Business Administration B.S. ~ Information Technology/e-Commerce Concentration ~ Freshman Pathway

Because we have built our academic programs on an outcomes-based education model, you have latitude in designing an Individual Learning Plan to achieve your personal target outcomes while also satisfying University Learning Requirements, Graduation Learning Outcomes, and Major Learning Outcomes.

This pathway, intended as a reference, shows a productive route to graduation in four years.  Your actual pathway may not look exactly like the model due to several factors:

  • Any required remedial courses, such as MATH 098 and WRT 095
  • Actual availability of courses during a given semester
  • Personal choices you make in your Individual Learning Plan - in consultation with your First Year Seminar professor, and the business student peer advisors - including the decision to pursue more than the minimal learning requirements
Fall Freshman Year
 Course #  Course Title  Units
Requirement(s) Met
ULR / GLO / MLO GE Area
BUS 200 Intro to Business Computing

4

Tech/Info GLO
FYS 100 First Year Seminar

3

FYS University requirement
BUS 211 Reading, Writing & CT/Bus I

4

Eng/Com A ULR A-2
Any

1

Vibrancy E
MATH 115 Finite Math I

4

MathCom ULR & Lower Division Core B-4
TOTAL UNITS THIS SEMESTER

16

Spring Freshman Year
 Course #  Course Title Units Requirement(s) Met
ULR / GLO / MLO GE Area
BUS 201 Macro Economics

3

 MLO 2, 3 / Lower Division Core
BUS 212 Business Communications

4

Eng/Com B ULR & Ethics ULR A-1, A-3
SL 200S Service Learning

4

Community Participation / ULR D

MATH 116

or

STAT 100

Finite Math II

or

Statistics

4

Mathcom ULR & Lower Division Core B-4
TOTAL UNITS THIS SEMESTER

15

Fall Sophomore Year
 Course #  Course Title Units

 Requirement(s) Met

ULR / GLO / MLO GE Area
BUS 203 Financial Accounting

3

MLO 3 / Lower Division Core
BUS 202 Micro Economics

3

MLO 2, 3 /Lower Divison Core
Any Science Methods

4

Science Methods ULR B-3
Any Lit/Pop & Artistic Expression

4

ULR C-1 & C-2
Lang 102 Language of Choice

4

Foreign Language GLO (partial)
TOTAL UNITS THIS SEMESTER

18

Spring Sophomore Year
 Course #  Course Title  Units

 Requirement(s) Met

ULR / GLO / MLO GE Area
Lang 201 Language of Choice

4

Foreign Language GLO  
BUS 205 Managerial Accounting

3

MLO 3 / Lower Division Core
Any

4

Integrated Science Content

B-1

B-2

GS 200 Politics of Everyday Life

4

Democratic Participation ULR, U.S. Histories ULR

D-6

D-8

Any

3

Vibrancy Theory

E

TOTAL UNITS THIS SEMESTER

18

Fall Junior Year
 Course #  Course Title  Units

 Requirement(s) Met

ULR / GLO / MLO

GE Area

BUS 300 Business ProSeminar

2

MLO 1 / Upper Division Core
BUS 304 Reading, Writing & CT/BUS II

4

GWAR, MLO 1 & Upper Division Core
BUS 303S Participation in Community Economic Development

6

Culture & Equity, Upper Division Service Learning GLO
BUS 206 Business Law

3

Lower Division Core requirement
TOTAL UNITS THIS SEMESTER

15

Spring Junior Year
 Course #  Course Title  Units

 Requirement(s) Met

ULR / GLO / MLO GE Area
BUS 305 Principles of Management

4

MLO 1 / Upper Division Core
BUS 306 Fundamentals of Marketing

4

MLO 2 / Upper Division Core
BUS 307 Finance

4

MLO 3 / Upper Division Core
BUS 308 Computer Information Systems

4

MLO 4 / Upper Division Core
TOTAL UNITS THIS SEMESTER

16

Summer Junior/Senior Year
  Course #   Course Title   Units

  Requirement(s) Met

ULR / GLO / MLO GE Area
BUS 498 Elective Internship in Information Science area

4

TOTAL UNITS THIS SEMESTER

4

Fall Senior Year
 Course #  Course Title  Units

 Requirement(s) Met 

ULR / GLO / MLO GE Area
BUS 309 Principles of Operations Management

4

MLO 5 / Upper Division Core
BUS 310 Entrepreneurship

4

MLO 6 / Upper Division Core
BUS 469 Database Management*

4

Concentration Core

Bus 322

or

BUS 421

or

BUS 425

Product Management and Marketing for Startups

or

Marketing Research

or

Global Marketing*

4

Concentration Core
TOTAL UNITS THIS SEMESTER

16

*BUS 469 and BUS 425 only offered in the fall semester.
Spring Senior Year 
  Course #   Course Title   Units

  Requirement(s) Met

ULR / GLO / MLO GE Area
BUS 499 Capstone

4

MLO 1-3, 4-6 / Upper Division Core
BUS 460 Electronic Commerce: Emerging Business Models and Issues**

4

Concentration Core

BUS 322

or

BUS 421

or

BUS 451

Product Management and Marketing for Startups

or

Marketing Research

or

Venture Formation and Finance**

4

Concentration Core
TOTAL UNITS THIS SEMESTER

12

**BUS 460 and BUS 451 are offered only in the spring semester

The purpose of the degree pathway is to serve as a guide for planning one’s academic coursework required to complete a specific major semester by semester. The roadmap is subject to change and is NOT to be considered a replacement for advisement with an academic advisor. Students who choose majors that require a minor should take this into consideration when customizing their own academic plan.

 Special Note: 

1) Entry Level Skills Tests: Student may need to complete remedial English and math courses, based on the ELM/EPT exams. Students who need remedial courses should plan at least one additional semester in their individual pathways. 

2) Language Requirement: Freshmen will need to acquire language proficiency through the third level (101, 102, and 201). Students with proficiency in a language (whether from coursework completed in high school or fluency) should consult with the World Languages and Cultures Department for either placement levels or to assess out of language requirements.