Business Administration Major: BS Degree Requirements

To graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration students must complete 54 credits in total. Requirements consist of 21 credits of required foundational courses, 18 credits of required core and advanced courses, and 15 credits of elective courses in a declared area of concentration.

All Business Administration majors must declare at least one concentration, either before the end of the second semester of sophomore year or upon transfer into the major. Concentrations available are management, sport management, marketing, and/or international business.

All Business Administration majors need a cumulative GPA of 2.7 for graduation; students having an overall GPA below 2.7 for two consecutive semesters will need to re-apply to the program once they reach again a 2.7 GPA.

A minimum of 24 semester hours of business courses must be completed in residence at Eastern. Transfer students with more than 30 credits should consult with the department chair or the Academic Success Center (ASC) as early as possible. To check which CT State Community College courses are equivalent to Eastern courses, please see the Transfer Student Course Equivalency Tool.

Required Foundational Courses (21 credits)

• ECO 200 Introductory Macroeconomics - 3 credits
• ECO 201* Introductory Microeconomics - 3 credits
• MAT 216 Statistical Data Analysis - 3 credits
• ACC 201 Principles of Accounting I - 3 credits
• BIS 205** Management of Business Information - 3 credits
• FIN 245 Business Finance - 3 credits
• OSC 260 Operations Management - 3 credits

Required Core and Advanced Courses (18 credits)

• BUS 201 Principles of Management - 3 credits
• BUS 225 Principles of Marketing - 3 credits
• BUS 301^ Business Ethics - 3 credits
• BUS 351 Entrepreneurship - 3 credits
• BUS 431^^ Strategic Management - 3 credits
• BUS 490 Internship - 3 credits

Elective Courses: Management Concentration (15 credits)

• BUS 331 Organizational Behavior - 3 credits (required)
• BUS 333 Human Resource Management - 3 credits (required)
• BUS 450 International Business - 3 credits (required)
• Choose six (6) credits/2 courses:
  • BUS 250 Business Law I - 3 credits
  • BUS 332 Management of Organizations - 3 credits
  • BUS 342 Leadership - 3 credits
  • BUS 350 Healthcare Management - 3 credits
  • BUS 410 Research Methods in Management - 3 credits
  • BUS 464 Seminar in Management - 3 credits

Elective Courses: Sport Management Concentration (15 credits)

• BUS 240 Introduction to Sport Management - 3 credits (required)
• BUS 340 Facility Design in Sport Management - 3 credits (required)
• BUS 342 Leadership - 3 credits (required)
• BUS 411 Sport in Society - 3 credits (required)                   
• Choose three (3) credits/1 course:
  • BUS 250 Business Law I - 3 credits
  • BUS 326 Sales Management - 3 credits
  • ECO 331 Economics of Sports – 3 credits
  • BUS 343 Sport Marketing - 3 credits
  • BUS 410 Research Methods in Management – 3 credits
  • BUS 467 Seminar in Sport Management - 3 credits

Elective Courses: Marketing Concentration (15 credits)

• BUS 428 Marketing Research - 3 credits (required)
• Choose twelve (12) credits/4 courses:
  • BUS 255 Health Communications and Social Marketing - 3 credits
  • BUS 321 Advertising - 3 credits
  • BUS 325 Consumer Behavior - 3 credits
  • BUS 326 Sales Management - 3 credits
  • BUS 327 Digital Marketing - 3 credits
  • BUS 329 International Marketing - 3 credits
  • BUS 343 Sport Marketing - 3 credits
  • BUS 427 Digital Marketing Analytics - 3 credits
  • BUS 429 Integrated Marketing Communication - 3 credits
  • BUS 465 Seminar in Marketing - 3 credits

Elective Courses: International Business Concentration (15 credits)

• BUS 307 Globalization: Evolution and Impact - 3 credits (required)
• BUS 450 International Business - 3 credits (required)
• Choose nine (9) credits/3 courses:
  • BUS 329 International Marketing - 3 credits
  • BUS 342 Leadership - 3 credits
  • OSC 362 Global Operations and Logistics - 3 credits
  • BUS 410 Research Methods in Management - 3 credits
  • BUS 436 Global Human Resource Management - 3 credits
  • FIN 437 International Financial Management - 3 credits
  • BUS 463 Seminar in International Business - 3 credits

* approved reuse to meet Liberal Arts Core Tier II Individuals and Society

** approved reuse to meet Liberal Arts Core Tier II Applied Information Technology

^ meets Stage 2 University Writing Requirement

^^ meets Stage 3 University Writing Requirement; students must complete both BUS 301 and BUS 351 to be eligible for BUS 431

IMPORTANT

Students who started the Business Administration major in a catalog term prior to fall 2021 have the option of completing additional concentrations and should check their program requirements on e-web; they may contact the department chair, Dr. Emiliano Villanueva (villanuevae@easternct.edu) or their advisor if interested in switching to the current program.

The Sport and Leisure Management program has been discontinued. Students who started it in a catalog term prior to fall 2022 have the option of completing it and should check their program requirements on e-web; they may contact the department chair, Dr. Emiliano Villanueva (villanuevae@easternct.edu) or their advisor if interested in switching to the current Business Administration major, Sport Management concentration.