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
Professors: Ashiq Ali, Indranil R. Bardhan, Alain Bensoussan, Gary Bolton, Metín Çakanyildirim, Huseyin Cavusoglu, Daniel A. Cohen, William M. Cready, Milind Dawande, Theodore E. Day, Gregory G. Dess, Umit G. Gurun, Ernan E. Haruvy, Varghese S. Jacob, Sanjay Jain, Ganesh Janakiraman, Elena Katok, Dmitri Kuksov, Nanda Kumar, Seung-Hyun Lee, Stanley Liebowitz, Zhiang (John) Lin, Sumit K. Majumdar, Syam Menon, Vijay S. Mookerjee, B. P. S. Murthi, Vikram Nanda, Özalp Özer, Mike W. Peng, Hasan Pirkul, Ashutosh Prasad, Suresh Radhakrishnan, Srinivasan Raghunathan, Ram C. Rao, Brian Ratchford, Michael J. Rebello, Sumit Sarkar, Suresh P. Sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke, Riki Takeuchi, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang, John J. Wiorkowski, Harold Zhang, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng
Professor Emeritus: Dale Osborne
Clinical Professors: John Barden, Britt Berrett, Abhijit Biswas, Ranavir Bose, Pamela Foster Brady, Shawn Carraher, Larry Chasteen, Paul Convery, David Cordell, Kutsal Dogan, Howard Dover, Forney Fleming III, John Gamino, Randall S. Guttery, Charles Hazzard, William Hefley, Robert Hicks, Gerald (Jerry) Hoag, Marilyn Kaplan, Ching-Chung Kuo, Sonia Leach, Peter Lewin, Jeffrey Manzi, John F. McCracken, Dennis McCuistion, Diane S. McNulty, Joseph Picken, Divakar Rajamani, Daniel Rajaratnam, David Ritchey, Rajiv Shah, Mark Thouin, Keith Thurgood, Jeff Weekley, Habte Woldu, Fang Wu, Laurie L. Ziegler
Associate Professors: Nina Baranchuk, Norris Bruce, Jianqing Chen, Zhonglan Dai, Rebecca Files, Xianjun Geng, J. Richard Harrison, Dorothée Honhon, Kyle Hyndman, Surya N. Janakiraman, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr., Atanu Lahiri, Jun Li, Ningzhong Li, Lívia Markóczy, Amit Mehra, Toyah Miller, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan, Naim Bugra Ozel, H. Dennis Park, Valery Polkovnichenko, Cuili Qian, Orlando C. Richard, Young U. Ryu, Gil Sadka, Jane Salk, Harpreet Singh, David J. Springate, Upender Subramanian, Kelsey D. Wei, Han (Victor) Xia, Jun Xia, Ying Xie, Yexiao Xu, Alejandro Zentner, Jieying Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Feng Zhao, Yibin Zhou
Clinical Associate Professors: Steven Guengerich, Lale Guler, David Parks, Carolyn Reichert, Avanti P. Sethi, Kelly Slaughter, Jeanne Sluder, James Szot, McClain Watson
Assistant Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci, Qi (George) Chen, Khai Chiong, Emily Choi, Bernhard Ganglmair, Nathan Goldman, Ying Huang, Sora Jun, Sheen Levine, Meng Li, Xiaolin Li, Maria Loumioti, Jean-Marie Meier, Radha Mookerjee, Anyan Qi, Alejandro Rivera Mesias, Alessio Saretto, Simon Siegenthaler, Serdar Simsek, Shaojie Tang, Christian Von-Drathen, Shouqiang Wang, Malcolm Wardlaw, Junfeng Wu, Steven Xiao, Shengqi Ye, Nir Yehuda, Zhe (James) Zhang, Xiaofei Zhao
Clinical Assistant Professors: Shawn Alborz, Athena Alimirzaei, Christina (Krysta) Betanzos, Moran Blueshtein, Judd Bradbury, Jerome Gafford, Ayfer Gurun, Maria Hasenhuttl, Julie Haworth, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks, Revansiddha Khanapure, Kristen Lawson, Kathryn Lookadoo, Liping Ma, Sarah Moore, Ravi Narayan, Dawn Owens, Parneet Pahwa, Jason Parker, Drew Peabody, Nassim Sohaee
Senior Lecturers: Semiramis Amirpour, Frank Anderson, Vivek Arora, Tiffany A. Bortz, Richard Bowen, Monica E. Brussolo, Juliann Chapman, George DeCourcy, Eugene (Gene) Deluke, Alexander Edsel, Amal El-Ashmawi, Carol Flannery, Mary Beth Goodrich, Thomas (Tom) Henderson, Jennifer G. Johnson, Jackie Kimzey, Chris Linsteadt, Joseph Mauriello, Victoria D. McCrady, Edward Meda, Robert (Stephen) Molina, Prithi Narasimhan, Mohammad Naseri Taheri, Madison Pedigo, Matt Polze, James Richards, Debra Richardson, Anindita Roy Bardhan, Kashif Saeed, Margaret Smallwood, Steven Solcher, Luell (Lou) Thompson, Amy L. Troutman, Robert Wright, Kathy Zolton, Hubert Zydorek
I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours2
Communication: 6 semester credit hours
COMM 1311 Survey of Oral and Technology-based Communication
Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours
MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I3, 4, 5
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
Choose one of the following:
BA 1320 Business in a Global World3, 4
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics3, 4
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics3, 4
Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours
Choose two of the following:
BA 1320 Business in a Global World3, 4
