Bachelor of Business Administration

BBA Objective

The objective of Idaho State University's Bachelor of Business Administration program is to assist students to take their places in business and society, domestic and worldwide. The program develops in students inquiring minds and critical thinking so they can analyze problems, implement courses of action, and function within an organization.

The College of Business offers major areas of study designed both to equip students for immediate entry into the professional world and to meet the challenges of our changing environment. The College delivers daytime and nighttime courses to meet the needs of both traditional and non-traditional students within the ISU primary service area.

General Education Requirements

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Business Administration degree must complete Goals 1-9, 10A or 10B, and 11-12. (Note that certain goals may be met by specific College of Business requirements listed below: Goal 3 by MATH 120; Goal 11 by ECON 201 and 202.)

Specific College of Business Graduation Requirements

Several of the specific graduation requirements listed below may also be used to satisfy General Education Requirements (Goals 1-12).

ENGL 101            English Composition           3 cr
ENGL 201            Critical Reading and Writing  3 cr
ENGL 308            Business Communications       3 cr
SPCH 301            Business and Professional               
                    Speaking                      3 cr 
ECON 201-202        Economic Principles and            
                    Problems                      6 cr 
MATH 120            Essentials of Calculus        4 cr
                                                  TOTAL 22 cr

A minimum of 64 credits of non-business credits are required to graduate. Minimum credits required to graduate, 128 credits.

Core Requirements

To assure a minimum level of competence in all functional areas of business, the College of Business requires each student to complete the following courses:

ACCT 201            Principles of Accounting I    3 cr
ACCT 202            Principles of Accounting II   3 cr
                    OR
ACCT 241            Managerial Cost Accounting    3 cr

(Accounting and Finance Majors must complete ACCT 241. Other Business Majors may choose either ACCT 202 or ACCT 241.)

CIS 381             Management Information   
                    Systems                       3 cr
FIN 310             International Business and              
                    Financial Markets             3 cr
FIN 315             Corporate Financial
                    Management                    3 cr
MGT 216             Business Statistics           3 cr
MGT 217             Advanced Business Statistics  3 cr
MGT 261             Legal Environment of     
                    Organizations                 3 cr 
MGT 312             Individual and Organizational               
                    Behavior                      3 cr 
MGT 329             Operations/Production              
                    Management                    3 cr 
MGT 460             Problems in Policy and             
                    Management                    3 cr 
MKTG 325            Basic Marketing Management    3 cr
                                                  TOTAL: 36 cr

College of Business Residency Requirement

Of the last 40 credits applied to meet graduation requirements, 32 must be completed in residence at Idaho State University including adult learning centers. Of these, at least 18 upper division credits directly applicable to the business core requirements or a student's major in a business field must be taken on the ISU Pocatello campus or at the Idaho Falls Higher Education Center. At least half of all business credits taken to meet B.B.A. degree requirements must be taken in Pocatello or Idaho Falls. At least half of the credits used to meet business major requirements must be taken in Pocatello or Idaho Falls. No more than 16 credits of correspondence or one-way media instruction may be used to satisfy degree requirements.

Admission to Major Status

Students wishing to major in disciplines offered in the College of Business are first enrolled at ISU as Pre-Business students. To move from Pre-Business status to Business major status, students must be formally admitted to the College of Business. Students begin the admission process by completing an application form and submitting it, together with an official copy of their transcript, to the office of the College of Business. The application process should occur during the semester in which the student will complete the following requirements:

(1) complete at least 58 credit hours.

(2) complete the remainder of the specific lower division requirements listed in item #2 below.

All College of Business majors are required to meet the Minimum Criteria listed below before they may enroll in upper division College of Business courses (those courses numbered 300 and above). Pre-business students enrolled in upper division College of Business courses without admission to Business major status will be administratively withdrawn. Pre-Business status remains in effect until the student meets the Business major admission requirements.

Incoming freshmen or transfer students should plan their scheduled course work in order to complete the requirements for admission to Business major status. Information regarding Business major status along with application for admission are available from the Assistant Dean, College of Business, BA 202. Phone (208) 236-3448.

