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, Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Milind Dawande @milind, Gregory G. Dess @ggd021000, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, Dorothée Honhon @dbh130130, Kyle Hyndman @tdp062000, Varghese S. Jacob @vjacob, Sanjay Jain @sxj164830, Ganesh Janakiraman @gxj091000, Elena Katok @emk120030, Dmitri Kuksov @dgk120030, Nanda Kumar @nkumar, Seung-Hyun Lee @sxl029100, Stanley Liebowitz @liebowit, Zhiang (John) Lin @zlin, Sumit K. Majumdar @skm021100, Stanimir Markov @sxm079200, Amit Mehra @axm078200, 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, Cuili Qian @cxq170330, Suresh Radhakrishnan @sradhakr, Srinivasan Raghunathan @sraghu, Ram C. Rao @rrao, Brian Ratchford @btr051000, Michael J. Rebello @mjr071000, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, Sumit Sarkar @sumit, Suresh P. Sethi @sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke @kes021000, Riki Takeuchi @rxt173730, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang @wkt071000, Jun Xia @jxx132030, Ying Xie @yxx124930, Harold Zhang @hxz054000, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng @zxz062000

Associate Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci @mua120030, Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Michael Hasler @mxh190031, Bin Hu @bxh180009, Surya N. Janakiraman @suryaj, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr. @rkiesch, Atanu Lahiri @axl144730, Jun Li @jxl128031, Ningzhong Li @nxl124130, Maria Loumioti @mxl175830, Lívia Markóczy @lxm055000, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan @nataraj, Naim Bugra Ozel @nbo150030, H. Dennis Park @hxp174230, Anyan Qi @axq140430, Young U. Ryu @ryoung, Serdar Simsek @axs158032, Harpreet Singh @hxs104000, Upender Subramanian @uxs092000, Shaojie Tang @sxt146930, Shouqiang Wang @sxw163830, Kelsey D. Wei @kdw061000, Han (Victor) Xia @hxx110930, Yexiao Xu @yexiaoxu, Alejandro Zentner @axz051000, Jieying Zhang @jxz146230, Yuan Zhang @yxz122931, Zhe (James) Zhang @zxz145430, Feng Zhao @fxz082000, Yibin Zhou @yxz066000

Assistant Professors: Khai Chiong @kxc173030, Rafael Copat @rxc190027, Soraya Fatehi @sxf200005, Andrew Frazelle @aef180002, Ying Huang @yxh124430, Joonhwi Joo @jxj180020, Sora Jun @sxj177030, Jason Kautz @jdk200000, Tongil Kim @txk200012, Sheen Levine @ssl140530, Christopher Mace @cxm200014, Samir Mamadehussene @sxm200118, Jean-Marie Meier @jmm172030, Zixuan Meng @zxm200005, Radha Mookerjee @rvm019000, Jedson Pinto @jpp200002, Ignacio Rios Uribe @iar200000, Alejandro Rivera Mesias @axr150331, Simon Siegenthaler @sxs177933, Kirti Sinha @kxs190050, Shujing Sun @sxs200168, Xiaoxiao Tang @xxt180003, Shervin Tehrani @sst180003, Ashwin Venkataraman @axv190029, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Guihua Wang @gxw130630, Hongchang Wang @hxw140930, Pingle Wang @pxw200007, Junfeng Wu @jxw175430, Steven Xiao @sxx150930

Professor Emeritus: R. Chandrasekaran @chandra

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, Britt Berrett @brb051000, Abhijit Biswas @axb019100, Shawn Carraher @smc130730, Larry Chasteen @chasteen, Paul Convery @pxc141930, Tevfik Dalgic @tdalgic, Howard Dover @hfd021000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, William Hefley @weh150130, Robert Hicks @rfh041000, Robert Kaiser @rck180000, Marilyn Kaplan @mkaplan, Van Latham @vml170230, Sonia Leach @sel120030, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130, John F. McCracken @jfm, Diane S. McNulty @dmcnulty, Larry Norton @lxn171230, Divakar Rajamani @dxr020100, Daniel Rajaratnam @dxr143430, Kannan Ramanathan @kxr087000, Prakash Shrivastava @pcs130130, Mark Thouin @mxt083000, McClain Watson @jmw077000, Jeff Weekley @jaw160330, Habte Woldu @wolduh, Fang Wu @fxw052000, Laurie L. Ziegler @ziegler

Clinical Associate Professors: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Dawn Owens @dmo130130, Carolyn Reichert @carolyn, Avanti P. Sethi @asethi, Ramesh Subramoniam @rxs179630, Aysegul Toptal @axt083100, David Widdifield @dsw180001

