Business, Continuing Studies, B.S.

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A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for a Bachelor of Science in Business, Continuing Education. This program is a fully online degree program.

The Richard J. Bolte, Sr. School of Business emphasizes the development of personal, professional and organizational qualities and skills required to meet the challenges of today’s and tomorrow’s complex global business world with its focus on ideas, communication, critical analysis, problem solving and decision making. The business degree program also provides students with the abilities required to pursue graduate studies.

The business curriculum affords students opportunities to broaden their understanding of the environment of modern business and of the principles and processes for effective management of organizations; required courses span the areas of management, marketing, business law, information management, analytical techniques of decision making, and financial management.

Major Requirements

55 credits:

BUS 106 - Business Math Credits: (3)
BUS 125 - Personal Finance Credits: (3)
BUS 225 - Technology Skills for Business Credits: (1)
BUS 250 - Intro to Business & Decision Making Credits: (3)
BUS 201 - Business Law I Credits: (3)
BUS 307 - Business Mgmt. & Organization Credits: (3)
BUS 311 - Information Systems Credits: (3)
BUS 313 - Principles of Marketing Credits: (3)
BUS 320 - Statistics Credits: (3)
BUS 344 - Operations and Supply Chain Mgmt. Credits: (3)
BUS 360 - Corporate Finance I Credits: (3)
ACCT 101 - Accounting Principles I Credits: (3)
ACCT 102 - Accounting Principles II Credits: (3)
ECON 101 - Foundations of Economics: Macroecon Credits: (3)
ECON 102 - Foundations of Economics: Microecon Credits: (3)
ECON 360 - Global Business and Economics Credits: (3)
BUS XXX - Business Elective - 300 or 400- level Credits: (3)

Capstone Courses:

BUS 400 - Business Ethics in Society Credits: (3)
BUS 404 - Business Strategy Credits: (3)

Core Requirements

40 Credits:

Mount Seminar (3 credits)

Complete the Mount Seminar.

GE 200 - Mount Seminar Credits: (3)

College Writing Requirement (3 Credits)

Complete 3 credits from among the following courses:

COMM 200 - Foundations of Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 101 - College Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 151 - Targeted Writing Workshop Credits: (3)
FSYM 101 - The First Year Symposium Credits: (3)

Core Humanities Requirements (12 Credits)

Complete 12 total credits and each of the subcategories in the Core Humanities Group

Core Arts, Lang, Lit Requirement (3 credits). Choose one of the following:
- BUS 260 Business Communication (3)
- ENGL XXX English Course (3)
- FAAR XXX Fine Arts: Visual Arts (3)
- FAMU XXX Fine Arts: Music (3)
- FATH XXX Fine Arts: Theater
- Foreign Language
Core History Requirement (3 credits). Choose one of the following:
- AMER 202 America in the World (3)
- HIGE XXX History Global Encounters (3)
- HINW XXX Non-West History (3)
- HIST XXX History Elective (3)
- WCIV 102 Origins of the West (3)
- WCIV 201 Atlantic Encounters: 1450-1850 (3)
Core Global Encounters Requirement (3 credits)
- XXGE 3XX Global Encounters Requirement
  - Global Encounters courses are offered in many departments, including Business, Communication, Foreign Language, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology and Theology.
Additional Humanities Course (3 Credits)
- Students must complete one additional humanities course from any of the above categories in order to reach 12 total credit hours. Some courses may double count between the above categories, but students must reach 12 total in order to complete the requirement.

Social Science Requirement (3 Credits)

Complete three credits of Social Science

CJUST XXX Criminal Justice Course (3)
ECON XXX Economics Course (3)
HSRV XXX Human Services Course (3)
PSCI XXX Political Science Course (3)
PSYCHXXX Psychology Course (3)
SOCXXX Sociology Course (3)

Lab Science (4 Credits)

Students must complete one laboratory science.

GNSCI XXX
BIOL XXX
CHEM XXX
PHYS XXX

Mathematics Requirement (3 Credits)

Complete three credits in Mathematics:

BUS 320 - Statistics Credits: (3)
MATH 105 - Elementary Statistics Credits: (3)
MATH 108 - Concepts of Mathematics for Teacher Credits: (3)
MATH 109 - Concepts of Mathematics for Teacher Credits: (3)
MATH 199 - Special Topics in Mathematics Credits: (1-4)
MATH 211 - Mathematical Thinking Credits: (3)

Faith and Wisdom Requirements (12 Credits)

Complete each of the subcategories below:

Introductory Philosophy (3 credits). Choose one of the following:
Introductory Theology (3 credits). Choose one of the following:
- THEOL 212 Belief in Today’s World (3)
- THEOL 220 Foundations of Theology (3)
Upper Level Theology (3 credits). Choose one of the following:
Ethics Requirement (3 Credits). Choose one of the following:

Note

To earn a Bachelor of Science in Business, Continuing Studies, students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours. Students must also earn a major GPA of 2.0, and a cumulative GPA of 2.0.

-BUS 320 Statistics (3) can also be counted as the MATH Core requirement, in which case 3 more elective credits would be needed.

The Information Systems requirement may be fulfilled at Frederick Campus or through CLEP, DSST or portfolio evaluation. Students should speak with an advisor about the best option.