College of Business Administration and The Graduate School of International Trade and Business Administration

Undergraduate degrees available from the College of Business Administration:

Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Accounting (BBA-ACC)

Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Computer Information Systems (BBA-CIS)

Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in:

Business Administration (BBA-BA)

Business Economics (BBA-ECO)

Finance (BBA-FIN)

Management (BBA-MAN)

Marketing (BBA-MKT)

Production and Operations Management (BBA-POM)

Transportation and Logistics (BBA-TL)

Minor in Business Administration (for students outside the College of Business Administration)

Graduate degrees available from the College of Business Administration and the Graduate School of International Trade and Business Administration:

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

MBA in Business Administration (MBA) (Taught in English and Spanish)

MBA with a major in International Banking (MBA-IBK)

Master of Business Administration in International Trade (MBA-IT)

Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAcc)

Master of Science in International Logistics (MS-IL)

Master of Science in Information Systems (MS-IS)

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (COBA)

The primary objectives of the College of Business Administration and the Graduate School of International Trade and Business Administration are directed toward the parameters of education for the administration of business organizations.

To this end, curriculum development is a continuous activity in response to social, economic and technological developments reflected in the evolving knowledge in the behavioral and quantitative sciences.

The purpose of the curriculum is to provide a broad education that will prepare the student for creative and responsible leadership in business and society as a whole.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

See Academic Regulations - Undergraduate for TAMIU regulations. Specific academic regulations for the COBA are as follows:

1. Character of Undergraduate Work: A candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration will be required to complete courses listed under the requirements for the degree of his/her choice. Written and oral communication are important components of each course.

2. Grades Required: To be in good standing, a student must have a satisfactory grade-point average on his/her cumulative record as well as on his/her current semester or term record. For a student with 60 hours or more of work passed at the beginning of a semester or term, the minimum cumulative, or overall, grade point average for good standing is 2.0 (C).

3. S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory): This grade can be given for only predesignated courses and may be used to satisfy degree requirements (e.g., business internships). For undergraduate students, a grade of "S" indicates achievement of 70 percent or greater for the course requirements. This grading criteria applies only to courses in the College of Business Administration.

4. Correspondence Work: In no case will courses taken by correspondence be accepted for undergraduate credit.

5. Workload Regulations: The maximum number of semester credit hours (SCH) that an undergraduate student can take is:

Regular semester 15 SCH

Each summer session 6 SCH

Any SCH load in excess of the above must be approved by the Dean of the College of Business Administration and the Graduate School of International Trade and Business Administration.

6. Independent Study: Independent courses taken under course numbers 4399 have a varying degree of semester credit hours (SCH). The independent study can be set up for one, two or three semester credit hours.

7. Advanced Credit/Junior Standing: To obtain advanced credit in Business Administration, a student must have junior standing in Business Administration which is defined as 60 hours of credit including six hours each of Principles of Accounting, Principles of Economics, and Business Statistics, and three hours each of Computing Concepts, Professional Written Communications, and Fundamentals of Speech.

The following courses make up the Core Curriculum, Communications, Business Foundation and Common Body of Knowledge for all Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degrees offered at the College of Business Administration. These courses must be taken to complete a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

ACCOUNTING 27 SCH

ACC 3310 Intermediate Financial Accounting I

ACC 3320 Intermediate Financial Accounting II

ACC 3330 Cost Accounting

ACC 3340 Managerial Accounting

ACC 3350 Federal Taxation I

ACC 4310 Advanced Financial Accounting I

ACC 4340 Governmental and Municipal Accounting

ACC 4370 Auditing I

ACC 4390 Accounting Systems

ELECTIVE 3 SCH

Any 3000- or 4000-level Business Elective

TOTAL 133 SCH

*See core curriculum for information on these courses.

1Section 12(e)(2) of the Public Accountancy Act of 1991, requires that effective September 1, 1997, any applicant wanting to take the uniform CPA examination must have a minimum of 150 semester hours of coursework --with no fewer than 30 semester hours of accounting classes-- before filing an application. The accounting coursework must include at least 20 hours of accounting classes designated by board rule as core accounting classes.

