School of Business

Degree Requirements

OFFERINGS

Bachelor of Arts, BA; Bachelor of Science, BS

Master of Accountancy, MAc; 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 us 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, one needs to be able to understand people and to communicate effectively with them. The liberal studies program provides one with an opportunity to understand oneself and other people better and to improve one’s 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
5 of the 6 following modes of inquiry:
- Life Science
- Physical Science
- Historical
- Philosophical Religious
- Aesthetic – Fine Arts
- Aesthetic – Literature
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 – BS

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 Requirement
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 180 or higher
   Any Economics (ECON) course numbered 300 or higher
   Any Statistics (STAT) course numbered 300 or higher

Business Administration – BA or BS

Bachelor of Arts
Intermediate proficiency in ONE foreign language

   Bachelor of Science
   ECON 300 Intermediate Microeconomics
   Additional specified coursework (3 hours)
   Required Support – Additional specified coursework (6 hrs)

Business Administration majors should take coursework in 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: 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: Management/Information Systems
Required Course:
BSAD 443 Management Information Systems
Choose either three courses from Group A, or two courses from Group A and one course from Group B:
   Group A:
      BSAD 387 Business Database Management Systems
      BSAD 423 Analysis and Design of Business Systems
      BSAD 444 Electronic Commerce
      BSAD 542 Decision Support Systems
   Group B:
      BSAD 315 COBOL Programming II
      CS 180 Foundations of Computer Science I
      CS 260 Object-Oriented Programming
      CS 315 Internet Programming

Concentration: Marketing
Required Courses:
BSAD 360 Marketing Research
BSAD 365 Consumer Behavior
Choose two from Group A, or one from group A and one from Group B:
   Group A:
      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 445 Brand Management and Strategic Marketing
      BSAD 551 International Business
   Group B:
      GEOG 320 Geographic Information Science
      PSYC 367 Social Psychology
      STAT 376 Nonparametric Statistics