Department of Business Education and Business Information Systems, College of Business
Effective Spring, 2007
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 business 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
90.333 Business Communications
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:
Requirements for the Major - A total of 48 credits in core business courses and business information courses is required. Required courses include:
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
94.321 Principles of Business Information Systems
94.322 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 Business Systems (fall only)
94.407 Information and Human Factors Management (fall only)
94.409 Cases in Business Information Systems (spring 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, Business Information Systems, Finance, Marketing and Legal Studies, with the exception of 90.402, 90.403, 90.404 and 90.406