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The Business Administration Major

Business Administration majors must take Accounting 1 and 2, Economics 3 and 4, Math 3, or 27 (or the sequence of Math 13-14), and BusAd 40 prior to the junior year. A grade of C– or better must be earned in each of these courses. All of these lower division courses must be completed prior to enrolling in the upper division courses for the major.

A student majoring in business administration must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in the major and an overall cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0. The majority of the courses required for the major must be taken at Saint Mary’s College. The following upper division courses, if required for the student’s program, must be taken at Saint Mary’s College: Business Administration 100 (A,B,C), 121, 125, 126, 140, 181, 182.

  • Lower Division (Choose 6 courses)
    Accounting 1, 2;
    Economics 3, 4;
    BusAd 40 Statistics ; and
    Mathematics 3 or 27 or the sequence of Math 13-14.

The Marketing Concentration
A minimum major GPA of 2.5 in a business administration program is required for admission to the marketing concentration. A minimum GPA of 2.8 in the program is required to graduate.

  • Lower Division
    Same requirements as business administration major, but should be completed by the end of sophomore year.
  • Interdisciplinary Electives
    Choose 2 courses from the following with at least 1 course in Psychology or Anthropology/Sociology:
    Philosophy 10 - Plato and Philosophical Inquiry;
    Philosophy 11 - Aristotle and Philosophical Method;
    Psychology 1 - Introduction to Personal-Social Psychology;
    Psychology 160 - Social Psychology (Prerequisite: Psychology 1);
    Anthropology/Sociology 1 - Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology;
    Anthropology/Sociology 2 - Introduction to Sociology;
    Anthropology/Sociology 112 - Race and Ethnicity (Prerequisite: Anthro/Soc 1 or 2);
    Anthropology/Sociology 121 - World Cultures (Prerequisite: Anthro/Soc 1 or 2);
    Another approved upper-division Anthropology/Sociology course; and
    Economics 105 - Micro-economic Theory

See the Chair of the Department of Business Administration for further information or to apply for admission.

Honors Program in Financial Services
Admission requires a major grade point average of at least 2.75 in a business administration program or special permission of the department chairperson. Students completing the Concentration with a GPA of 3.0 in all courses required in the Concentration will receive departmental honors recognition upon graduation. The Honors Concentration in Financial Services requires certain special courses and/or special courses sections as follows, or special application to the Program Director.

Admission requires a major grade point average of at least 2.75 in a business administration program or special permission of the department chair.

A minimum GPA of at least 2.75 in the major is required to graduate in the Concentration.  Students achieving at least a 3.0 GPA shall receive Department Honors in the Concentration. Students should note that if they do not achieve at least a 2.75 GPA, they should have taken BusAd 132 Operations Management as required for the major in Business Administration.

  • Lower Division
    Same requirement as Business Administration major, but should be completed by the end of sophomore year.

International Concentration in Business Administration
The Concentration requires completion of the business administration major courses, plus BusAd 180, International Business. Additional requirement are:

  • 2 cross-cultural courses;
  • 2 regional specialty courses;
  • 3 college terms in a foreign language; and
  • 1 term of the junior year abroad.

The additional courses can normally be counted for Area A requirements or January Term credit. A list of approved courses is available from the Coordinator of the International Concentration. The foreign language courses, together with Acct. 1, 2 and BusAd 40, should be completed before the start of junior year.

A major GPA of at least 2.5 in a business administration program is required for admission to the Concentration; a major GPA of at least 2.8 is required to graduate. See the Coordinator of the International Concentration or the chairperson of the Department of Business Administration for further information or to apply for admission.

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