Department of Business Education and Office Information Systems, College of Business
Effective Fall, 2003
Students majoring in a B.S.B.A. degree program in the College of Business must take at least 50 percent of the business credit hours required for the business degree at Bloomsburg University.
In addition to 53 semester hours of general education requirements and 7 general education electives, a total of 60 semester hours is required for a major in office information systems. Elective courses complete the balance of the university's 120-hour requirement for a bachelor's degree. Several specific general education courses are required in this major. They include:
20.101 Composition I
20.201 Composition II
25.103 Public Speaking
40.121 Principles of Economics I
40.122 Principles of Economics II
40.256 Business and Economic Statistics
53.118 Matrix Algebra
Choose one of the following two courses:
40.156 Business and Economic Mathematics
53.123 Essentials of Calculus
Requirements for the Major - A total of 48 credits in core business courses and office information courses is required. Required courses include:
90.333 Business Communications and Report Writing
91.220 Financial Accounting
91.223 Managerial Accounting
92.150 Introduction to Information Technology
93.244 Principles of Management
93.481 Business Policies and Strategies
94.221 Office Systems Concepts
94.222 End-User Project Management (fall only)
94.302 End-User Solutions
94.330 Telecommunications (spring only)
94.340 Networking Design and Administration (spring only)
94.405 Training and Development in Office Systems (fall only)
94.407 Information and Office Environment Management (fall only)
96.313 Introduction to Corporate Finance
97.310 Marketing: Principles and Practice
98.331 Law and Legal Environment
300- or 400-level business elective with advisor's approval
Electives and Free Electives - Students must choose 12 semester hours at the 300+ level in elective courses from General Business, Accounting, Computer and Information Systems, Management, Office Information Systems, Finance, Marketing and Business Law, with the exception of 90.402, 09.403, 90.404 and 90.406