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Business Emphasis

The Business Emphasis provides a way for IDS students to take a number of courses in the College of Business that provide basic knowledge about the forces and operations that govern and shape the character of business practice. These courses may be applied to requirements or to electives, wherever appropriate. This emphasis will be a valuable complement to many, if not all, of the IDS concentrations; employers in the public and private sectors and graduate programs in public policy, law, or business will be especially interested in students who have included a significant portion of business-oriented course work in their undergraduate degree programs.

Course Requirements:

 

To fulfill requirements for the Business Emphasis, students complete a minimum of five courses (3 credits each) from the following lists.

 

 

Required Course Work:

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACC

230

 

Survey of Accounting Concepts

 

EC

201

 

Introduction to Microeconomics

 

 

Elective Course Work ( three of the following courses):

 

 

EC

202

 

Introduction to Macroeconomics

 

FI

320

 

Introduction to Finance

 

GBL

323

 

Introduction to Business Law

 

MGT

325

 

Management Skills and Processes

 

MSC

327

 

Introduction to Marketing

 

A certificate will be provided to the student upon completion of all requirements for the Business Emphasis. For more information, please see one of the IDS advisors.

* Some courses may be approved for use as alternatives/substitutes. Students should contact their IDS advisor if they have completed one, or more, of the following: ACC 201, FI 311, GBL 395, MGT 302, MSC 300 or other comparable courses.