Degree Majors and Programs - B.A. Degree

Business Administration Division

The courses of study in the Division of Business Administration are designed to prepare the student to assume positions in middle and upper management in business and governmental organizations.

The program has been constructed on the assumption that contemporary study in business administration must build upon a broad base of liberal education. The plan of study is intended to develop the students' capacity to make sound judgments in their eventual positions in management and administration and to endow them with the historical perspective necessary for an understanding of human values and motivations and the relationships between economic activity and society as a whole.

To achieve this objective, the program combines a number of required general business courses with the University of the Virgin Islands general education requirements. By taking these courses, the student can gain the required background of liberal education and general business knowledge. At the same time it also broadens a liberal education. This program provides additional study in a specialized area of business as well as practical business experience through a supervised work-study internship.

A Master of Business Administration degree is offered by the University. Undergraduates who wish to take graduate courses or who plan to matriculate in the graduate program after earning their undergraduate degree should meet with their advisors and consult the Graduate Bulletin.

The following tables summarize requirements for the majors in the Business Administration Division.

Accounting Major
A. Required courses in Business Administration:
Credits

Accounting 121-122 Introduction to Accounting 3-3
Accounting 221-222 Intermediate Accounting 3-3
Accounting 253 Tax Accounting 3
Accounting 440 Cost Accounting 3
Accounting 442 Auditing 3
Accounting 443 Advanced Accounting 3
Business Administration 112 Introduction to Business 3
Business Administration 231 Principles of Marketing 3
Business Administration 241 Principles of Management 3
Business Administration 242 Personnel Management 3
Business Administration 251 Business Law 3
Business Administration 321 Fundamentals of Finance 3
Business Administration 325 Statistics for Management 3
Decisions
Business Administration 330 Production/Operations Management 3
Business Administration 474 Professional Development Seminar 1
Business Administration 475** Undergraduate Internship in Business 2
Computer Info. Systems 101 Business Software Applications 3
Computer Info. Systems 210 Business Information Systems 3

**Under exceptional circumstances and on approval by the Division Chair, student work experience may qualify for waiver and such credits made up by an elective course. Written applications for waiver, along with supporting documents, must be made a semester in advance.

B. Accounting course electives required: 6

C. The following courses in related fields are required:

Economics 221* Introduction to Macro-Economics 3
Economics 222* Introduction to Micro-Economics 3

*Partially fulfills the general education requirements in the Social Sciences

D. The following Mathematics sequence is required:

Mathematics 140 or 143 College Algebra With Applications, and or Precalculus Algebra
Mathematics 232 Calculus for Business and Social Sciences 4-4

Business Administration Major
A. Required courses in Business Administration:
Credits

Accounting 121-122 Introduction to Accounting 3-3
Business Administration 112 Introduction to Business 3
Business Administration 224 Business Communication 3
Business Administration 231 Principles of Marketing 3
Business Administration 241 Principles of Management 3
Business Administration 242 Personnel Management 3
Business Administration 251 Business Law 3
Business Administration 325 Statistics for Management Decisions 3
Business Administration 330 Production/Operations Management 3
Business Administration 321 Fundamentals of Finance 3
Business Administration 436 Business Strategy 3
Business Administration 474 Professional Development Seminar 1
Business Administration 475* Undergraduate Internship in Business 2
Computer Info. Systems 101 Business Software Applications 3
Computer Info. Systems 210 Business Information Systems 3

*Under exceptional circumstances and on approval by the Division Chair, student work experience may qualify for waiver and such credits made up by an elective course. Written applications for waiver, along with supporting documents, must be made a semester in advance.

B. The following courses in related fields are required:

Economics 221** Introduction to Macro-Economics 3
Economics 222** Introduction to Micro-Economics 3
**Partially fulfills the general education requirements in the Social Sciences

C. The following Mathematics sequence is required:

Mathematics 140 or 143 College Algebra With Applications and or Precalculus Algebra
Mathematics 232 Calculus for Business and Social Sciences 4-4

D. The student must choose any one of the following concentrations. It is anticipated that additional areas of concentration will become available in the future.

ACCOUNTING CONCENTRATION

Accounting 221-222 Intermediate Accounting 3-3
Accounting 253 Tax Accounting 3
Accounting 440 Cost Accounting 3

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS CONCENTRATION

Computer Info. Systems 300 Program Design and Evaluation 3
Computer Info. Systems 310 Advanced Business Software Applications 3
Computer Info. Systems 238 Introduction to COBOL Programming 3
or
Computer Info. Systems 357 Business Information Networks 3
Computer Info. Systems 410 Business Simulation and Modeling 3

FINANCE CONCENTRATION *

Business Administration 323 Investment Analysis 3
Business Administration 324 Financial Markets and Institutions 3
Business Administration 425 Financial Policy and Strategy 3
Business Administration 499 Independent Study 3
(Economics 321 and 322 are strongly recommended.)

*Note - St. Thomas Campus only

MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION

Business Administration 213 Small Business Management 3
Business Administration 336 Labor-Management Relations 3
Business Administration 429 Organizational Behavior 3
Business Administration 434 Public Policy toward Business 3

MARKETING CONCENTRATION *

Business Administration 234 Advertising and Promotional Strategy 3
Business Administration 326 Principles of Merchandising 3
Business Administration 422 International Marketing 3
Business Administration 426 Marketing Research 3

*Note - St. Thomas Campus only