data Structures

4

CS 385Algorithms

4