School of Business

Degree Requirements

OFFERINGS

Bachelor of Arts, BA; Bachelor of Science, BS

Master of Accountancy, MAcc; Minor in Business Administration (Not Described in this document).

For information about these programs and for answers to your questions, please check throughout this website, call us at 660-785-4268, or email Marilyn Romine at mromine@truman.edu.

ACCREDITATION

The BA, BS, and Master of Accountancy programs offered by the School of Business are accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

MISSION STATEMENT

We graduate prospective leaders who are ethical, broadly educated problem-solvers, effective team players, clear writers, and articulate speakers.

We cultivate a community of learners by emphasizing:

• A rigorous, broad academic experience
• Effective communication skills
• Highly selective admission of students
• Teaching, while valuing applied and instructional scholarship and service

Leadership and the Liberal Arts: Management and the Business Core

Leaders motivate themselves and others to achieve goals. In order to motivate others, students need to be able to understand people and to communicate effectively with them. The liberal studies program provides students with an opportunity to understand themselves and other people better and to improve their communication skills.

Business and accounting majors should take liberal studies coursework in the following areas during their first and second years, except as noted:

• Writing as Critical Thinking
• Communications (Oral)
• Personal Well-Being
• Elementary Functions (Math)
• Economics
• Missouri Statute
• 7 of the 8 following modes of inquiry:
  • Life Science
  • Physical Science
  • Historical
  • Philosophical Religious
  • Aesthetic – Fine Arts
  • Aesthetic – Literature
  • Mathematical (met by required support)
  • Social Scientific (met by required support)
    • ECON 200 Principles of Macroeconomics AND
    • ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics OR ECON 205 Principles of Economics
• Interconnecting Perspectives:
• Freshman Program
• Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Junior Seminar (3rd Year)
• Foreign Language

Managers improve the effectiveness and efficiency of organizations. In order to be effective, managers need knowledge and skills in a variety of business disciplines. The business core provides one with a broad-base of foundational management knowledge and skills one can use to improve organizational effectiveness.

Business and accounting majors should take business core coursework in the following areas during their second and third years, except as noted:

BSAD 157 Information Technology (1st Year)
MATH 192 Essentials of Calculus OR
MATH 198 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1 (1st or 2nd Year)
STAT 190 Basic Statistics OR
STAT 290 Statistics (1st or 2nd year)
ECON 200 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics
ACCT 220 Intro to Financial Accounting
ACCT 221 Intro to Management Accounting
BSAD 234 Legal Environment of Business
BSAD 325 Principles of Marketing
BSAD 329 Principles of Finance
BSAD 349 Organizational Behavior
BSAD 352 Production/Operations Management
ECON 303 Int. Macroeconomics (Bus. Adm. Only)
BSAD 460 Strategic Management (4th Year Capstone)

The accounting degree and business administration concentrations prepare students for employment in a variety of areas. The accounting degree also prepares students for the Master of Accountancy program. We encourage students to plan to participate in study abroad, internship, and student organization activities.

In order to graduate, all degrees require a minimum 2.25 GPA overall, in the major, and in the concentration where applicable. A minimum of 124 hours is required to graduate.

Accounting and Business Administration majors should take coursework in the following areas during their third and fourth years, except as noted:

ACCOUNTING - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

ACCT 302 Financial Reporting I
ACCT 303 Financial Reporting II
ACCT 319 Cost/Management Accounting
ACCT 367 Accounting Information Systems and Control
ACCT 368 Acct. Systems Integration and Data Extraction
ACCT 407 Federal Taxation
Choose one course from the following:
   BSAD 387 Business Database Management Systems
   BSAD 406 Corporation Finance
   BSAD 423 Analysis and Design of Business Systems
   BSAD 534 Commercial Law
   STAT 374 Statistical Quality Control

Bachelor of Science Requirements:
Select one ECON course and one additional course from the list below:
   MATH 263 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
   Any Computer Science (CS) course numbered 170 or higher
   Any Economics (ECON) course numbered 300 or higher
   Any Statistics (STAT) course numbered 300 or higher

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – BACHELOR OF ARTS or BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

   Bachelor of Arts
   Intermediate proficiency in ONE foreign language

   Bachelor of Science
   ECON 300 Intermediate Microeconomics
   AND one additional course from the list below:
   Required Support – Additional specified coursework (6 hrs) (use list from worksheet)
 

Business Administration majors should take coursework in one or more of the following areas during their third and fourth years:

Concentration: Finance
Required Courses:
BSAD 406 Corporation Finance
BSAD 420 Investments
BSAD 441 Seminar in Finance
And ONE of the following courses:
   ACCT 302 Financial Reporting I
   ACCT 303 Financial Reporting II
   ACCT 319 Cost/Management Accounting
   BSAD 415 Entrepreneurship
   BSAD 435 Derivatives and Risk Management
   ECON 371 Money and Banking

Concentration: International Business
(Note: Bachelor of Arts only)
Required TWO of the following courses:
BSAD 430 International Marketing
BSAD 453 International Management
BSAD 455 International Financial Management
And ONE of the following courses:
   BSAD 430 International Marketing
   BSAD 453 International Management
   BSAD 455 International Financial Management
   ECON 308 Economics of the European Union
   ECON 402 Economic Development
   ECON 403 International Trade Policy and Theory
   ECON 412 International Monetary Policy and Theory
   FREN 326 French for International Business
   GEOG 317 Economic Geography
   POL 230 Model UN/Country Studies
   POL 250 Introduction to International Relations
   POL 370 Special Topics in Political Science (when offered as International Political Economy)
   SPAN 366 Spanish for Business
   

Concentration: Management
Required Courses:
BSAD 401 Project Management
BSAD 402 Human Resource Management/Negotiation
BSAD 443 Management Information Systems
And ONE of the following courses:
   ACCT 319 Cost/Management Accounting
   BSAD 415 Entrepreneurship
   BSAD 433 Government Regulation of Business
   BSAD 447 Labor-Management Relations
   BSAD 551 International Business
   ECON 344 Cost-Benefit Analysis
   STAT 374 Statistical Quality Control

Concentration: Marketing
Required Courses:
BSAD 360 Marketing Research (Pre-requisite: STAT 375, STAT 376, or STAT 378)
BSAD 365 Consumer Behavior
BSAD 445 Brand Management and Strategic Marketing
And ONE of the following courses:
      BSAD 387 Business Database Management Systems
      BSAD 403 Selling and Sales Management
      BSAD 414 Integrated Marketing Communications
      BSAD 421 Retail Management
      BSAD 444 Electronic Commerce
      BSAD 551 International Business

Concentration: Management/Information Systems
Management Information System is no longer offered as a Business Administration Concentration since Fall 2009.