Nov 08, 2024

2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog This is not the most recent catalog version; be sure you are viewing the appropriate catalog year.

General Business [BBA]

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The Bachelor of Business Administration in General Business prepares students for a wide variety of leadership roles in the dynamic business world. This major allows students to supplement the basic business core with business electives from at least two different business functional areas such as Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, etc. Students can tailor this major to fit their interests. If you’re interested in being a leader in helping organizations meet their goals, a Bachelor of Business Administration in General Business could be your first step toward a rewarding career in private, public, or non-profit sectors of business.

Learn

Earning the Bachelor of Business Administration with a General Business major, you’ll learn about all aspects of business through the business core classes plus you will learn about important management skills, management responsibility and ethics, human resources, and entrepreneurship. Your elective choices come from at least two different business functional areas in the College of Business: Accounting, Computer Information Systems, Finance, International Business, Business Law, Management, Marketing, and Supply Chain Management. Your courses use real-world exercises and case studies to bring home the concepts being taught.

Opportunities

While pursuing this degree, students are encouraged to participate in one of many student clubs found in the COB, and also students are encouraged to look for internship opportunities to get professional work experience related to their chosen careers.

Many graduates with a General Business major begin as management trainees or assistant managers with advancement opportunities leading to higher management positions. Advancement in management is often much quicker than in more technical fields.

Articulation Agreements - Delta College , Lansing Community College , Macomb Community College , Mott Community College , Wayne County Community College District , Washtenaw Community College , Monroe County Community College , Mid Michigan College , Business Administration MiTransfer Pathway , or see Community College Relations for additional agreements for this major.

Department Information

Management | Joy Beatty, Ph.D., Department Head | 466 Owen, 734.487.3240, jbeatty9@emich.edu

Advisor Information

College of Business Academic Services, 306 Owen, 734.487.2344, cob.undergraduate@emich.edu (Make an Appointment)

Program Admission

Students seeking admission to any program in the College of Business must complete 56 credit hours of coursework to include the courses listed below. The foundation courses for admission to the College of Business must be completed with a minimum earned a grade of C- (C required for transfer courses) in each. Students must also have an EMU GPA of at least 2.50.

College of Business Foundation Courses: 21 hours

The following COB courses are to be completed prior to COB admission and count toward the total credit hours required for this major.
ACC 240 - Principles of Financial Accounting 3 hrs
ACC 241 - Principles of Managerial Accounting 3 hrs
COB 200L4 - Introduction to Business [GELB] 3 hrs
IS 215 - Information Systems for Business 3 hrs
LAW 293 - Legal Environment of Business 3 hrs
MGMT 202 - Business Communication 3 hrs
Choose one course from the following:
DS 251 - Business Statistics for Decision Making 3 hrs
DS 265 - Business Statistics I 3 hrs
Non-College of Business Foundation Courses: 15 hours
COMM 124 - Foundations of Speech Communication [GEEC] 3 hrs
ECON 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics [GEKS or GEQR] 3 hrs
ECON 202 - Principles of Microeconomics [GEKS] 3 hrs
Quantitative Reasoning Requirement 3 hrs
WRTG 121 - Composition II: Researching the Public Experience [GEEC] 3 hrs
Additional Coursework: 20 hours

In addition to the courses listed above, students must complete an additional 20 credit hours of course work prior to admission to the College of Business.

General Education Requirements:

For specific requirements, see General Education or print a worksheet .

Major Requirements: 60 hours

Business Core: 36 hours

College of Business Foundation Courses: 21 hours

The following COB courses are to be completed prior to admission and count towards the total credit hours required for this major.
ACC 240 - Principles of Financial Accounting 3 hrs
ACC 241 - Principles of Managerial Accounting 3 hrs
COB 200L4 - Introduction to Business [GELB] 3 hrs
IS 215 - Information Systems for Business 3 hrs
LAW 293 - Legal Environment of Business 3 hrs
MGMT 202 - Business Communication 3 hrs
Choose one course from the following:
DS 251 - Business Statistics for Decision Making 3 hrs
DS 265 - Business Statistics I 3 hrs
Post Admission Core Requirement: 15 hours

All 300-level Core Courses listed below must be completed before enrollment in MGMT 490. OM 374 can be taken concurrently with MGMT 490.
FIN 350 - Principles of Finance 3 hrs
MGMT 386 - Organizational Behavior and Theory 3 hrs
MGMT 490 - Business Policy 3 hrs
MKTG 360 - Principles of Marketing 3 hrs
OM 374 - Introduction to Operations Management 3 hrs