CONCENTRATION:

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 30 SCH

ACC Six hours in Any Advanced Accounting

BA 4390 Business Strategy1

ECO Three hours in Any Advanced Economics

FIN Six hours in Any Advanced Finance

MAN/POM Six hours in Any Advanced Management or

Production and Operations Management

MKT/TIL Six hours in Any Advanced Marketing or

Transportation and Logistics

TOTAL 133 SCH

*See core curriculum for information on these courses.

1Must be taken during final semester prior to graduation.

BUSINESS ECONOMICS 27 SCH

BA 4390 Business Strategy1

ECO 3320 Managerial Economics

ECO 3330 Comparative Economic Systems

ECO 4310 Intermediate Macroeconomics

ECO 4320 Intermediate Microeconomics

ECO 4330 Econometric Models & Econ Forecasting

ECO 4340 International Economics

ECO 4350 Economic Development

ECO 4360 Public Finance

ELECTIVE 3 SCH

Any 3000- or 4000-level Business Elective

TOTAL 133 SCH

*See core curriculum for information on these courses.

1Must be taken during final semester prior to graduation.

COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS 24 SCH

CIS 1310 Introduction to Programming Concepts

CIS 2310 Intermediate Programming Concepts

CIS 3320 Information Systems Analysis

CIS 3330 Database Design and Implementation

CIS 3340 Teleprocessing and Distributed Systems

CIS 3350 Advanced Programming Concepts

CIS 4310 Info. Systems Design & Implementation

CIS 4390 Information Resources Management1

ELECTIVES 6 SCH

Any 3000- or 4000-level CIS or Business Elective

TOTAL 133 SCH

*See core curriculum for information on these courses.

1Must be taken during final semester prior to graduation.

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN FINANCE

FINANCE 27 SCH

BA 4390 Business Strategy1

FIN 3330 Investments

FIN 4320 Financial Institutions and Markets

FIN 4330 Capital Structure and Budgeting

FIN 4340 Working Capital Management

FIN 4350 Security Analysis & Portfolio Management

FIN 4360 Intermediate Corporate Finance

FIN 4370 Commercial Bank Management

FIN 4380 International Finance

ELECTIVE 3 SCH

Any 3000- or 4000-level Business Elective

TOTAL 133 SCH

*See core curriculum for information on these courses.

1Must be taken during final semester prior to graduation.

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT 21 SCH

BA 4390 Business Strategy1

MAN 3340 Business Ethics

MAN 3370 Human Resources Management

MAN 4330 Industrial Relations

MAN 4350 Business, Government, and Society

MAN 4360 Entrepreneurship and Mgmt of Innovation

MAN 4380 Organizational Theory

ELECTIVES 9 SCH

Any 3000- or 4000-level Management or Business Elective

TOTAL 133 SCH

*See core curriculum for information on these courses.

1Must be taken during final semester prior to graduation.

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN MARKETING

MARKETING 21 SCH

MKT 3320 Buyer Behavior

MKT 3330 Advertising and Promotion Management

MKT 4310 International Marketing

MKT 4320 Marketing Research

MKT 4330 Marketing Management

MKT 4390 Marketing Problems and Policies1

TIL 3340 Business Logistics Management

ELECTIVES 9 SCH

Any 3000- or 4000-level Marketing or Business Elective

TOTAL 133 SCH

*See core curriculum for information on these courses.

1Must be taken during final semester prior to graduation.

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

CONCENTRATION:

PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 24 SCH

BA 4390 Business Strategy1

POM 3320 Service Management

POM 3330 Total Quality Management

POM 4320 Statistical Quality Control

POM 4350 Purchasing and Materials Management

POM 4370 Production and Inventory Management

POM 4380 Systems and Technologies

TIL 3340 Business Logistics Management

ELECTIVES 6 SCH

Any 3000- or 4000-level Business Elective

TOTAL 133 SCH

*See core curriculum for information on these courses.

1Must be taken during final semester prior to graduation.

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

CONCENTRATION:

TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS 24 SCH

BA 4390 Business Strategy1

TIL 3310 Principles of Transportation

TIL 3340 Business Logistics Management

TIL 4330 Traffic Management

TIL 4350 International Logistics

TIL 4370 Carrier Management Problems

TIL 4380 Logistics Strategy1

POM 4350 Purchasing & Materials Management

ELECTIVES 6 SCH

Any 3000- or 4000-level Business Elective

TOTAL 133 SCH

*See core curriculum for information on these courses.

1Must be taken during final semester prior to graduation.