General Business B.B.A.

Major in General Business

(Major Code: 302)

University Core Curriculum Requirements

Refer to the “University Core Curriculum ” section of this catalog Students must take ECON 2301 , MATH 1324 and COMM 1321 .

B.B.A. Degree Requirements

The general business major allows students to customize their major based on their career interest. Students select 3 topical areas within the COB (from 8 choices) and then take 3 upper-level courses in each of those 3 areas. The result is a generalist degree that prepares students for either their own entrepreneurial pursuits or the corporate world.

General Business Core Requirements

Credit hours to total 120 hours

College of Business writing component options:

Subject Areas

Nine hours are required from each of three areas of specialization (to total 27 hours; at least 21 hours must be upper level).

Specialization areas are:

Accounting (ACCT)
Economics (ECON)
Finance (FIN)
Management (MGT)
Marketing (MKT)
Business Law & Communications (BUSI)
Computer Information Systems (CIDM)
Supply Chain Management (nine hours from
CIDM 3342
,
CIDM 4331
,
CIDM 4343
or
MGT 4343
,
CIDM 3390
or
MGT 3390
,
CIDM 4310
,
CIDM 4358
,
FIN 4325
)

Health Care Management Emphasis

Students may use the general business major to create a concentration in health care management. This concentration has a total of 120 credit hours. Students must take 18 hours from BUSI 4370 ,

, and

. Nine additional hours of electives in management will complete the 27 hours required for this emphasis. Students will need to consult their adviser to ensure that courses selected meet major requirements.

Business Education Emphasis

The Department of Management, Marketing and General Business works with the Department of Education to provide course work leading to a general business major with secondary teacher certification. By combining requirements for courses in the general business major with courses required for education certification, students will be prepared to teach in the business education curriculum as established by the State Board of Education Certification. Students will need to consult the appropriate adviser in both the Department of Management, Marketing and General Business and the Department of Education to ensure that courses selected will meet major and certification requirements.

Students can access degree checklists for the business education emphasis by using the URL listed below, selecting “Teaching Certification” and scrolling to the area for business:
wtamu.edu/academic/ess/edu.

Entrepreneurship/Small Business Emphasis

Students may use the general business major to create a concentration in entrepreneurship and small business management. This concentration has a total of 120 credit hours. Students must take 27 hours from