Business Administration, B.S.

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The Business Administration major provides future business professionals and community leaders with strong theoretical foundations and practical applications of the functional areas of business: accounting, marketing, finance, operations, and management, while also providing an understanding of the business enterprise as a whole.

These programs are focused on enabling students to use business technologies while they acquire the skills needed to succeed in a competitive, global, knowledge-based environment. Students will be required to complete 10 courses across the functional areas and 4 elective courses which can either be across functional areas or used to concentrate in one functional area.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Business Administration B.S. students will be able to:

   • develop the ability to create critical and effective business plans that integrate multiple business skills including management, marketing, technology, and finance, in the US and globally.
   • demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively in business situations, in writing and in oral presentations.
   • master the ability to solve business problems through quantitative analysis and the understanding of financial and operational approaches to analysis.
   • demonstrate an understanding of and ability to address the challenges of a diverse group of people inside a modern formal organization.

Program Requirements

Required Courses: 30 Credits

@ACCT 201 - Principles of Accounting I 3 Credit(s)
@ACCT 202 - Principles of Accounting II 3 Credit(s)
FINA 301 - Finance 3 Credit(s)
@MGMT 301 - Principles of Management 3 Credit(s)
@MKTG 301 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 330 - Legal Environment of Business 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 335 - Human Resources Management 3 Credit(s)
@MGMT 340 - Information Systems for Business 3 Credit(s)
@MGMT 410 - Operations Management 3 Credit(s)
@MGMT 490 - Strategic and Global Management 3 Credit(s)

Elective Courses: 12 Credits

four courses from the following

@ACCT 301 - Intermediate Accounting I 3 Credit(s)
@ACCT 302 - Intermediate Accounting II 3 Credit(s)
@ACCT 360 - Federal Individual Taxation 3 Credit(s)
@ACCT 385 - Managerial Accounting 3 Credit(s)
ACCT 395 - Special Topics 1-12 Credit(s)
@ACCT 450 - Fraud Examination 3 Credit(s)
@ACCT 485 - Cost Management 3 Credit(s)
@ACCT 491 - Internship 1-12 Credit(s) (Maximum 3 credits count towards the major)
ACCT 495 - Special Topics 1-12 Credit(s)
ECON 441 - Money and Banking 3 Credit(s)
ECON 451 - International Trade 3 Credit(s)
ECON 491 - Economics Internship 1-12 Credit(s)
@FINA 320 - Management of Risk and Insurance 3 Credit(s)
FINA 395 - Special Topics 1-12 Credit(s)
FINA 410 - Investments and Portfolio Analysis 3 Credit(s)
@FINA 460 - Financial Statement Analysis 3 Credit(s)
@FINA 491 - Internship 1-12 Credit(s) (Maximum 3 credits count towards the major)
FINA 495 - Special Topics 1-12 Credit(s)
@MGMT 310 - Organizational Behavior and Ethics 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 312 - Ethical Issues in Business 3 Credit(s)
@MGMT 320 - International Business 3 Credit(s)
@MGMT 325 - International Business Communication 3 Credit(s)
@MGMT 360 - Corporate Law 3 Credit(s)
@MGMT 370 - Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 395 - Special Topics 1-12 Credit(s)
@MGMT 420 - Leadership in Organizations 3 Credit(s)
@MGMT 445 - Mergers & Acquisitions 3 Credit(s)
@MGMT 450 - Occupational Law 3 Credit(s)
@MGMT 491 - Management Internship 1-12 Credit(s) (Maximum 3 credits count towards the major)
MGMT 495 - Special Topics 1-12 Credit(s)
@MKTG 320 - Principles of Advertising and Promotion 3 Credit(s)
@MKTG 330 - Marketing Research 3 Credit(s)
@MKTG 370 - Business-to-Business Marketing 3 Credit(s)
MKTG 395 - Special Topics 1-12 Credit(s)
@MKTG 425 - Digital Marketing 3 Credit(s)
MKTG 430 - Global Marketing Management 3 Credit(s)
@MKTG 491 - Marketing Internship 1-12 Credit(s) (Maximum 3 credits count towards the major)
MKTG 495 - Special Topics 1-12 Credit(s)

Cognate Requirements: 9 Credits

ECON 105 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit(s)
ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credit(s)
MATH 125 - Probability and Statistics I 3 Credit(s)
or
STAT 100 - Statistics 3 Credit(s)
or
CIS 125 - Statistics 3 Credit(s)

Note(s)

Business administration students must meet the same General Education requirements as students pursuing Bachelors of Arts degrees at SUNY Potsdam. However, Bachelor of Science students only need 65 credit hours outside the Department of Business Administration, instead of 70. Courses with subject codes ACCT, FINA, MGMT and MKTG are considered inside the department.
Business administration majors must earn a minimum grade of 2.0 in every required, elective, and cognate course counted toward the major. Students may not elect the S/U option for any required, elective, and cognate course.
Occasionally, special topic courses in business administration are offered in ACCT, FINA, MGMT and MKTG with codes 395 or 495. These courses may be counted as business administration electives. Students must consult with their advisers.
Student may not double-count more than two common courses between any majors or minors in the Department of Business Administration and any other department. Cognate requirements are excluded from this rule.
Students must take a minimum of nine courses (27 credits) for the business administration major at SUNY Potsdam. Of these, they must have taken a minimum of five upper division courses (15 credits of 300- or 400-level courses) for the business administration major at SUNY Potsdam.
Students pursuing Bachelor of Science degrees must complete a minimum of 75 credits of liberal arts courses. Non-liberal arts courses are designated in course descriptions with the “@” symbol.
All 300 and 400 level ACCT, FINA, MGMT, and MKTG courses require at least Junior standing with the exception of courses numbered 301.
Up to 3 credits of internship in ACCT, FINA, MGMT, and MKTG may be counted toward the electives.
MGMT 301 is Speaking-Intensive (SI) unless taken online.
MGMT 490 is Writing-Intensive (WI). It is also the capstone course that must be taken in Senior year.
Under advisement other courses may count as business electives. Students should consult their adviser.