Business Administration

School of Management
Department of Business Administration
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B.B.A., M.B.A. Degrees

Minimum Requirements for Degrees: 124 credits

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The business administration department offers professional education to students interested in management, finance, human resource management, international business, marketing and travel industry management.

Competent management practices require an education that is both broad and deep. The business administration program prepares graduates to meet complex technical, economic and social problems and enables them to apply imaginative and responsible leadership to the needs of industry and government.

The undergraduate and graduate programs are accredited by the International Association for Management Education.

Admission Standards to UAF School of Management’s Upper-Division Courses, effective Fall 2005

  1. Complete at least 30-40 credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.25 or higher.
  2. Complete the following courses with a grade of "C” or better:

    ACCT 261—Accounting Concepts and Uses I 3 credits

    ACCT 262—Accounting Concepts and Uses II 3 credits

    STAT 200—Elementary Probability and Statistics 3 credits

    AIS 101—Effective Personal Computer Use 3 credits

    COMM 131X—Fundamentals of Oral Communication: Group Context (3)
    or COMM 141X Fundamentals of Oral Communication: Public Context (3) 3 credits

    ECON 200—Principles of Economics 4 credits

    ENGL 111X—Introduction to Academic Writing 3 credits

    ENGL 211X—Academic Writing about Literature (3)
    or ENGL 213X—Academic Writing about Social and Natural Sciences (3) 3 credits

    MATH 262X—Calculus for Business and Economics 4 credits
  3. Complete at least 9 credits that satisfy UAF’s Baccalaureate Core in Perspectives on the Human Condition and Natural Sciences.

Conditional Admission to Upper Divison courses

A student wishing to take upper division courses may do so for one semester only, while completing lower level deficiencies, with approval of the director of undergraduate studies.

Major—B.B.A. Degree

Concentrations: Finance, General Business, Management and Organizations, Marketing

  1. Complete the general university requirements (As part of the core curriculum requirements, complete: PHIL 322X* or PS 300X* or NRM 303X*; and MATH 262X*.)
  2. Complete the B.B.A. degree requirements (As part of the Common Body of Knowledge, complete AIS 310.)
  3. Complete the following:*

    BA 151—Introduction to Business 3 credits

    ENGL 314W,O/2—Technical Writing 3 credits
  4. Complete the following program (major) requirements:*

    ACCT 352—Management Accounting 3 credits

    BA 307—Personnel Management 3 credits

    ECON 321—Intermediate Microeconomics (3)
    or ECON 322—Managerial Economics (3) 3 credits
  5. Complete free electives:** 11 credits
  6. Complete 1 of the following concentrations:*
    Finance
    a. Complete the following:

    BA 423W—Investment Analysis 3 credits

    BA 424—Real Estate and Alternative Investments 3 credits

    BA 454O—Student Investment Fund 3 credits

    BA 455—Portfolio Management 3 credits

    BA 461—International Finance 3 credits

    General Business
    a. Complete any 5 courses from these concentrations: finance, management and organizations, and marketing. 15 credits
    Note: At least one course must be designated writing intensive (W).

    Management and Organizations
    a. Complete the following:

    BA 317W—Employment Law 3 credits

    BA 447W,O—Compensation Management 3 credits

    BA 456W—Small Business Management 3 credits

    BA 457—Training and Management Development 3 credits

    BA 460O—International Business 3 credits

    Marketing
    a. Complete the following:

    BA 436—Consumer Behavior 3 credits

    BA 441—Promotion Management 3 credits

    BA 445W—Marketing Research 3 credits

    BA 490—Services Marketing 3 credits

    BA 491—Current Topics in Marketing 3 credits
  7. Minimum credits required 124

* Student must earn a C grade or better in each course.
** Business students may earn a minor as long as their business degree requirements are first met.
Note: The B.B.A. degree requires 50 percent of the accounting, business administration and economics credits to be earned in residence at UAF.
Note: Only one bachelor of business administration degree may be earned with a concentration in general business, finance, management and organizations, or marketing.

Minor**

General Business

  1. Complete the following:

    BA 151—Introduction to Business 3 credits
  2. Complete 4 of the following:

    ACCT 261—Accounting Concepts and Uses I 3 credits

    BA 307—Personnel Management 3 credits

    BA 325—Financial Management 3 credits

    BA 343—Principles of Marketing 3 credits

    BA 360—Operations Management 3 credits

    BA 390—Organizational Theory and Behavior 3 credits

    ECON 200—Principles of Economics 4 credits
  3. Minimum credits required 15

Management and Organizations

  1. Complete the following:

    BA 151—Introduction to Business 3 credits

    BA 307—Personnel Management 3 credits

    BA 390—Organizational Theory and Behavior 3 credits
  2. Complete 2 of the following:

    BA 317W—Employment Law 3 credits

    BA 330—The Legal Environment of Business 4 credits

    BA 447W,O—Compensation Management 3 credits

    BA 456W—Small Business Management 3 credits

    BA 457—Training and Management Development 3 credits

    BA 460O—International Business 3 credits
  3. Minimum credits required 15-16

Marketing

  1. Complete the following:

    BA 343—Principles of Marketing 3 credits

    BA/PSY 436—Consumer Behavior 3 credits

    BA 441—Promotion Management 3 credits

    BA 490—Services Marketing 3 credits
  2. Complete 1 of the following:

    BA/JRN 326—Principles of Advertising 3 credits

    BA 445W—Marketing Research 3 credits

    BA 491—Current Topics in Marketing 3 credits

    JRN 433—Public Relations 3 credits
  3. Minimum credits required 15

** For a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree.
Note: Students interested in pursuing a minor are reminded to review course descriptions for prerequisite requirements. The following is strongly emphasized by the School of Management:
ACCT 261, ECON 200 and 227, and MATH 262X are prerequisites for BA 360.
ECON 200 and STAT 200 are prerequisites for BA 325. BA 343 is highly recommended as a prerequisite for BA 441, 490 and 491. BA 343, STAT 200 or equivalent, upper-division standing are prerequisite requirements for BA 445.
JRN 301 or permission of instructor is prerequisite for JRN 433.