Core Curriculum

Class of 2013 and Later

General Education Core General Business Core

General Education Core Requirements (46-47 credits)

FS 111 First Year Seminar
1 credit
Required of all full-time day first year students in their first semester. The faculty member assigned to the course will serve as the student’s adviser through the first year.
IT 101 Information Technology and Computer System Concepts
3 credits
IT 101 will focus on computer concepts, providing a comprehensive and current introduction to information technology in general and computer system concepts in particular. IT 101 may be taken either semester and will generally be completed in the first year.
*EXP I and EXP II The Expository Writing Sequence
6 credits
*Expository Writing Coordinator: Bruce Herzberg
LIT Literature course (200- or 300- level)
3 credits
  
Humanities/Social Science Elective
3 credits
The Humanities Elective may be satisfied by completion of any communication (COM) course, cinema studies (CIN) course , media and culture course (MC), an additional literature, modern language, philosophy elective, some interdisciplinary courses. The Social Science Elective may be satisfied by completing any 200-level or higher behavioral sciences course (psychology, sociology); global studies, or history beyond the core requirement; some economics, interdisciplinary studies, or law courses (LA 101 – LA 106).
PH 101 Problems of Philosophy
3 credits
  
HI History course (200- or 300- level)
3 credits
  
EC 111 Principles of Microeconomics
3 credits
  
EC 112 Principles of Macroeconomics
3 credits
  
Global Studies
3 credits
  
Behavioral Science elective (PS or SO)
3 credits
  
Mathematical Sciences I and II 
6 credits
1st course 2nd course
Track 1* MA 131 MA 139
Track 2 MA 123 MA 126
Track 3 MA 123L MA 126L
*Required of all Mathematical Sciences majors
NS  200-level Natural science course with Lab                                                          4 credits   
*Mathematical 200-level or Natural Science 300-level Elective
3 credits
*  Computer Information Systems majors must complete a MA elective.  

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Business Core Requirements (27 credits)

First Year
GB 110 Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
GB 112 Tools & Concepts in Accounting and Finance
Sophomore Year
GB 212 Practice & Applications in Accounting & Finance
GB 213 Statistical Analysis of Business Data 
GB 214 Marketing-Operations Fundamentals 
GB 215 Human Behavior and Organizations
Junior Year
GB 310 Business Processes and Systems
GB 320 General Business Field Project
Senior Year

GB 410 Global Strategy

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Course Focus Requirements

Students must complete a course(s) in their curriculum that address the following competencies:
Communications Intensive U.S. Diversity Intensive
Communications Intensive (Major) International Intensive