It takes 120-credits to earn your UBalt degree. The most flexible specialization that the B.S. in Business Administration program offers is General Business, but if you know your dream job takes specialty skills, check out the list of options at the bottom of the page.
| Course | Title | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDIS 101 | First-Year Seminar: Introductions to University Learning | 3 | Only for UBalt Freshman |
| INFO 110 | Introduction to Information Literacy | 3 | Only for UBalt Freshman |
| Arts and Humanities (AH) | 3 | Must be an approved ART course in transfer or completed at UBalt. | |
| Arts and Humanities (AH) | 3 | Must be a different discipline. | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) | 3 | Other than economics | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) | 3 | ||
| Biological and Physical Sciences with a Lab (BPSL) | 3-4 | ||
| English Composition (COMP) | 3 | ||
| BUAD 301 | Ethical Issues in Business | Upper-Division Ethics (UETH) | 3 | Alternative course: IDIS 302 |
| WRIT 300.MSB | Composition and Research | Upper-Division Writing (UCOMP) | 3 | Pleacement test is required. |
Lower-Division Business Core Requirements (27 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCT 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 | |
| ACCT 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 | Prerequisite: ACCT 201 or equivalent with a minimum grade of C. |
| BULA 151 | Business Law I | 3 | |
| CMAT 201 or 303 | Oral Communications | 3 | |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | |
| MATH 111 | College Algebra | 3 | |
| MATH 115 | Introductory Statistics | 3 | |
| OPRE 202 | Statistical Data Analysis | 3 |
Upper-Division Business Core Requirements (31 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENTR 305 | Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 3 | |
| FIN 331 | Financial Management | 3 | Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ECON 200 or 3 hours of micro- or macroeconomics, and MATH 11 |
| INSS 300 | Management Information Systems | 3 | |
| INSS 305 | Data Driven Decision Making | 3 | |
| MGMT 301 | Management and Organizational Behavior | 3 | |
| MGMT 302 | Global Business Environment | 3 | Prerequisites: (ECON 200 or ECON 202) and (CMAT 201 or CMAT 303). |
| MGMT 330 | Personal and Professional Skills for Business | 1 | There is a lab fee associated with this course. |
| MGMT 339 | Process and Operations Management | 3 | |
| MGMT 470 | Enterprise Management and Strategy | 3 | Capstone Course |
| MKTG 301 | Marketing Management | 3 | |
| OPRE 315 | Business Application of Decision Science | 3 | Prerequisites: MATH 115 and OPRE 202 |
General Business Specialization (15 credits)
Choose one course from each of three areas, selected from the following disciplines: ACCT, ECON, ENTR, FIN, INSS, MGMT, MKTG, REED, RMGT as well as two additional business electives. See the current UBalt Academic Catalog and schedule of classes for course options and prerequisites.
| Course | Title | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discipline I | 3 | ||
| Discipline II | 3 | ||
| Discipline III | 3 | ||
| Business Elective I | 3 | ||
| Business Elective II | 3 |
The Early Entry Law specialization (also known as Pre-Law, Business) provides eligible students a pathway to expedite their legal careers. This option aligns with your B.S. in Business Administration program requirements, with the unique feature of completing your senior year as a first-year student in the UBalt School of Law.
Just think: You may have more than five careers in your lifetime. It’s no longer enough to become competent in just one area of business. Successful business leaders must understand the varied factors that act upon, and within, any organization. The undergraduate business administration general business specialization allows you to customize your studies and prepares you for work in the public, private or nonprofit sectors. It has a lot of course flexibility including a path to complete all of your business administration requirements and elective, entirely online.
At the center of successful organizations are their people. Make your mark in business while having the knowledge on how to be successful in workplace in areas like staffing, training, compensation, and laws and regulations when you specialize in human resource management.
