If you have an interest in a particular area of business, you are encouraged to consult with your business advisor. Between you and your advisor, you can customize a group of courses that match your career interest area. Most areas will involve taking additional business courses as well as courses from other departments. You can pursue most of the interest areas below while completing a business major or a major in another department.
Below you will find some sample customized interest areas. Your combination of courses may differ from those noted below, based on course availablility and your specific interest. Although none of the listed career interest areas currently are available as a major or minor, an abundance of courses are available that represent those different areas. The courses listed below are offered as samples but are for advising purposes only.
Accounting Interest Area
These recommended courses will prepare you for most careers in accounting. If you wish to pursue a career as a Certified Public Accountant, additional courses may be necessary depending on the requirements of your state's Board of Accountancy. Students who pursue an interest area in accounting may finish any additional requirements for the CPA in a Master's of Accountancy degree program.
Recommended Courses:
MGT 325 Intermediate Accounting I
MGT 326 Intermediate Accounting II
MGT 327 Cost Accounting
MGT 425 Advanced Accounting
MGT 426 Federal Taxation
MGT 427 Auditing
MGT 470 Business Associations
Additional Recommended Courses:
PHIL 103 Introduction to Ethics
ENGL 243 Professional Writing
Business Law Interest Area
Essential Course:
MGT 470 Business Associations
Recommended Courses:
COMM 280 Reasoning and Communications
ECON 365 Law and Economics
MGT 370 Legal Environment of Business
MGT 426 Federal Taxation
POLI 322 Constitutional Law
SOCI 370 Criminology
Additional Recommended Courses:
HIST 202 Law in America
PHIL 110 Logic & Critical Reasoning
Finance Interest Area
Essential Course:
MGT 325 Intermediate Accounting
Recommended Courses:
ECON 301 Financial Markets & Institutions
ECON 330 International Trade & Finance
MGT 326 Intermediate Accounting II
MGT 426 Federal Taxation
MGT 430 Investment Analysis
MGT 470 Business Associations
Additional Recommended Courses:
PHIL 103 Introduction to Ethics
ENGL 243 Professional Writing
Human Resources Interest Area
Recommended Courses:
ECON 210 Economics of Labor
PSYC 242 Industrial/Organizational Psychology
MGT 311 Research Methods
MGT 360 Human Resource Management
MGT 381 Applied Management
MGT 491 Internship
Additional Recommended Courses:
COMM 200 Communication Studies
ENGL 243 Professional Writing
International Business Interest Area
Recommended Courses:
MGT 250 International Business
ECON 330 International Trade & Finance
POLI 252 International Organizations
SOCI 110 Cultural Anthropology
Additional Recommended Courses:
One of the following:
ECON 220 Economics of Developing Areas
ECON 231 European Economic History
ECON 260 East Asian Economics
Foreign Language at the Intermediate Level
Study Abroad
Marketing Communication Interest Area
Recommended Courses:
MGT 441 Advertising
MGT 390 Public Relations
MGT 311 Research Methods
MGT 381/481 Applied Management or MGT 491 Internship
ENGL 241 Journalism
COMM 280 Reasoning or COMM 200 Intro to Comm or COMM 290s Media Literacy
Additional Recommended Courses:
PHIL 103 Introduction to Ethics
ART 101 Studio Foundations
ART 241A Photography
ART 245A Computer Imaging I
Operations Interest Area
Recommended Courses:
ECON 280 Managerial Economics
ECON 360 Industrial Organization
MGT 311 Research
MGT 327 Cost Accounting
MGT 390 MIS
MGT 491 Internship
Additional Recommended Courses:
COMP 121 Computing for the Arts & Sciences
ENGL 243 Professional Writing