Clinical Assistant Professors: Athena Alimirzaei @axa134231, Christina (Krysta) Betanzos @clb120030, Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks @jnh061000, Dupinderjeet Kaur @dxk110730, Revansiddha Khanapure @rbk160130, Kristen Lawson @kal110030, Liping Ma @lxm133730, Parneet Pahwa @pxp030100, Jason Parker @jap090020

Professors of Instruction: Semiramis Amirpour @sxa130731, Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Chris Linsteadt @ccl019000, Suzette Plaisance Bryan @stp170002, Matt Polze @mmp062000, Luell (Lou) Thompson @lot013000

Associate Professors of Instruction: Judd Bradbury @jdb101000, Monica E. Brussolo @meb049000, Ayfer Gurun @axg119030, Maria Hasenhuttl @h1562, Julie Haworth @haworth, Thomas (Tom) Henderson @txh093000, Jennifer G. Johnson @jxj091000, Kathryn Lookadoo @kxl164330, Sarah Moore @sem054000, Mohammad Naseri Taheri @mxn121930, Hirofumi Nishi @hxn210016, Daniel Sibley @dcs170002, Agnieszka Skuza @axo027000, Hubert Zydorek @hxz120930

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Negin Enayaty Ahangar @nxe180001, Daniel Karnuta @dxk173030, Joseph Mauriello @jam151430, Victoria D. McCrady @vdm130030, Rasoul Ramezani @rxr145930, Gaurav Shekhar @gxs150130

Professors of Practice: Gregory Ballew @geb011100, Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz, Ranavir Bose @rxb132730, Alexander Edsel @ade012000, Charles Haseman @cxh180018, Rajiv Shah @rxs079000, Donald Taylor @det190000, Keith Thurgood @klt160130

Associate Professors of Practice: Nozar Hassanzadeh @nozarh, Jackie Kimzey @jxk092000, Julie Lynch @jxl180030, Jennifer Murray @jrm160330, David Parks @dxp153830, Margaret Smallwood @meg012400, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730

Assistant Professors of Practice: Khatereh Ahadi @kxa180010, Steven Haynes @sxh102420, Abu Naser Islam @nxi110630, Edward Meda @exm150330, Paul Nichols @pxn120030, Timothy Stephens @tgs170130, Guido Tirone @gxt170001, Robert Wright @rgw091000

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours²

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Communication Core courses (see advisor)

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I^{3, 4, 5, 6}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics Core courses⁵ (see advisor)

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

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Government/Political Science Option courses (see advisor)

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours

Choose one of the following:⁷

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{3, 4}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{3, 4}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{3, 4}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{3, 4}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences Core courses (see advisor)

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

Choose two of the following:⁷

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{3, 4}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{3, 4}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{3, 4}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{3, 4}

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core courses (see advisor)

II. Major Requirements: 66-75 semester credit hours (depending on the general or specific concentration plan)

Students must meet all course prerequisites.

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 I^{3, 4, 5, 6}

OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty

or STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics

Choose two of the following:⁷

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{3, 4}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{3, 4}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{3, 4}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{3, 4}

Major Core Courses: 36-39 semester credit hours

BA 3300 Advanced Topics in Capitalism: Ideas and Challenges That Shape Our World

BCOM 1300 Professional Communication⁸

or BCOM 3300 Business Communication⁸

BCOM 4300 Advanced Professional Communication

BPS 4305 Strategic Management

or ENTP 3320 Start-up Launch I⁹

BPS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Business

or ENTP 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Entrepreneurship

FIN 3320 Business Finance

IMS 3310 International Business

ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business

MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior

or OBHR 3330 Introduction to Human Resource Management

OPRE 3310 Supply Chain and Operations Management

OPRE 3330 Project Management

A community engagement experience is required, with registration in one of the courses below. Depending on the service and preference for additional electives, the student has the option of zero or 3 semester credit hours.

BPS 4396 Social Impact and Community Engagement

or ENTP 4340 Social Sector Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement

or MKT 4360 Social Impact Marketing

or BA 4095 Social Sector Engagement and Community Outreach Practicum

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

Each Concentration has core courses plus concentration electives. Students may follow a general Business Administration degree plan (General Business Option) or instead choose a concentration from the following:

General Business Option: 18 semester credit hours

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the courses below. Depending on the internship and preference for additional electives, the student may qualify for a zero to 3 semester credit hours course with the BS BA Program Director's approval.

