May 25, 2025

2011-2012 Catalog

2011-2012 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business and Public Policy, BS

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Students who enter the College fall semester 2011 or later must fulfill Rhetorica Program requirements for graduation. Click here to view the Rhetorica Program and requirement information .

Area I

Essential Skills (12 semester hours)

ENGL 1101 - Composition I 3 hours
ENGL 1102 - Composition and Literature 3 hours
MATH 1101 - College Algebra 3 hours ¹
COMM 1000 - Introduction to Human Communication 3 hours or
COMM 1100 - Introduction to Public Speaking 3 hours

Area II

Humanities/Fine Arts (15 semester hours)

Foreign Language Sequence 6 hours

Area III

Science and Technology (11 semester hours)

Select two lab science courses 8 hours
CSCI 1100 - Introduction to Personal Computing 3 hours ²

Area IV

Social Sciences (9 semester hours)

POLI 1100 - American Government 3 hours

Select Two:

HIST 1111 - Survey of Civilization I 3 hours
HIST 1112 - Survey of Civilization II 3 hours
HIST 2111 - American History I 3 hours
HIST 2112 - American History II 3 hours

Area V

Courses Related to the Program of Study (52-54 semester hours)

Lower Division Required Courses (15 semester hours)

ACCT 2101 - Principles of Accounting I 3 hours
ACCT 2102 - Principles of Accounting II 3 hours
ECON 2101 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 hours
ECON 2102 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 hours
MATH 2000 - Elementary Statistics 3 hours

Upper Division Required Courses (28-30 semester hours)

BUSP 3000 - Communication in Bus & Public Policy 3 hours
BUSP 3010 - Ethics in Business and Public Policy 3 hours
BUSP 3100 - Principles of Management 3 hours
BUSP 3110 - Principles of Marketing 3 hours
BUSP 3120 - Principles of Finance 3 hours
BUSP 3150 - Legal Environment/Business/Public Policy 3 hours
BUSP 3200 - Introduction to Public Policy 3 hours
BUSP 4000 - Principles of Leadership 3 hours
BUSP 4990 - Senior Seminar 3 hours

Select One:

BUSP 4850 - Study Abroad 1-3 hours
BUSP 4950 - Internship 1-3 hours

Required Electives in the Major (9 semester hours)

Select Three of the Following Courses

BUSP 3020 - Organizational Behavior 3 hours
BUSP 3210 - Business, Society and Public Policy 3 hours
BUSP 3220 - Introduction to Political Philosophy 3 hours
BUSP 3230 - Politics, Pol Inst. and Public Policy 3 hours
BUSP 4100 - Info Technology in Organizations 3 hours
BUSP 4120 - Project Management 3 hours
BUSP 4130 - Human Resource Management 3 hours
BUSP 4200 - Public Policy Analysis 3 hours
BUSP 4210 - Global Issues/ Business & Public Policy 3 hours
BUSP 4220 - Environmental Issues and Public Policy 3 hours
BUSP 4230 - Business and Public Policy in Appalachia 3 hours
BUSP 4250 - Decision Making & Operations Management 3
BUSP 3996 - Special Topics/Business & Public Policy 1-3 hours or
BUSP 4996 - Special Topics in Business and Public Policy 1-3 hours

Additional Requirements (19-21 semester hours)

General Electives 17-19 hours (as required to ensure 120 total hours)
Physical Education 2 hours ³

Total Hours for Graduation: 120

Note:

¹ MATH 2201 is recommended for students preparing for graduate study.

² Computer Proficiency may be demonstrated through examination.

³ Physical Education courses may not be used as general electives.