UIS Graduate and Undergraduate Catalog
Academic Year 2006 - 2007

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Undergraduate Minor in General Business

Faculty Feng-shun (Leo) Bin, Jeffrey Blodgett, Dyanne Ferk, Richard Judd, Ardeshir Lohrasbi, Paul McDevitt, Ronald McNeil, Laurel Newman, David O'Gorman, Mark Puclik, Nancy Scannell, Michael Small, Robert Wright
Associated Faculty Shahram Heshmat
Emeritus Faculty Daniel J. Gallagher, Moshe Levin

Contact: (217) 206-6780
bus@uis.edu or www.uis.edu/busadmin

Departmental goals and objectives
The goal of the business administration program is to provide students with a broad rather than specialized course of study that will prepare them for employment in private or public organizations of any size. Building on the core business knowledge provided to all CBM students, the department offers students the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of the business enterprise through advanced study in the areas of finance, management, marketing, and operations management.

Specific objectives of the program are 1) to offer students a boundary-spanning degree program that includes selected coursework from multiple business disciplines rather than coursework from only one discipline, 2) to enable students to gain a broader understanding of the functional areas of business, 3) to build competencies in critical thinking, analysis, and decision making in the areas of marketing, finance, management and operations management, and 4) to develop an understanding of the legal, social, and ethical environment in which business operates, its impact on business, and recognition of appropriate responses to the environment. 

New Online Business Administration Degree
Effective fall, 2006, the business administration program will offer the bachelor’s degree in two formats: one for students participating in traditional classroom instruction and one for students who wish to complete their degree online.  The online degree program allows students to participate in a dynamic online learning community and complete their coursework using the latest information technologies and educational resources via the worldwide web. This fully online program is designed for students with 60 hours of completed college credit who are unable to attend on campus classes because of distance, work, or care giving issues that are incompatible with regularly scheduled class offerings.  Admission to this program will be limited by enrollment capacity.  Students who seek admission to the online program should have 1) met all general education and pre-requisites stipulated for business administration majors; 2) a minimum GPA of 3.00; 3) demonstrated ability to write in the English language at the appropriate baccalaureate level; 4) access to the Internet, specified software, and experience with their use.

Details about how to apply to the Business Administration Online program can be obtained by accessing the department’s website at www.uis.edu/busadmin.

Advising
New students must contact the department for initial advising to plan a program of study that reflects their interests and satisfies degree requirements. 

THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE
The Bachelor of Business Administration is designed to prepare students for responsible positions in various types of business enterprises. Students may complete their coursework during the day or through evening classes at the Springfield campus. In addition, some classes are offered in other locations in central Illinois.     

Entrance requirements
All departments in the College of Business and Management require foundation knowledge in accounting, economics, mathematics, statistics, and the behavioral sciences. UIS courses that satisfy the foundation knowledge requirement include:     

ACC 211 Introduction to Financial Accounting and
ACC 212 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
   or ACC 311 Administrative Uses of Accounting
ECO 313 Statistics for Business and Economics
MAT 113 Business Calculus or other calculus or finite math
   equivalent
ECO 201 Introduction to Microeconomics and
ECO 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics
   or ECO 315 Economics for Administration
Behavioral science course (psychology, sociology, etc.)

Coursework equivalent to the above will be accepted on approval by the student’s adviser.

Foundation coursework does not apply toward the 60 hours of upper-division coursework required for the degree.

Degree requirements
A student must complete 60 semester hours of upper division coursework to earn a B.B.A. 

College core    18 Hours
(Required of all undergraduate College of Business and Management students)

BUS 302 Principles of Financial Management  3 Hrs.
BUS 312 Principles of Marketing  3 Hrs.
BUS 322 Principles of Operations Management  3 Hrs.
MGT 310 Managing Organizational Behavior  3 Hrs.
MIS 352 Principles of Management Information Systems 3 Hrs.
*MGT 488 Strategic Management and Leadership  3 Hrs.

(*MGT 488 may not be waived and may not be taken prior to, or concurrently with, other CBM core courses.) 

Business administration core
BUS 332 Legal Environment of Business  4 Hrs.
Business electives  12 Hrs. 

UIS requirements & general electives
UIS requirements (AST, PACs, or LSCs) 12 Hrs.
General electives  14 Hrs.

Total   60 Hrs.

At least four hours of the business electives must be BUS prefix coursework and the remaining eight hours must be within the College of Business and Management. BUS elective must be upper division, with one of the College core courses as the prerequisite. BUS 331 is acceptable as an elective. All electives require approval of the student’s adviser.     

Other degree requirements
A GPA of 2.00 or better is required for graduation. B.B.A. degree candidates may not take any course on a credit/no credit or a pass/fail basis. A grade of D will not be accepted for MGT 488; this includes the grades D+ and D-. 

GENERAL BUSINESS MINOR
To earn a general business minor, students must complete 13 semester hours of coursework. Prerequisite coursework includes accounting (ACC 211 and ACC 212 or ACC 311) and economics (ECO 201 and ECO 202 or ECO 315). 

Required courses (or their equivalents)
BUS 302 Principles of Financial Management  3 Hrs.
BUS 312 Principles of Marketing  3 Hrs.
MGT 310 Managing Organizational Behavior 3 Hrs. 

Electives
Business elective (must have adviser approval) 4 Hrs.

Total  13 Hrs.

BUS elective must be upper division, with one of the College core courses as the prerequisite. BUS 331 is acceptable as an elective.