USI: College of Business-Core Curriculums

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University Core Curriculum
All majors must complete a minimum of 50 semester hours in the University Core Curriculum.
Critical thinking and information processing are overall goals, which pervade the entire UCC.
College of Business majors must complete specific courses in mathematics, social behavior, global communities, and synthesis to provide the necessary background in analytical tools and behavioral sciences upon which the advanced study of management is based.

Business Core Curriculum:
Core Requirements for all Business Majors
31 semester hours

These required business core courses provide breadth in a college education for business and a foundation for specialization in a major.

(Economics and computer science are offered in the College of Business but are not business majors. Students enrolled in these programs do not take the business core.)

The following required core courses provide breadth in a college education for business and a foundation for specialization in a major:
CIS 151 -or- CIS 261	Computer Applications in Business -or- Advanced Microcomputer Applications	3 hours (1) -or- 3 hours (2)
ACCT 201	Accounting Principles I	3 hours
ACCT 202	Accounting Principles II	3 hours
ASBE 231	Business Communication	3 hours
BLAW 263	Legal Environment of Business	3 hours
ECON 265	Elementary Statistics	3 hours
FIN 305	Business Finance	3 hours
MNGT 305	Principles of Management	3 hours
MKTG 305	Principles of Marketing	3 hours
ASBE 401	Business Career Planning and Professional Development	1 hour
MNGT 452	Policy Formulation and Implementation	3 hours
(MNGT 452 satisfies the University Core requirement for synthesis)
(1) Required of Marketing majors
(2) Required of all other business majors