Discipline: 24 hours

Required Courses: 12 hours
MGMT 384 - Human Resource Management 3 hrs
MGMT 388 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 hrs
MGMT 460 - Management Skills 3 hrs
MGMT 480W - Management Responsibility and Ethics [GEWI] 3 hrs
Restricted Elective Courses: 12 hours

Students must also complete twelve hours of restricted electives selected from at least two different functional areas (ACC, FIN, IS, MGMT, MKTG, LAW, SCM, IB, OM) in the College of Business. At least six hours must be at the 300-level or above.

Minor Requirement:

This major does not require a minor.

Program Total:

Students must earn a minimum total of 124 credits at the 100-level or above.

Beginning in Fall 2022, all baccalaureate degree programs for all undergraduates (regardless of catalog year) will require a minimum of 120 credit hours for completion.

Critical Graduation Information

Each undergraduate student will be responsible for the fulfillment of the requirements or their equivalents of the Eastern Michigan University catalog in force at the time of their initial registration at a college or university or a subsequent catalog including the one in effect at the time of their graduation.

In the event an undergraduate student does not complete the degree requirements within seven years of the date of their original registration at a college or university, the student may be required to have their credits re-evaluated by the academic department(s) of their major/minor in keeping with catalog requirements in force during the year of their graduation.

The following are minimum requirements for all bachelor’s degrees awarded by Eastern Michigan University. Some majors and minors require more than the minimum in one or more of the areas below; students are urged to consult the online catalog for the requirements of their particular programs.

Earn a minimum total of 124 credits at the 100-level and above. Courses with numbers below 100 will not be counted toward this degree requirement. At most 8 credit hours of physical education (PEGN) activity courses will be counted toward this requirement.
Meet the requirements of the General Education program (see information below).
Complete a Writing Intensive (GEWI) Course in your major.
Earn a minimum of 60 credits from a four-year college or university; courses taken at community colleges cannot be used to meet this requirement. (Some formal program-to-program articulation agreements modify this requirement. See specific agreements for details.)
Earn a minimum of 30 credits from courses taken at EMU.
Complete 10 of the last 30 hours for the degree from courses taken at EMU.
Have a minimum of 30 unique credit hours in their major and 20 unique credit hours in their minor for a total of at least 50 unique credit hours between them. Some majors that require 50 or more hours themselves do not require a minor; students should check requirements of the selected major in the undergraduate catalog to see if a minor is required.
Earn no more than 60 credit hours in one subject area (prefix). Credits in excess of the 60 maximum will not be counted toward the minimum of 124 credits required for a bachelor’s degree.
Earn the minimum number of credits in 300-level and above courses in each major and minor as specified below - these credits must be earned in distinct courses; that is, no course can be used to fulfill this requirement in more than one major or minor.
- Earn a minimum of 6 credits in 300-level or higher courses at EMU in each minor
- Earn a minimum of 9 credits in 300-level or higher courses at EMU in each major that requires a minor.
- Earn a minimum of 15 credits in 300-level or higher courses at EMU in each major that does not require a minor
Transfer credit will be awarded for courses taken at colleges and universities that are accredited by one of the recognized regional accrediting bodies only if the courses are college-level (equated to 100-level or above at EMU) and the student earned a “C” (or 2.0 on a 4 point scale) or better. Transfer credit may be awarded on a case-by-case basis for college-level courses in which a “C” (2.0) or better was earned at institutions outside the U.S. or at non-accredited U.S. institutions; individual departments/schools conduct the internal review of such courses within EMU, and additional documentation may be required. Please note: EMU awards only credit for transferred courses; grades are not used in the calculation of an EMU GPA.
Earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in courses taken at EMU in order to graduate. In addition, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 must be reached in each major and minor. Only courses taken at EMU and those applied to a student’s major or minor will be used in the calculation of their major and minor cumulative GPAs. (Note: some programs may require a higher GPA - check with your program advisor.)

General Education Requirements EMU’s General Education Program requires students to choose from a menu of approved courses in several different areas; do not assume that other courses in the same department or with similar names will fulfill these requirements. A detailed description of General Education requirements is available in the General Education section of the catalog.

Students who transferred to EMU may have modified general education requirements based on Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA) or articulation agreements; consult your academic advisor for additional information.