Program Requirements

Major Requirements for the B.S. in Business Administration

Centenary students receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Business will complete a common Business core which consists of 10 courses, up to 40 hours. Courses taken for the Business degree cannot be taken Pass/Fail. No more than 28 hours of coursework can be transferred from other institutions to fulfill major degree requirements.

Required courses in the Business core:

• BUSN 223: Commercial Law
• BUSN 321: Principles of Management
• BUSN 346: Principles of Marketing
• BUSN 380: Social Responsibility of Business
• BUSN 473: Senior Seminar in Policy and Strategy
• FIN 325: Corporate Finance

 

Total hours of Business core: 24

 

Supportive courses required (cannot be taken Pass/Fail):

• ACCT 203: Principles of Accounting
• ECON 204: Statistics
• ECON 211: Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 212: Principles of Macroeconomics

Total Supportive hours: 12

 

Students should normally complete ACCT 203, ECON 211 and ECON 212 before taking any 300- or 400-level courses in business. ECON 204 is used in many upper-level courses. Persons who wish to take a minor or elect an upper-level business course should check with the instructor before enrolling.

 

Business Concentrations

Each major must select a concentration. (4 courses)

• Commerce
• Data Analytics
• Economic Policy
• Investments
• Leadership
• International Management
• Sport Management

 

Business Administration Minor

• ACCT 203: Principles of Accounting
• BUSN 223: Commercial Law
• BUSN 321: Principles of Management
• BUSN 346: Principles of Marketing
• ECON 211: Principles of Microeconomics
• FIN 325: Corporate Finance

  and one course selected from among the following:

• BUSN 328: Leadership and Organizational Behavior
• BUSN 335: Human Resource Management  
• BUSN 341: International Management
• BUSN 350: Entrepreneurship
• BUSN 395-/396: Selected Topics in Business
• BUSN 421: Operations Management