Naveen Jindal School of Management

Business Administration (BS)

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Degree Requirements (120 semester credit hours)¹

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Faculty

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Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Indranil R. Bardhan @bardhan, Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, Daniel A. Cohen @dac101000, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Milind Dawande @milind, Theodore E. Day @tday, Gregory G. Dess @ggd021000, David L. Ford Jr. @mzad, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, Varghese S. Jacob @vjacob, Ganesh Janakiraman @gxj091000, Elena Katok @emk120030, Dmitri Kuksov @dgk120030, Nanda Kumar @nkumar, Stanley Liebowitz @liebowit, Zhiang (John) Lin @zlin, Sumit K. Majumdar @skm021100, Syam Menon @sxm021300, Vijay S. Mookerjee @vijaym, B. P. S. Murthi @murthi, Vikram Nanda @vkn150030, Özalp Özer @oxo091000, Mike W. Peng @mxp059000, Hasan Pirkul @hpirkul, Suresh Radhakrishnan @sradhakr, Srinivasan Raghunathan @sraghu, Ram C. Rao @rrao, Brian Ratchford @btr051000, Michael J. Rebello @mjr071000, Sumit Sarkar @sumit, Suresh P. Sethi @sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke @kes021000, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang @wkt071000, John J. Wiorkowski @wiorkow, Harold Zhang @hxz054000

Professor Emeritus: Dale Osborne @dosborne

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, Britt Berrett @brb051000, Abhijit Biswas @axb019100, Pamela Foster Brady @pxf090020, Shawn Carraher @smc130730, Paul Convery @pxc141930, David Cordell @dmc012300, Tevfik Dalgic @tdalgic, Michael Deegan @mjd120030, Kutsal Dogan @kxd025000, Howard Dover @hfd021000, Greg Durham @gxd141330, Forney Fleming III @fwf081000, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, Charles Hazzard @cxh056000, William Hefley @weh150130, Robert Hicks @rfh041000, Gerald (Jerry) Hoag @jhoag, Marilyn Kaplan @mkaplan, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130, John F. McCracken @jfm, Dennis McCuistion @dxm094000, Diane S. McNulty @dmcnulty, Radha Mookerjee @rvm019000, Joseph Picken @jcp016300, Divakar Rajamani @dxr020100, Daniel Rajaratnam @dxr143430, David Ritchey @davidr, Arthur Selender @axs137431, Rajiv Shah @rxs079000, Kenneth Smith @kls110030, Habte Woldu @wolduh, Fang Wu @fxw052000, Laurie L. Ziegler @ziegler

Associate Professors: Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Norris Bruce @nxb018100, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Xianjun Geng @xxg091000, J. Richard Harrison @harrison, Ernan E. Haruvy @eeh017200, Surya N. Janakiraman @suryaj, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr. @rkiesch, Seung-Hyun Lee @sxl029100, Ningzhong Li @nxl124130, Lívia Markóczy @lxm055000, Amit Mehra @axm078200, Toyah Miller @tlm140330, Alp Muharremoglu @axm110431, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan @nataraj, Valery Polkovnichenko @vxp065000, Ashutosh Prasad @aprasad, Orlando C. Richard @pretty, Young U. Ryu @ryoung, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, Jane Salk @jes025000, Harpreet Singh @hxs104000, David J. Springate @spring8, Upender Subramanian @uxs092000, Kelsey D. Wei @kdw061000, Han (Victor) Xia @hxx110930, Jun Xia @jxx132030, Ying Xie @yxx124930, Yexiao Xu @yexiaoxu, Alejandro Zentner @axz051000, Jieying Zhang @jxz146230, Yuan Zhang @yxz122931, Feng Zhao @fxz082000, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng @zxz062000, Yibin Zhou @yxz066000

Clinical Associate Professors: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Larry Chasteen @chasteen, Sonia Leach @sel120030, Kannan Ramanathan @kxr087000, Carolyn Reichert @carolyn, Avanti P. Sethi @asethi, Kelly Slaughter @kts130030, James Szot @jxs011100, Mark Thouin @mxt083000, McClain Watson @jmw077000

