The B.S. in Business Management with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership requires a blend of General Education courses and Business Management courses. This Curriculum Plan is provided to prospective students so that they can begin to determine how completed courses might be applied to this degree. Upon receipt of your transcripts, your advisor will complete an official Degree Check Sheet for the B.S. in Business Management.

Degree requirements can be met by courses completed at Urbana University as well as credit transferred from other colleges and universities. See the reverse for more information on transfer credit.

A minimum of 126 semester hours of credit is required. Of these hours, at least 60 must be from four-year institutions including Urbana University. Of the total hours, at least 30 must be from Urbana University. Your last 15 hours toward your degree must be earned from Urbana University. See reverse for more information on graduation requirements.

* - Grade of “C” or better requirement

Note on BUS courses: To transfer in the equivalency, usually two courses from another institution are required. For example, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics are required for BUS 355.

Transfer Credit Information

Credits taken at institutions using quarter hours convert to semester hours at the rate of 2 to 3. For example, a 3-quarter hour course has the equivalent of 2 semester hours of credit.

Grade of “C” or better required for each course considered for transfer credit.

Maximum Technical Credit is 30 semester hours.

An official evaluation of transfer credit is completed upon an individual’s admission to Urbana University and during his/her first semester of attendance.

Urbana University Graduation Requirements

GPA: Graduation requirements include a minimum overall GPA of 2.00 and a minimum GPA in your major of 2.25.

Minimum Hours: A minimum of 126 semester hours is required for a bachelor’s degree. Some students may need to take more than 126 hours to meet all degree requirements.

Residency Requirement: Of the total 126 hours, at least 60 must be from 4 year schools including Urbana University. The minimum hours required from Urbana University is 30.

Honors: To graduate with honors, a student must complete at least 63 hours from Urbana University. Credit for life experience will not be counted toward this requirement.

Urbana University – Business Course Descriptions

BUS 300 Portfolio Development (3 hours) - This course teaches how to identify those areas in the student’s background which may warrant college credit; how to write a competency statement, and how to identify and gather appropriate documentation in order to support the claim of college-level learning.

BUS 355 Economic Issues (4 hours) - Students will examine the fundamental concepts and terminology of economics. They will understand the nature and determination of the Gross Domestic Product, business cycles, unemployment, inflation, fiscal policy, monetary policy, and economic stabilization. Further, they will understand economic consumer decision-making, allocation of scarce resources, and competing uses by the price system.

BUS 356 Management & Leadership Techniques and Methods (4 hours) - Students will analyze the effective management of formal organizations and learn the interrelationships between internal variables, environment, and external variables with a special focus on the managerial functions of planning, organizing, directing, controlling and communicating. This course analyzes the application to management of studies from the behavioral fields of psychology, sociology, and anthropology.

BUS 357 Accounting Principles and Concepts (4 hours) - Students will analyze and interpret financial statements and they will learn to recognize the effects of transactions on the accounting equation. They will learn to record and report business transactions, and they will proceed through the entire accounting cycle. They will study cost factors and apply those to the recording and interpreting of accounting records.

BUS 358 Legal Aspects of Business Decision Making (4 hours) - Since the American and global business climate is so much involved in legal procedure, students will become acquainted with the legal system and methods of alternative dispute resolution. They will learn about the legal issues of business formation, contracts, sales, and agency matters. They will become especially sensitive to the basic rights of the individuals in business relationships and methods for identifying and avoiding potential managerial legal problems.

BUS 359 Management & Leadership of Human Resources (4 hours) - Students will learn not only the basics of human resource management and leadership, but also its implications by drawing on studies in the behavioral fields of psychology, sociology, and anthropology. They will study the climate and modes of organizational behavior, and they will apply these toward a better understanding of human resource management and labor-management relations.

BUS 455 Tactical and Strategic Marketing (4 hours) - The decision-oriented approach to marketing is important to the basic study of management; therefore, students will progress through this module acquiring knowledge of this concept. This will be accomplished using the case method, emphasizing the appreciation of various factors that influence marketing decision-making. This affords students the practical opportunity to apply strategic planning principles to actual cases in which outcomes are known. This course sees the introduction of the business research project in which students identify and outline the research proposal.

BUS 456 Statistics and Quantitative Methods (4 hours) - Because business operates using basic known and predicted information, students will learn factoring, graphing, equations, ratio and proportion, and various functions which will enable them to understand and present data required for decision making. In addition, they will understand the way to present and apply quantitative methods effectively in the daily business routine. Prerequisite: MAT 115 or higher.

BUS 457 Financial Decision Making (4 hours) - Emphasizing corporate financial decisions, students will learn basic concepts of Net Present Value and the importance of short-term and long-term financial planning. They will study methods of financial decision making, capital budgeting, and the management of risk and return. Prerequisite: MAT 115 or higher.

BUS 458 Entrepreneurship and Ethical Business Practice (4 hours) - Students will work individually or in teams to develop, plan and execute the start-up of a new small business. They will concentrate on selected critical aspects of a business plan in the areas of: Orientation to Small Business, Strategic Planning, Financial Considerations, Location, layout and Operations. They will apply basic principles of ethical behavior, which involves stakeholder management and environmental considerations. This is a capstone course that brings together all concepts learned in previous courses and provides a setting for the preparation and presentation of a business plan.