Business Administration
School of Management
Department of Business Administration
(907) 474-7253
www.uafsom.com/badegree.html
Minimum Requirements for Degree: 120 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 Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Admission Standards to UAF School of Management's Upper-Division Accounting (ACCT), Accounting Information Systems (AIS) and Business Administration (BA)
Courses, effective Fall 2005
- Complete at least 30-40 credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.25 or higher.
- 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 - Complete at least 9 credits that satisfy UAF's Baccalaureate Core in Perspectives on the Human Condition and Natural Sciences.
Conditional Admission to Upper-division Courses Accounting (ACCT), Accounting Information Systems (AIS) and Business Administration (BA) 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.
Concentrations: Finance, General Business, Management and Organizations, Marketing
- Complete the general university requirements. (As part of the core curriculum requirements, complete: BA 323X*; and MATH 262X*.)
- Complete the B.B.A. degree requirements. (As part of the Common Body of Knowledge, complete AIS 310.)
- Complete the following:*
BA 151--Introduction to Business 3 credits
ENGL 314W,O/2--Technical Writing 3 credits - 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
BA 460--International Business 3 credits - Complete one of the following concentrations:*
Finance
- 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
- Complete any 5 courses from these concentrations: finance, management and organizations, and marketing. 15
Note: At least one course must be designated writing intensive (W).
Management and Organizations
- 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 467--Current Topics in Management 3 credits
Marketing
- 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
- Complete the following:
- Minimum credits required 120
* 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**
Finance
- Complete the following:
ACCT 261--Accounting concepts and Uses I 3 credits
BA 151--Introduction to Business 3 credits
BA 325--Financial Management 3 credits
ECON 200--Principles of Economics 4 credits - Complete 1 of the following with instructor permission:
BA 424--Real Estate and Alternative Investments 3 credits
BA 454O--Student Investment Fund 3 credits
BA 461--International Finance 3 credits - Minimum credits required 16
General Business
- Complete the following:
BA 151--Introduction to Business 3 credits - 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 - Minimum credits required 15-16
Management and Organizations
- Complete the following:
BA 151--Introduction to Business 3 credits - Complete 2 of the following:
BA 307--Personnel Management 3 credits
BA 317W--Employment Law 3 credits
BA 325--Financial Management 3 credits
BA 330--The Legal Environment of Business 4 credits
BA 343--Principles of Marketing 3 credits
BA 360--Operations Management 3 credits
BA 390--Organizational Theory and Behavior 3 credits - Minimum credits required 15-16
Marketing
- Complete the following:
BA 343--Principles of Marketing 3 credits
BA 436--Consumer Behavior 3 credits
BA 441--Promotion Management 3 credits
BA 490--Services Marketing 3 credits - Complete 1 of the following:
BA 445W--Marketing Research 3 credits
BA 491--Current Topics in Marketing 3 credits
JRN 433--Public Relations 3 credits - Minimum credits required 15
** For a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree.
Note: To take BA 300 level courses as a minor, students must receive approval from the director of undergraduate studies to be admitted in a Business Administration minor, meet all prerequisites for BA 300-level classes, have a cumulative GPA of 2.25 and be of junior standing.
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 32BA 343 is highly recommended as a prerequisite for BA 441, 490 and 49BA 343, STAT 200 or equivalent, upper-division standing are prerequisite requirements for BA 44JRN 301 or permission of instructor is prerequisite for JRN 433.