Assistant Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci @mua120030, Emily Choi @exc113230, Bernhard Ganglmair @bxg107120, Dorothée Honhon @dbh130130, Kyle Hyndman @tdp062000, Atanu Lahiri @axl144730, Sheen Levine @ssl140530, Bin Li @bxl124230, Jun Li @jxl128031, Meng Li @mxl120531, Xiaolin Li @xxl157230, Naim Bugra Ozel @nbo150030, Arzu Ozoguz @axo101000, Anyan Qi @axq140430, Alejandro Rivera Mesias @axr150331, Alessio Saretto @axs125732, Serdar Simsek @axs158032, Gonca P. Soysal @gxs089000, Shaojie Tang @sxt146930, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Malcolm Wardlaw @mxw116330, Steven Xiao @sxx150930, Shengqi Ye @sxy143530, Nir Yehuda @nxy130530, Zhe (James) Zhang @zxz145430, Xiaofei Zhao @xxz137630

Clinical Assistant Professors: Athena Alimirzaei @axa134231, Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Judd Bradbury @jdb101000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Ayfer Gurun @axg119030, Maria Hasenhuttl @h1562, Julie Haworth @haworth, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks @jnh061000, Kristen Lawson @kal110030, Vance Lewis @vjl120030, Liping Ma @lxm133730, Ravi Narayan @rln130030, Dawn Owens @dmo130130, Parneet Pahwa @pxp030100, Anastasia V. Shcherbakova @axs138531, Jeanne Sluder @jis081000, Nassim Sohaee @nxs045000

Visiting.Assistant.Professor: Lale Guler @lxg152230

Senior Lecturers: Arthur M. Agulnek @axa022000, Semiramis Amirpour @sxa130731, Frank Anderson @fwa012000, Anindita Bardhan @axb149330, Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz, Richard Bowen @rxb073100, Monica E. Brussolo @meb049000, George DeCourcy @gad075000, Eugene (Gene) Deluke @gxd052000, Alexander Edsel @ade012000, Amal El-Ashmawi @ahe013000, Carol Flannery @flannery, Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Thomas (Tom) Henderson @txh093000, Jennifer G. Johnson @jxj091000, Jackie Kimzey @jxk092000, Chris Linsteadt @ccl019000, Michele Lockhart @mxl135930, Joseph Mauriello @jam151430, Victoria D. McCrady @vdm130030, Edward Meda @exm150330, Prithi Narasimhan @pxn152330, Madison Pedigo @mfp013000, Matt Polze @mmp062000, James Richards @jrr013500, Debra Richardson @dlr150330, Margaret Smallwood @meg012400, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Luell (Lou) Thompson @lot013000, Amy L. Troutman @amybass, Jeremy Vickers @jav064000, Robert Wright @rgw091000, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730, Hubert Zydorek @hxz120930

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours²

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

COMM 1311 Survey of Oral and Technology-based Communication

RHET 1302 Rhetoric

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Life and Physical Sciences core courses (see advisor and degree requirements)

Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture core courses (see advisor)

Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts core courses (see advisor)

American History: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from American History core courses (see advisor)

Government / Political Science: 6 semester credit hours

GOVT 2305 American National Government

GOVT 2306 State and Local Government

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

MATH 1326 Applied Calculus II

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics

II. Major Requirements: 62-68 semester credit hours (depending on the general or specific concentration plan)

Major Preparatory Courses: 15 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting³

ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting³

BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law³

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{3, 4}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{3, 4}

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I^{3, 4, 5}

MATH 1326 Applied Calculus II^{3, 4, 5}

OPRE 3333 Quantitative Business Analysis³

or MATH 2333 Matrices, Vectors, and Their Application^{3, 6}

STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics

or OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Major Core Courses: 29 semester credit hours

BA 1100 Business Basics and BA 3100 Professional Development⁷

or BA 3200 Introduction to Business Professional Development and Business Communication⁷

BCOM 3310 Business Communication

BCOM 4350 Advanced Business Communication

FIN 3320 Business Finance

ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business

OPRE 3310 Operations Management

OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior

MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

BPS 4305 Strategic Management

or ENTP 3320 with prior permission of instructor

IMS 3310 International Business

Major Related Courses: 18-24 semester credit hours (depending on the general or specific concentration plan)

Students may follow a general Business Administration degree plan or instead choose a concentration from the following:

• Business Analytics
• Business Economics
• Energy Management
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Insurance
• Real Estate Investment Management
• Sales

Each Concentration has core courses plus concentration electives.

