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Major Requirements
Lower-Core Courses | Upper-Core Courses | Capstone Courses

The UM School of Business Administration offers a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. Students may earn a major in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Management, Marketing, or they may earn a major in International Business by double majoring in International Business and one other business major.

All students wishing to receive a UM Bachelor of Science Degree in any of our Business Majors must first complete the following Lower-Core courses with grades of C (2.0) or better:

*Lower-Core Courses Required in Business*
ENEX	101	English Composition
COMM	111	Public Speaking
MATH	117	Probability and Linear Math**
Finance Majors must take MATH 150 Applied Calculus (4cr.) instead of MATH 117
MATH	241	Statistics
CS	172	Computer Modeling
IS	270	Management Information Systems
ECON	111	Microeconomics
ECON	112	Macroeconomics
ACCT	201	Financial Accounting
ACCT	202	Managerial Accounting
IS	257	Business Law

At the beginning of the semester in which students will complete the lower core and 60 total credits, they apply for admission to a business major. After admission, students are able to register for upper-division 300- and 400-level business classes. The first semester in a business major, students begin taking the Upper-Core Courses required in business. All Upper-Core Courses must be completed with grades of C- or better:

Upper-Core Courses Required in Business:
FIN	322	Business Finance
IS	341	Information Systems
MGMT	340	Management and Organizational Behavior
MKTG	360	Marketing Principles

Some Upper-Core Courses are prerequisites to courses in the business majors. For example, MKTG 360 is a prerequisite to most Marketing courses, MGMT 340 is a prerequisite to most management courses, and FIN 322 is a prerequisite to upper-division finance courses.

Capstone Courses:
MGMT	445	Small Business Management
MGMT	446	Strategic Management
IS	448	Management Game

In the Capstone Courses, students will utilize knowledge gained across the business curriculum. Students must have completed all Lower-Core and Upper-Core Courses and will have completed most business major courses by the time they take a Capstone Course. In order to register for a Capstone Course, students must complete the following steps:

1. Submit and have the Business School Advising Office approve a graduation application.

2. Obtain an override slip allowing registration for a specific capstone course from the Business School Advising Office.

Please click here for the UM Graduation website and to review a Graduation Application.