Minimum Criteria for Admission to Business Major Status

1. Students must be officially admitted to Idaho State University.
2. Students must successfully complete the following lower division courses or their equivalent: ECON 201 and ECON 202 (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics); ACCT 201 (Principles of Financial Accounting) and either ACCT 202 (Principles of Managerial Accounting) or ACCT 241 (Managerial Cost Accounting); ENGL 101 (English Composition); SPCH 101 (Principles of Speech); MATH 120 (Essentials of Calculus); and MGT 216 (Business Statistics). Successful completion means that students must have passed each course and have an overall 2.25 grade point average among these seven required classes. Application may be made during the semester in which the student completes the remainder of these seven courses.
3. Students must have a minimum overall cumulative grade point average of 2.25.
4. Students must have completed 58 credit hours. The 58 hours may include transfer credits and courses the student is taking during the application semester.
5. Students must submit to the office of the College of Business a completed application form and an official copy of their transcript. This application process must be completed by March 1 for Summer admission, by April 1 for Fall admission, and by November 1 for Spring admission.

   Major Area Requirements

   Accounting Major

   Required Courses*

   CIS 382             Systems Analysis              3 cr
   ACCT 323            Intermediate Accounting I     3 cr
   ACCT 324            Intermediate Accounting II    3 cr
   ACCT 331            Individual Income Taxation    3 cr
   ACCT 332            Business and Fiduciary
                       Taxation                      3 cr
   ACCT 342            Advanced Managerial Cost
                       Accounting                    3 cr
   ACCT 350            Junior Accounting Seminar     1 cr
   ACCT 456            Auditing                      3 cr
   ACCT 460            Governmental and 
                       Not-for-Profit Accounting     3 cr
   ACCT 461            Advanced Accounting I         3 cr
                                                     TOTAL: 28 cr
   

   *Students must receive a grade of C or better in any accounting course applied toward the accounting major requirements.

   Computer Information Systems Major

   Required Courses

   CIS 220             Foundations of Computer
                       Programming                   3 cr
   CIS 221             Advanced Business
                       Programming                   3 cr
   CIS 382             Systems Analysis              3 cr
   CIS 480             Data Base Management
                       Systems                       3 cr
   CIS 482             Advanced System Analysis
                       & Design                      3 cr
   CIS 490             Management of Information
                       Systems                       3 cr
   

   Select TWO of the following:

   CIS 418             Quantitative Methods          3 cr
   CIS 420             Survey of Computer
                       Languages                     3 cr
   CIS 424             Decision Support Systems      3 cr
   CIS 484             Expert Systems in Business    3 cr
   CIS 485             Network & Communications
                       Systems                       3 cr
   CIS 486             Business Systems Simulation   3 cr
   CIS 487             Software Systems              3 cr
   CIS 491             Seminar in Computer 
                       Information Systems           3 cr
   CIS 492             Special Problems in Computer
                       Information Systems           3 cr
                                                     TOTAL: 24 cr
   

   Courses outside business also may be used to satisfy elective requirements. CIS Faculty Committee approval is required for electives outside business. The College of Business will grant credit for any equivalent computer courses taken in a State of Idaho vocationaltechnical school upon the filing of a petition by a student enrolled at Idaho State University. The student must have received a grade of C or better in the courses taken. This only applies to 100-200 level courses in the College of Business. The question of an equivalent course will be established by the College of Business's CIS Faculty Committee. Students who wish to complete the Data Processing Managers Association curriculum should take CIS 276 and ACCT 241.

   Finance Major

   Required Courses

   FIN 405             Advanced Corp Financial
                       Management I                  3 cr
   FIN 450             Advanced Corp Financial
                       Management II                 3 cr
   FIN 478             Investments                   3 cr
   

   Select TWO of the following:

   FIN 403             Real Estate Property
                       Appraisal                     3 cr
   FIN 445             Real Estate Finance           3 cr
   FIN 448             Fin Management of Depository
                       Institutions                  3 cr
   FIN 464             Risk Management and
                       Insurance                     3 cr
   FIN 475             International Finance         3 cr
   FIN 491             Seminar in Finance            3 cr
   FIN 492             Special Problems in
                       Finance                       2-3 cr
   ACCT 342            Advanced Managerial Cost
                       Accounting                    3 cr
                                                     TOTAL: 15 cr
   

