General Business, BSB (GENBUS-BSB)

Program Description

The B.S. in Business degree with a major in General Business incorporates a select set of junior and senior level courses from all major areas in Business that will provide students with an arsenal of knowledge in multiple functional areas of Business.

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Program Requirements:

I. Wright State Core: 39 Credit Hours

First-Year Seminar: 3 Credit Hours

All students must successfully complete a First-Year Seminar during their first year. Transfer students who transfer 24 or more credit hours (post high school graduation) are exempt from this requirement and will need to satisfy three additional credit hours in the Additional Core Courses category.

Element A - English Composition: 6 Credit Hours

Element B - Mathematics, Statistics, and Logic: 3 Credit Hours

MTH 2280 - Business Calculus Credit Hour(s): 4

Additional Core Requirements

Within the 36 credit hours of the Wright State Core students must successfully complete the following:

· One Global Inquiry (GI) course

· Two Inclusive Excellence (IE) courses

· One to two Integrated Writing (IW) courses. To meet degree requirements all students must complete a minimum of 3 IW courses by choosing either (a) 1 in the Core and 2 in the major or (b) 2 in the Core and 1 in the major. Students should check their major program requirements for courses that fulfill Integrated Writing.

Students who do not make choices within the 36 required hours of the Core to fulfill the GI, IE, and IW requirements will take additional Core hours beyond the minimum of 36.

Element C - Arts and Humanities: 6 Credit Hours

Element D - Social and Behavioral Sciences: 6 Credit Hours

FIN 2050 - Personal Financial Decision Making Credit Hour(s): 3
EC 2040 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hour(s): 3 or
EC 2050 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hour(s): 3

Element E - Natural Sciences: 7 Credit Hours

Additional Core Courses: 5 Credit Hours

Students will select up to 5 additional credit hours from Elements A-E from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements to reach the 36 minimum hours required in the Core. Unless specified by the student’s major, these are selected by the student. When a major has required courses in this area, the specific Core course(s) required will be listed below.

Select either EC 2040 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hour(s): 3 or EC 2050 Principles of Macroeconomics (not taken for Element 5 above)
One additional CORE courses Credit Hour(s):3

Multicultural Competence:

Two courses from any of the Wright State Core (MC) designated courses

Writing Across the Curriculum:

Two Integrated (IW) courses from the Wright State Core

II. Business Core Requirements: 42 Credit Hours

Courses that may be taken prior to admission to RSCOB:
ACC 2010 - Accounting Principles I Credit Hour(s): 3
ACC 2020 - Accounting Principles II Credit Hour(s): 3
FIN 2210 - Financial Management I Credit Hour(s): 3
MS 2040 - Introduction to Business Statistics Credit Hour(s): 3
MS 2050 - Quantitative Business Modeling Credit Hour(s): 3
MKT 2500 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hour(s): 3
Courses that require admission to RSCOB:
ENG 3000 - Business Writing Credit Hour(s): 3
LAW 3000 - Legal Environment of Business Credit Hour(s): 3
MGT 3100 - Management and Organizational Behavior Credit Hour(s): 3
MIS 3000 - Fundamentals of Information Systems Credit Hour(s): 3
SCM 3070 - Operations and Supply Chain Management Credit Hour(s): 3
MGT 3110 - Business Ethics and Leadership Development Credit Hour(s): 3
MGT 4990 - Strategy: Domestic & International Perspectives Credit Hour(s): 3

III. General Business Major Requirements: 24 Credit Hours

ACC 3230 - Management Accounting Credit Hour(s): 3
EC 4010 - Managerial Economics and Strategy Credit Hour(s): 3
FIN 3110 - Financial Management II Credit Hour(s): 3
MGT 3210 - Human Resources Management Credit Hour(s): 3
MIS 3250 - Analysis and Design of Information Systems Credit Hour(s): 3
MKT 3100 - Consumer and Organizational Buyer Behavior Credit Hour(s): 3
SCM 4600 - Supply Management Credit Hour(s): 3
General Business Elective:
Select any 3000-4000 level business course not already required.

IV. Electives: 15 Credit Hours

3000-4000 level courses offered by the College of Business:
The following courses do not apply: EC 2000, 2100, 2500, 2900, and FIN 2050.
The following restrictions apply: Maximum 2 hours Health, Physical Education and Recreation; Maximum 4 hours Military Science.
MTH 1450 and math courses below the level of MTH 1260 or 1270 will not apply.

Total: 117 Credit Hours

Graduation Planning Strategy

The Graduation Planning Strategy (GPS) has been created to illustrate one option to complete degree requirements within a particular time frame. Students are encouraged to meet with their academic advisor to adjust this plan based on credit already earned, individual needs or curricular changes that may not be reflected in this year’s catalog.

General Business, BSB, Lake Campus (GPS)