Business Administration, B.S.

Overall Requirements

  • 120 credit hours, to include at least 36 credits at or above the 300 course level.
  • A cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 
  • Grades of C or better in courses used to meet concentration requirements
  • Courses used for General Education Requirements (Minerva's Academic Curriculum) cannot be used to satisfy the 21 credits requirements for the major. (This includes courses such as PHI 261.)
  • Business Administration- Business Studies concentration and Entrepreneurship double majors, only ENT 300 and ENT 336 courses will count for both majors.  
  • Business Administration- Business Studies concentration and Entrepreneurship minors, only ENT 300 and ENT 336 courses will count for both major and minor.
  • At least 50 percent of the business semester hours required for the degree must be earned at UNC Greensboro.

Degree Program Requirements

University Requirements
General Education Requirements - Minerva's Academic Curriculum (MAC)

Major Requirements

Bryan School Pre-Admission Courses 

Students should plan to complete the pre-admission courses by the end of the sophomore year, or as soon as possible thereafter. 

Courses used to meet Bryan School Pre-Admission and Bryan School Common Business Core requirements cannot be used to fulfill major or concentration requirements in the following majors: ACCT, BADM, ECOS, ENTR, FINC, INTB, ISSC, HTMT, or MKTG.

See the Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics for more information.

Required29-30
BUS 115
& BUS 215
Blueprint for Personal Development
and Blueprint for Professional Development
or BUS 216
 Blueprint for Personal and Professional Development
ACC 201
Financial Accounting
ACC 202
Managerial Accounting
ECO 201
Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 202
Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 250
Economic and Business Statistics I
ISM 110
Foundations for Analytics using Spreadsheets
ISM 280
Information Systems for Decision Making
Select one of the following:
ENG 101
Exploring Writing in College Contexts
ENG 102
Academic Research and Writing
FMS 115
Freshman Seminar in Reasoning and Discourse: Written Communication
Completion of one of the following:
MAT 115
College Algebra
MAT 118
Algebra with Business Applications
MAT 120
Calculus with Business Applications
MAT 150
Precalculus I
MAT 151
Precalculus II
MAT 190
Precalculus
MAT 183
Mathematics for the Life Sciences
MAT 184
Calculus for the Life Sciences
MAT 191
Calculus I
MAT 292
Calculus II
MAT 293
Calculus III
MAT 196
Calculus A
MAT 296
Calculus B

Bryan School Common Business Core

Required38
BUS 315
Global and Cultural Development
BUS 415
Leadership Development
CST 105
Introduction to Communication Studies
ECO 300
The International Economy
FIN 315
Business Finance I
MGT 301
Introduction to International Business
MGT 312
Organizational Behavior
MGT 330
The Legal Environment of Business
MGT 491
Business Policy and Strategy *
MKT 309
Business Communication & Innovation
MKT 320
Principles of Marketing
PHI 261
Ethical Issues in Business
or PHI 262
 Ethical Issues in Entrepreneurship
SCM 302
Operations Management
Global Sustainability Elective - One chosen from the list below: **
ECO 100
Economics of a Global Sustainable Society
ENT 130
Entrepreneurship in a Sustainable Global Environment
LLC 120
Global Crossings: Topics in Images, Media, and Texts
LLC 130
Global Green: Cultures of Production and/or Consumption
HTM 200
Introduction to Sustainable Development
*

Hospitality and Tourism Management majors are exempt from the MGT 491 requirement; a similar course, HTM 491, is taken within the major requirements.

**

Or other approved Global Sustainability elective.

Concentration

Select one of the concentrations as detailed following the major requirements.

  • Business Studies
  • Online Business Studies
  • Human Resources
  • Management

Electives

Electives sufficient to complete 120 total credit hours required for the degree.

Business Studies Concentration Requirements

Required3
MGT 375
Management Process Skills
Business Courses9
Select 9 credits with a prefix of BUS, ENT, MGT, or MKT. *
Career Profile Courses9
Select an additional 9 credits with academic advisor. *
*

BUS 115, BUS 215, BUS 216, BUS 315, and BUS 415 cannot be used as part of these 9 credit hours.

Online Business Studies Concentration Requirements

Additional University Admission Requirements for Online Business Studies Concentration

  • Completion of 30 credits or more of transferable college credit from an institution accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Higher Learning Commission (HLC), Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), and WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).
  • Minimum overall and transferable GPA of 2.0 as calculated by UNC Greensboro
  • Eligible to return to last institution attended
Required3
MGT 375
Management Process Skills
Business Courses9
Select 9 credits with a prefix of BUS, ENT, MGT, or MKT.
Career Profile Courses9
Select an additional 9 credits with academic advisor.

Human Resources Concentration Requirements

  • The Human Resources Concentration is available in a traditional as well as an online format.
Required18
MGT 315
Recruitment and Selection in Organizations
MGT 319
Compensation and Benefits Management
MGT 354
Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations
MGT 475
Employment and Human Resource Law
Select two of the following:
BUS 328
Organizational Leadership
BUS 450
Directed Business Practice
MGT 313
Human Resource Management
MGT 314
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
MGT 317
Training and Development in Organizations
MGT 318
Organizational Change and Development
MGT 375
Management Process Skills
MGT 414
Human Resource Information Systems
MGT 493
Honors Work
MGT 499
Problems in Management

Management Concentration Requirements

Required12
BUS 328
Organizational Leadership
MGT 300
Management of Organizations
MGT 354
Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations
MGT 403
Decision Making in Organizations
Select two of the following:6
BUS 450
Directed Business Practice
BUS 493
Honors Work
MGT 302
International Business: Operations and Environments in Foreign Jurisdictions
MGT 303
Experience Business Abroad
MGT 304
Current Issues in International Business
MGT 313
Human Resource Management
MGT 314
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
MGT 318
Organizational Change and Development
MGT 375
Management Process Skills
MGT 400
Cybersecurity Management
MGT 475
Employment and Human Resource Law
MGT 493
Honors Work
MGT 499
Problems in Management

Disciplinary Honors in Management

Requirements

  • A minimum of 12 credit hours as defined below. 
  • UNC Greensboro cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better or, for transfer students, cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better from all prior institutions.
  • A minimum grade of B in all course work applicable to Disciplinary Honors in Management.
Senior Honors Project3-6
Select one course from the following:
MGT 493
Honors Work
BUS 493
Honors Work
HSS 490
Senior Honors Project *
Select 6-9 credits of Honors course work in the major6-9
Select 0-3 credits of other Honors course work0-3
*

Department of Management students are allowed to complete their Senior Honors (to count inside the major) by registering for their Senior Honors project as MGT 493/ BUS 493, (or if they have completed all their major requirements they can choose to take it as HSS 490.

Recognition

Receive a Certificate of Disciplinary Honors in Management; have that accomplishment, along with the title of the Senior Honors Project, noted on the official transcript; and be recognized at a banquet held at the end of the spring semester.

Honors Advisor

See Eloise McCain Hassell for further information and guidance about Disciplinary Honors in Management. To apply: Disciplinary Honors Application.