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics3, 4
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics3, 4
II. Major Requirements: 59-68 semester credit hours (depending on the general or specific concentration plan)
Major Preparatory Courses: 12 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum
ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting3
ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting3
BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law3
MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I3, 4, 5
OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty
or STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics
BA 1310 Principles of Business Decision Making
or ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics3, 4
BA 1320 Business in a Global World3, 4
or ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics3, 4
Major Core Courses: 29-32 semester credit hours
BA 1100 Business Basics and BA 3100 Professional Development6
or BA 3200 Introduction to Business and Professional Development6
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
or OBHR 3330 Introduction to Human Resource Management
MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing
BPS 4305 Strategic Management
or ENTP 3320 Start-up Launch I (with prior permission of instructor)7
IMS 3310 International Business
A community engagement experience is required; the student has the option of zero or 3 semester credit hours, depending on the particular experience, and preference for additional electives.
ENTP 4340 Social Sector Engagement and Community Outreach
BA 4095 Social Sector Engagement and Community Outreach Practicum
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
- Risk Management and 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 - BA, 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 Financial Markets and Institutions
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:
ENGY 3340 Energy Law and Contracts
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 Management8
or ENTP 4350 Corporate Entrepreneurship8
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
BA 4V90 Management Internship
BA 4090 Management Internship
Choose from the following to fulfill remaining Elective semester credit hours. At least 6 semester credit hours must have an ENTP prefix.
ENTP 3321 Start-up Launch II
ENTP 4330 Entrepreneurial Marketing
ENTP 4340 Social Sector Engagement and Community Outreach
ENTP 4360 Innovation and Creativity
ENTP 4V00 Special Topics in Entrepreneurship
ENTP 4320 Small Business Management8
or ENTP 4350 Corporate Entrepreneurship8
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
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.
Risk Management and 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
RMIS 3375 Life, Accident and Health Insurance
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
BA 4V90 Management Internship
BA 4090 Management 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 (9 semester credit hours)
MKT 3330 Introduction to Professional Sales
MKT 4331 or ENTP 4331 Digital Prospecting
OBHR 4352 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
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.
MKT 4V90 Marketing Internship9
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: 10-19 semester credit hours (depending on the general or specific concentration plan)
Free Electives: 10-19 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.
1. Incoming freshmen must enroll and complete requirements of UNIV 1010 and the corresponding school-related freshman seminar course. Students, including transfer students, who complete their core curriculum at UT Dallas must take UNIV 2020.
2. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.
3. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.
4. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Semester credit hours are counted in Core Curriculum.
5. Students may elect to substitute MATH 2413 or MATH 2417.
6. JSOM freshmen are required to take BA 1100 and BA 3100. Transfer students and students new to JSOM are required to take BA 3200.
7. ENTP 3320 can be used to fulfill elective hours for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration if not counted as a Major Core Course.
8. ENTP 4320 or ENTP 4350 can be used to fulfill elective hours for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration if not counted as a Concentration Core Course.
9. A three credit hour internship may be used for ONE Sales elective. All internships must be approved by the program.