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Suggested Business Courses to Supplement a Degree

This list is by no means exhaustive. There are many other courses offered by the university that will help you explore possible business interests and will also supplement your degree to make you a more attractive candidate to a recruiter. Remember to check the Timetable and Course Catalog for full description, credit hours, and prerequisites.

Accounting

(Prereq. For all accy-Sophomore.)

Course Number Course Title
200 Fundamentals.
Basic survey course for non commerce majors
201 Principles of Accounting I.
Basic beginning course for commerce majors.
202 Principles of Accounting II.
Basic beginning course for commerce majors.

Advertising

Course Number Course Title
281 Intro to Advertising
309 Public Relations

Agricultural Communications

Course Number Course Title
280 Leadership Development
(Prereq. Comp I)

Agricultural Economics

Course Number Course Title
161 Microcomputer Use in Agriculture and Human resources and Family Studies

Business Administration

*Upper level BA courses depending on specific business interest.

Course Number Course Title
202 Principles of Marketing
(Prereq. Econ 172 or stats course)
210 Management and Organizational Behavior
(Prereq. Junior)
212 Principles of Retailing
(Prereq. BA 202)
247 Intro. To Management
(Prereq. Soph. No credit for 210 and 247)
261 Summary of Business Law
(Prereq. Junior. No credit for 261 and 303)
274 Introduction to Shakespeare
Operations Research (Prereq. Econ 173)

Business & Technical Writing

Course Number Course Title
250 Principles of Business Writing. Comp II
(Prereq. Junior)
252 Business and Administrative Communication. Comp II.
(Prereq. Junior.)
271 Persuasive Writing-same as ADV. 288
(Prereq. Sophomore)
272 Report Writing
(Prereq. Sophomore)

Computer Science

Course Number Course Title
103 Intro to Computers of Social and Behavioral Science. Quant I
105 Intro to Computers for Business and Commerce. Quant I
106 Intro to Computers for Nontechnical Major

Consumer Sciences

Course Number Course Title
170 Consumer Economics
270 Family Financial Management
370 Family Economics
(Prereq. Econ 102/103)

Economics

*Upper level Econ courses depending on specific business interest.

Course Number Course Title
102 Intro to Micro Econ.
103 Intro to Macro Econ.
109 Current Econ Problems
(Prereq. Econ 102 or 103)
172 Econ. Statistics, I.
(Prereq. Math 134 or equiv.)
173 Econ. Statistics, II
(Prereq. Math 134 or equiv and Econ. 172)

Finance

*Additional classes in Insurance, Real Estate, Investing, and Markets.

Course Number Course Title
254 Corporate Finance
(Prereq. credit or enrollment in Accy. 202. And Econ 173)
300 Financial Markets
(prereq. Fin 254, CS 105)

Journalism

Course Number Course Title
150 Intro to Journalism. Comp II
350 Reporting I

Leisure Studies

Course Number Course Title
110 Foundations for Delivery of Leisure Services
200 Leadership in Leisure delivery Systems
210 Human resources Management in Leisure Organizations
218 Recreation Business

Math

Course Number Course Title
125 Elem Linear Algebra with Applications
134 Calculus for Social Scientists. Quant I
120 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I. Quant I
130 Calculus and Analytical Geometry II
161 Statistics

Speech Com

Course Number Course Title
101 Principles of Effective Speaking
113 Group Discussion and Conference Leadership(Prereq. Sophomore)
120 Advanced Oral Communication (Prereq. Sp.Com. 101)
211 Business and Professional Speaking (Prereq. Sp.Com. 101)
221 Persuasion (Prereq. SpCom 101 and Junior)

November 1997