General Business Option

Core course (3 semester credit hours)

ENTP 3301 Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Electives (15 semester credit hours)

A practicum experience is required; the student has the option of zero to 3 semester credit hours, depending on the particular internship, and preference for additional electives.

BA 4V90 Management Internship

BA 4090 Management Internship

Choose from the following to fulfill remaining Elective semester credit hours. At least 1 course from 3 of the 6 groups.

Group 1: Management - ENTP or OBHR prefixes

Group 2: Marketing - MKT prefix

Group 3: Finance and Accounting - ACCT, ENGY, FIN, MECO, REAL or RMIS prefixes

Group 4: Information Systems - ITSS prefix

Group 5: Business Environment - BCOM, BPS, BLAW, HMGT, or IMS prefixes

Group 6: Operations Management - OPRE prefix

Business Analytics Concentration

Core Courses (12 semester credit hours)

FIN 3390 Introduction to Financial Modeling

FIN 3395 Financial Modeling and Valuation

MKT 3340 Marketing Research

OBHR 4337 HR Analytics

Electives (9 semester credit hours)

A practicum experience is required; the student has the option of zero to 3 semester credit hours, depending on the particular internship, and preference for additional electives.

FIN 4V80 Practicum in Finance

FIN 4080 Practicum in Finance

ITSS 4V90 ITSS Internship

ITSS 4090 Information Technology and Systems Internship

MKT 4V90 Marketing Internship

MKT 4090 Marketing Internship

Choose from the following to fulfill remaining Elective semester credit hours:

ACCT 4301 or ITSS 4301 Database Systems

ITSS 3312 Object-Oriented Programming

ITSS 4300 Database Fundamentals

OPRE 4320 or ITSS 4343 Integrated SCM Information Systems

Business Economics Concentration

Core Courses (15 semester credit hours)

FIN 3350 Macroeconomics and Financial Markets

MECO 4351 Industrial Organization and Corporate Strategy

MECO 4352 Applied Econometrics and Times Series Analysis

And two courses approved by the department

Electives (9 semester credit hours)

A practicum experience is required; the student has the option of zero to 3 semester credit hours, depending on the particular internship, and preference for additional electives.

BA 4V90 Management Internship

BA 4090 Management Internship

Choose from the following to fulfill remaining Elective semester credit hours:

FIN 3390 Introduction to Financial Modeling

MECO 4342 Financial and Business Negotiation Analysis

RMIS 3370 or FIN 3370 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance

REAL 3305 or FIN 3305 Real Estate Principles

MKT 3340 Marketing Research

Energy Management Concentration

Core Courses (15 semester credit hours)

MECO 3300 or ENGY 3300 Introduction to Energy Technology

FIN 4313 or ENGY 4313 Energy Finance

MECO 3330 or ENGY 3330 Energy Economics

MECO 4300 or ENGY 4300 Energy Land Management

MKT 3340 Marketing Research

Electives (9 semester credit hours)

A practicum experience is required; the student has the option of zero to 3 semester credit hours, depending on the particular internship, and preference for additional electives.

BA 4V90 Management Internship

BA 4090 Management Internship

Choose from the following to fulfill remaining Elective semester credit hours:

OPRE 4330 Logistics and Inventory Management

MECO 4342 Financial and Business Negotiation Analysis

FIN 4340 Options and Futures Markets

FIN 4345 Financial Information and Analysis

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration

Core Courses (12 semester credit hours)

ENTP 3301 Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Select 9 semester credit hours from the following:

ENTP 3360 or FIN 3360 Entrepreneurial Finance

ENTP 4311 Entrepreneurial Strategy and Business Models

ENTP 4320 Small Business Management

or ENTP 4350 Corporate Entrepreneurship

Electives (12 semester credit hours)

A practicum experience is required; the student has the option of zero to 3 semester credit hours, depending on the particular internship, and preference for additional electives.

