Business Core Curriculum
Silberman College’s Business Core Curriculum features coursework in all business disciplines – Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Information Systems and Decisions Sciences, International Business, Business Law, Management, Marketing, and Taxation, to provide you with essential business knowledge.
Silberman College of Business BS students must complete a minimum of 120 credits, distributed as follows:
| A. Business Core and Restricted Business Core (below) | 41 credits |
| B. Business Major Courses | 21 credits |
| C. University Core | 7 credits |
| D. General Education Requirements (below) | 36 credits |
| E. Free Electives (below) | 15 credits |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 120 credits |
Business Core (38 Credits)
All courses are 3 credits except where indicated otherwise.
- ACCT2021 Introductory Financial Accounting
- ACCT2022 Introductory Managerial Accounting
- DSCI2130 Business Statistics
- DSCI3152 Operations Management
- ECON2001 Introduction to Microeconomics
- ECON2102 Introduction to Macroeconomics
- FIN3250 Principles of Financial Analysis
- LAW2276 Business and the Law
- MGMT2600 Organization Behavior
- MGMT4160 Strategic Management
- MIS2001 Management Information Systems
- MKTG2120 Principles of Marketing
- CARR3000 Career Strategy (2 credits)
Restricted Business Core (3 Credits)
- FIN3310 Intermediate Financial Analysis is required of Finance and Accounting majors.
- ENTR2710 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship and Innovation is required of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing majors.
General Education Requirements (36 Credits)
- ENWR1101 Academic Writing (3 credits) OR
ENGW1101 College Writing Workshop (3 credits) - ENWR1102 Academic Research and Writing (3 credits) OR
ENGW1102 Research Writing Workshop (3 credits) - DSCI1234 Mathematics for Business Decisions (3 credits) OR
DSCI1239 Calculus with Business Applications (3 credits) - DSCI2029 Introduction to Statistics (3 credits)
- COMM2099 Professional Communications (3 credits) OR
COMM2101 Professional Communication (3 credits)
Ethics
Electives
- Behavioral and Social Sciences Electives (6 credits)
- Humanities Elective (3 credits) OR
Foreign Language Elective (3 credits) - Humanities Elective (3 credits) OR
Foreign Language Elective (3 credits) - Scientific Analysis (6 credits)
All business students must take a proficiency exam for skills in Excel, or choose to take MIS1045. Students need to take MIS1045 if exam results indicate lack of Excel proficiency. MIS1045 will count towards Scientific Analysis or free elective credits.
See advisor for help in selection of courses. Course descriptions and schedules are listed here.
Free Electives (15 Credits)
Can be used toward a minor, a second major, or a concentration.