BA 4V90 Management Internship

BA 4090 Management Internship¹⁰

Choose the remaining upper-division courses not used elsewhere on the degree plan from the groups below. Students choosing this option must select their courses from at least 3 different 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 Economics Concentration: 24 semester credit hours

Core Courses: 12 semester credit hours

FIN 3350 Financial Markets and Institutions

MECO 4303 Decisions, Behavior, and Business Policy

MECO 4351 Industrial Organization and Corporate Strategy

MECO 4352 Applied Econometrics and Time Series Analysis

Electives: 12 semester credit hours

Any upper-division courses listed below can satisfy guided elective requirements in prior BS BA catalogs for Business Economics concentration if hours are not used elsewhere on the student's degree plan. With advanced written permission from the Business Economics Program Director, 3 semester credit hours of equivalent or similar upper-level courses not used elsewhere on the degree plan may fulfill one guided elective.

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the courses below. Depending on the internship and preference for additional electives, the student may qualify for a zero to 3 semester credit hours course with the BS BA Program Director's approval.

BA 4V90 Management Internship

BA 4090 Management Internship¹⁰

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

Any MECO upper-division course

FIN 3390 Introduction to Financial Modeling

MECO 4342 Financial and Business Negotiation Analysis

MKT 3340 Marketing Research

REAL 3305 Real Estate Principles

or FIN 3305 Real Estate Principles

RMIS 3370 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance

or FIN 3370 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance

Energy Management Concentration: 24 semester credit hours

Core Courses: 12 semester credit hours

ENGY 3301 Managing Carbon Assets: Oil, Gas, and Coal

ENGY 3302 Managing Power and Renewable Energy Assets; Sustainability

And choose 2 of the following:

ENGY 3340 Energy Law and Contracts

or BLAW 4301 International Law

ENGY 4313 Energy Finance

MECO 4342 Financial and Business Negotiation Analysis

Electives: 12 semester credit hours

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the courses below. Depending on the internship and preference for additional electives, the student may qualify for a zero to 3 semester credit hours course with the BS BA Program Director's approval.

BA 4V90 Management Internship

BA 4090 Management Internship¹⁰

Choose from the following to fulfill the remaining Elective semester credit hours, if not already chosen as energy core:

ENGY 3340 Energy Law and Contracts

or BLAW 4301 International Law

ENGY 4313 Energy Finance

FIN 4340 Options and Futures Markets

FIN 4345 Financial Information and Analysis

GEOS 1303 Physical Geology

MECO 3330 Energy Economics

or ENGY 3330 Energy Economics

MECO 4342 Financial and Business Negotiation Analysis

NATS 2333 Energy, Water, and the Environment

OPRE 4330 Global Logistics and Inventory Management

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration: 24 semester credit hours

Core Courses: 12 semester credit hours

ENTP 3301 Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Select 9 semester credit hours from the following:¹¹

ENTP 3360 Entrepreneurial Finance

or FIN 3360 Entrepreneurial Finance

ENTP 4311 Entrepreneurial Strategy and Business Models

ENTP 4320 Small Business Management

ENTP 4350 Corporate Entrepreneurship

ENTP 4398 Venture Capital Seed Fund

ENTP 4399 Lean Innovation for Public Services

Electives: 12 semester credit hours

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the courses below. Depending on the internship and preference for additional electives, the student may qualify for a zero to 3 semester credit hours course with the BS BA Program Director's approval.

BA 4V90 Management Internship

BA 4090 Management Internship¹⁰

ENTP 4V90 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Internship

ENTP 4090 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Internship

Choose from the following to fulfill the remaining Elective semester credit hours. At least 6 semester credit hours must have an ENTP prefix. Another upper-division course may be substituted for the non-ENTP courses listed below with advanced written permission from the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program Director.

ENTP 3320 Start-up Launch I⁹

ENTP 3321 Start-up Launch II

ENTP 3360 Entrepreneurial Finance¹¹

or FIN 3360 Entrepreneurial Finance¹¹

ENTP 4311 Entrepreneurial Strategy and Business Models¹¹

ENTP 4320 Small Business Management¹¹

ENTP 4330 Entrepreneurial Marketing

ENTP 4331 Digital Prospecting

or MKT 4331 Digital Prospecting

ENTP 4335 Digital and Internet Marketing

or MKT 4330 Digital and Internet Marketing

ENTP 4350 Corporate Entrepreneurship¹¹

ENTP 4360 Innovation and Creativity

ENTP 4398 Venture Capital Seed Fund¹¹

ENTP 4399 Lean Innovation for Public Services¹¹

ENTP 4V00 Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

HMGT 3301 Introduction to Healthcare Management

IMS 4310 Export Market Development

IMS 4320 International Marketing

or MKT 4320 International Marketing

IMS 4330 Global Human Resource Management

MKT 3330 Introduction to Professional Selling

MKT 3340 Marketing Research

MKT 4336 E-Retailing

MKT 4338 Marketing Content Creation

Risk Management and Insurance Concentration: 24 semester credit hours

Core Courses: 15 semester credit hours

RMIS 3370 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance

or FIN 3370 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance

RMIS 4331 Business Liability Risk Management and Insurance

or FIN 4331 Business Liability Risk Management and Insurance

RMIS 4332 Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance

or FIN 4332 Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance

RMIS 4333 Enterprise Risk Management

or FIN 4333 Enterprise Risk Management

RMIS 4334 Insurance Law and Contracts

or FIN 4334 Insurance Law and Contracts

Electives: 9 semester credit hours

Any upper-division courses listed below can satisfy guided elective requirements in prior BS BA catalogs for Risk Management and Insurance concentration if not used elsewhere on the student's degree plan.