ENTP 4V90 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Internship

ENTP 4090 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Internship

Choose from the following to fulfill remaining Elective semester credit hours. At least 6 semester credit hours must have an ENTP prefix.

ENTP 3320 Start-up Launch I

ENTP 3321 Start-up Launch II

ENTP 4330 Entrepreneurial Marketing

ENTP 4340 Social Entrepreneurship

ENTP 4360 Innovation and Creativity

ENTP 4V00 Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

HMGT 3301 Introduction to Healthcare Management

IMS 4310 Export Market Development

IMS 4320 or MKT 4320 International Marketing

IMS 4330 Global Human Resource Management

MKT 3330 Introduction to Professional Selling

MKT 3340 Marketing Research

ENTP 4335 or MKT 4330 Digital and Internet Marketing

ENTP 4331 or MKT 4331 Digital Prospecting

OBHR 3311 Principles of Management

MKT 4336 E-Retailing

MKT 4338 Marketing Content Creation

Another upper-division course may be substituted for the non-ENTP courses listed above with advance permission.

Insurance Concentration

Core Courses (15 semester credit hours)

RMIS 3370 or FIN 3370 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance

RMIS 4331 or FIN 4331 Business Liability Risk Management and Insurance

RMIS 4332 or FIN 4332 Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance

RMIS 4333 or FIN 4333 Overview of Enterprise Risk Management

RMIS 4334 or FIN 4334 Insurance Law and Contracts

Electives (9 semester credit hours)

A practicum experience is required; the student has the option of zero to 3 semester credit hours, depending on the particular internship, and preference for additional electives.

FIN 4V80 Practicum in Finance

FIN 4080 Practicum in Finance

MKT 4V90 Marketing Internship

MKT 4090 Marketing Internship

Choose from the following to fulfill remaining Elective semester credit hours:

FIN 3330 Personal Financial Planning

FIN 3305 or REAL 3305 Real Estate Principles

MECO 4342 Financial and Business Negotiation Analysis

FIN 4335 Financial Aspects of Retirement and Employee Benefits

MKT 3340 Marketing Research

Real Estate Investment Management Concentration

Core Courses: (9 semester credit hours)

REAL 3305 or FIN 3305 Real Estate Principles

REAL 3365 or FIN 3365 Real Estate Finance and Principles

REAL 4321 or FIN 4321 Real Estate Law and Contracts

Electives (15 semester credit hours)

A practicum experience is required; the student has the option of zero to 3 semester credit hours, depending on the particular internship, and preference for additional electives.

REAL 4V80 Internship in Real Estate

REAL 4090 Real Estate Internship

Choose from the following to fulfill remaining Elective semester credit hours:

Any JSOM upper level courses, PA 3377 or GISC 4385

Sales Concentration

Core Courses (12 semester credit hours)

MKT 3330 Introduction to Professional Sales

MKT 4331 or ENTP 4331 Digital Prospecting

OBHR 3311 Principles of Management

OBHR 4352 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

Electives (12 semester credit hours)

A practicum experience is required; the student has the option of zero to 3 semester credit hours, depending on the particular internship, and preference for additional electives.

MKT 4V90 Marketing Internship⁸

MKT 4090 Marketing Internship

Choose from the following to fulfill remaining Elective semester credit hours:

BCOM 4310 Strategic Business Communications

FIN 3305 or REAL 3305 Real Estate Principles

FIN 3330 Personal Financial Planning

HMGT 3301 Introduction to Healthcare Management

MKT 3320 Product and Brand Management

MKT 4332 Advanced Personal Selling

MKT 4333 Retailing and Distribution

OBHR 4310 Business Ethics

III. Elective Requirements: 10-16 semester credit hours (depending on the general or specific concentration plan)

Free Electives: 10-16 semester credit hours

Both lower- and upper-division courses may count as electives but students must complete at least 51 semester credit hours of upper-division courses to qualify for graduation.