   Management Major

   Management majors may earn a degree in management without emphasis or a degree in management with emphasis in either Human Resources/Industrial Relations or in Production/Operations Management. The requirements for each alternative are the following:

   Management Major Without Emphasis:

   1. Required:
      MGT 441 3 cr
   2. One of the following
      MGT 373, MGT 383 3 cr
   3. Any four electives from the list below: 12 cr MGT 362 Business Law 3 cr MGT 373 Personnel/Human
      Resources Management 3 cr MGT 380 Labor Law and Legislation 3 cr MGT 383 Industrial Relations 3 cr MGT 430 Advanced Operations/ Production Mgmt 3 cr MGT 434 Productivity and Quality 3 cr MGT 450 Manufacturing Strategy 3 cr MGT 457 Organization Development 3 cr MGT 462 Issues in Business and Society 3 cr MGT 464 Organization Theory 3 cr MGT 465 International Business 3 cr MGT 474 Advanced Personnel/Human Resource Mgmt 3 cr MGT 491 Seminar in Management 3 cr MGT 492 Special Problems in Management 3 cr TOTAL 18 cr Production/Operations Management Emphasis:
      1. Required:
         MGT 441 3 cr
      2. One of the following:
         MGT 383, MGT 373 3 cr
      3. Two out of three:
         MGT 430, MGT 434, MGT 450 6 cr
      4. Any two electives from the list below: 6 cr MGT 430 Advanced Operations/ Production Mgmt 3 cr MGT 434 Productivity and Quality 3 cr MGT 450 Manufacturing Strategy 3 cr MGT 457 Organization Development 3 cr MGT 462 Issues In Business and Society 3 cr MGT 465 International Business 3 cr MGT 491 Seminar in Management (When subject is related to P/OM) 3 cr MGT 492 Special Problems in Management (When subject is related to P/OM) 3 cr ACCT 342 Advanced Managerial Cost Accounting 3 cr CIS 418 Quantitative Methods 3 cr CIS 480 Data Base Management Systems 3 cr CIS 482 Advanced System Analysis & Development 3 cr CIS 486 Business Systems Simulation 3 cr MKTG 431 Purchasing and Materials Management 3 cr TOTAL 18 cr Human Resources/Industrial Relations Emphasis:
         1. Required:
            MGT 441, MGT 373, MGT 383 9 cr
         2. One of the following
            MGT 380, MGT 474 3 cr
         3. Any two electives from the list below: 6 cr MGT 362 Business Law 3 cr MGT 380 Labor Law and Legislation 3 cr MGT 434 Productivity and Quality 3 cr MGT 457 Organization Development 3 cr MGT 462 Issues In Business and Society 3 cr MGT 464 Organization Theory 3 cr MGT 465 International Business 3 cr MGT 474 Advanced Personnel/Human Resources Mgmt. 3 cr MGT 491 Seminar in Management (When subject is related to HR/IR) 3 cr MGT 492 Special Problems in Management (When subject is related to HR/IR) 3 cr TOTAL 18 cr

            Marketing Major

            Required Courses

            MKTG 350            Personal Selling              3 cr
            MKTG 353            Methods of Marketing
                                Analysis                      3 cr
            MKTG 405            Sales Force Management        3 cr
            MKTG 454            Advanced Marketing
                                Management                    3 cr
            

            Select TWO of the following:

            MKTG 326            Marketing Research            3 cr
            MKTG 327            Consumer Behavior             3 cr
            MKTG 428            Marketing Communications      3 cr
            MKTG 431            Purchasing & Materials Mgmt   3 cr
            MKTG 442            Retailing Mgmt                3 cr
            MKTG 452            Marketing Channels and
                                Logistics                     3 cr
            MKTG 465            International Marketing       3 cr
            MKTG 491            Seminar in Marketing          3 cr
            MKTG 492            Special Problems in Marketing 3 cr
                                                              TOTAL: 18 cr
            

            Students majoring in Marketing must also take at least 6 hours of electives outside the College of Business in a scientific or technical area. Students will work with a marketing advisor to develop an individualized approved course of study.