Mercer Bachelor of Business Administration

Program Profile

Students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree complete general education requirements, three mathematics courses, one business communication course, one information systems course, 12 business core curriculum courses, and courses for a major or personal portfolio of study.

Core Curriculum

A. General Education (36 hours):

English Composition I and II (3 hours)
One Public Speaking or Writing course (3 hours)
One Literature course (3 hours)
One History course (3 hours)
One Religion course (3 hours)
One Lab Science course (3 hours)
One Social Science course (3 hours)
One Fine Arts, Philosophy or Foreign Language course (3 hours)
Three additional courses from the disciplines above

B. Mathematics, Communication, and Computer Science (12 hours):

MATH 130: Precalculus (3 hours)
MATH 220: Statistics (3 hours)
COMM270: Communication for Business (3 hours)
INSY 102: Application Software Suites (3 hours)

C. Business Core Curriculum (36 hours)

The business core curriculum is designed to ensure all students receiving the BBA degree share an important common body of knowledge. This program of study provides the foundation of thinking tools needed throughout a wide range of positions of authority in business and not?for?profit organizations.

ECN 150 and 151: Micro- and Macroeconomics (3 hours)
ACC 204 and 205: Financial and Managerial Accounting (3 hours)
BUS 346: Legal, Ethical & Regulatory Environment (3 hours)
BUS 350: Management Information Systems (3 hours)
MGT 382: Production and Operations Management (3 hours)
FIN 362: Principles of Finance (3 hours)
MGT 363 Principles of Management (3 hours)
MKT 361: Principles of Marketing (3 hours)
MGT 498 Strategic Management (Capstone) (3 hours)

D. Business Majors (18-21 hours depending on course of study)

E. Electives

Taken as needed to reach the required total hours

Total Graduation Requirements: 120 hours