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the courses below. Depending on the internship and preference for additional electives, the student may qualify for a zero to 3 semester credit hours course with the BS BA Program Director's approval.

FIN 4V80 Practicum in Finance

FIN 4080 Finance Internship

MKT 4V90 Marketing Internship

MKT 4090 Marketing Internship

BA 4V90 Management Internship

BA 4090 Management Internship¹⁰

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

REAL 3305 Real Estate Principles

or FIN 3305 Real Estate Principles

MKT 3330 Introduction to Professional Selling

RMIS 4336 Risk Systems and Theories

or FIN 4336 Risk Systems and Theories

RMIS 4338 Foundations of Risk Analytics and Applications

or FIN 4338 Foundations of Risk Analytics and Applications

Real Estate Investment Management Concentration: 24 semester credit hours

Core Courses: 18 semester credit hours

REAL 3305 Real Estate Principles

or FIN 3305 Real Estate Principles

REAL 3358 Real Estate Markets and Investments

or FIN 3358 Real Estate Markets and Investments

REAL 3365 Real Estate Finance and Principles

or FIN 3365 Real Estate Finance and Principles

REAL 4321 Real Estate Law and Contracts

or FIN 4321 Real Estate Law and Contracts

REAL 4328 Real Estate Valuation

or FIN 4328 Real Estate Valuation

REAL 4332 Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance

or RMIS 4332 Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance

Electives: 6 semester credit hours

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the courses below. Depending on the internship and preference for additional electives, the student may qualify for a zero to 3 semester credit hours course with the BS BA Program Director's approval.

BA 4V90 Management Internship

BA 4090 Management Internship¹⁰

FIN 4V80 Practicum in Finance

FIN 4080 Finance Internship

REAL 4V80 Internship in Real Estate

REAL 4090 Real Estate Internship

Sales Concentration: 24 semester credit hours

Core Courses: 12 semester credit hours

MKT 3330 Introduction to Professional Selling

MKT 3331 Principles of Category Management¹²

or MKT 4332 Advanced Professional Sales¹²

MKT 4331 Digital Prospecting

or ENTP 4331 Digital Prospecting

OBHR 4352 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

Electives: 12 semester credit hours

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the courses below. Depending on the internship and preference for additional electives, the student may qualify for a zero to 3 semester credit hours course with the BS BA Sales Program Director's approval.

MKT 4V90 Marketing Internship¹³

MKT 4090 Marketing Internship

BA 4090 Management Internship¹⁰

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

REAL 3305 Real Estate Principles

or FIN 3305 Real Estate Principles

FIN 3300 Personal Finance

HMGT 3301 Introduction to Healthcare Management

MKT 3320 Product and Brand Management

MKT 3331 Principles of Category Management¹²

MKT 4332 Advanced Professional Sales¹²

MKT 4333 Retail Operations

OBHR 4310 Business Ethics

III. Elective Requirements: 3-12 semester credit hours (depending on the general or specific concentration plan)

Free Electives: 3-12 semester credit hours

Both lower- and upper-division courses may count as electives.

The plan must include sufficient upper-division courses to total 45 upper-division semester credit hours.

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. In order to make timely degree progress, students should complete MATH 1325 or its equivalent by the end of their first semester at UT Dallas. Students who will not meet this requirement should contact their academic advisor to discuss their degree timeline.

7. Certain courses listed are prerequisites for major core (e.g., BA 1310 or ECON 2302 for BA 3300), major concentration, or major related courses. Choose accordingly.

8. JSOM first-time-in-college freshmen are required to take BCOM 1300 in their first semester. Transfer students and students new to JSOM are required to take BCOM 3300 in their first semester.

9. ENTP 3320 can be used to fulfill elective hours for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration if not counted as a Major Core Course.

10. Students who are employed in full-time jobs may fulfill their internship requirement with their current employer as a special project with preapproval from their program director.

11. Any course not counted in the concentration core can fulfill the elective hours for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration.

12. MKT 3331 or MKT 4332 can be used to fulfill elective hours for the Sales Concentration if not counted as a Concentration Core Course.

13. A three credit hour internship may be used for ONE Sales elective. All internships must be approved by the program.