Business Administration (T200) (B.S.)

Curriculum

General Education Coursework

Credit Hours: 36

• Communications Credit Hours: 9
  Refer to General Education Requirements .
• Mathematics Credit Hours: 6
  Refer to General Education Requirements .
• Humanities Credit Hours: 6
  Refer to General Education Requirements .
• Natural Sciences Credit Hours: 6
  Refer to General Education Requirements .
• Social and Behavioral Sciences Credit Hours: 9
  Refer to General Education Requirements .  

Lower Division Coursework

Credit Hours: 24

• ACG 2021 - Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
    
  Note: This course is a state common prerequisite and is required prior to program completion. 
• ACG 2071 - Managerial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
    
  Note: This course is a state common prerequisite and is required prior to program completion.
• CGS 1100C - Microcomputer Applications for Business and Economics Credit Hours: 3
    
  Note: This course is a state common prerequisite and is required prior to program completion. Students who have previously completed CGS 1060C may receive credit in lieu of taking CGS 1100C.
• ECO 2013 - Economics I - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
    
  Note: This course is a state common prerequisite and is required prior to program completion. This course may be taken to satisfy either a lower division coursework requirement or a General Education coursework requirement.
• ECO 2023 - Economics II - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
    
  Note: This course is a state common prerequisite and is required prior to program completion. This course may be taken to satisfy a lower division coursework requirement.
• MAC 2233 - Calculus for Business and Social Sciences Credit Hours: 3
     
  Note: This course is a state common prerequisite and is required prior to program completion. This course may be taken to satisfy either a lower division coursework requirement or a General Education coursework requirement.
• MAN 2021 - Principles of Management Credit Hours: 3
    
  Note: This course is a prerequisite for upper division coursework: MAN 4101 and MAN 4301.  
• QMB 2100 - Business Statistics Credit Hours: 3
    
  Note: This course is a state common prerequisite and is required prior to program completion. 
  or
  STA 2023 - Elementary Statistics Credit Hours: 3
    
  Note: This course is a state common prerequisite and is required prior to program completion. This course may be taken to satisfy either a lower division coursework requirement or a General Education coursework requirement.
• Or up to 24 credit hours of any Associate in Arts Elective coursework, Associate in Science Professional coursework or Associate in Science Professional Elective coursework.

Upper Division Coursework

Credit Hours: 36
A minimum grade of C or higher is required in all Upper Division coursework.

• BUL 3130 - Business Law and Ethics Credit Hours: 3
    
• FIN 3400 - Financial Management Credit Hours: 3
    
• GEB 3213 - Business Writing Credit Hours: 3
    
• ISM 4011 - Introduction to Management Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 3065 - Business Ethics Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 3353 - Management Theory and Practices Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4101 - Human Relations in Management Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4504 - Operational Decision Making Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4720 - Strategic Management (Capstone) Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4930 - Selected Topics in Management Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAR 3023 - Marketing Fundamentals Credit Hours: 3
    
• QMB 3250 - Statistics for Business Decisions Credit Hours: 3
    

Upper Division Concentration Coursework

Credit Hours: 24
A minimum grade of C or higher is required in all Upper Division coursework.

Select from one of the following concentrations: 

General Business Administration

• ENT 3004 - Principles of Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3
    
• FIN 4501 - Investment Management Credit Hours: 3
     
• MAN 3505 - Production Operations and Logistics Management Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 3583 - Project Management Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 3600 - International Business Management Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 3781 - Sustainable Business Strategies Credit Hours: 3
     
• MAN 4301 - Human Resources Management Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4741 - Change and Innovation Management Credit Hours: 3
    

Human Resources

• MAN 4102 - Diversity Management Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4301 - Human Resources Management Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4320 - Organizational Staffing Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4330 - Benefits and Compensation Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4350 - Training and Development Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4401 - Managing Labor Relations Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4402 - Employment Law Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4741 - Change and Innovation Management Credit Hours: 3
    

Entrepreneurship

• ENT 3004 - Principles of Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3
    
• ENT 4013 - Creating New Ventures I Credit Hours: 3
    
• ENT 4114 - Creating New Ventures II Credit Hours: 3
    
• ENT 4412 - Entrepreneurial Finance Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 3583 - Project Management Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 3781 - Sustainable Business Strategies Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4741 - Change and Innovation Management Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAN 4902 - Entrepreneurship Senior Project Credit Hours: 3
    

Marketing

• MAR 3334 - Marketing Promotions Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAR 3803 - Marketing Strategy Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAR 4233 - Social Media Marketing Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAR 4413 - Sales, Negotiations, and Relationships Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAR 4424 - International Marketing Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAR 4503 - Consumer Behavior Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAR 4613 - Marketing Research Credit Hours: 3
    
• MAR 4836 - Concept and Product Development Credit Hours: 3
    

Total Credit Hours: 120

Credit hours may vary depending on whether a student has satisfied the foreign language requirements of the College.

Foreign Language Requirement for Baccalaureate Degree

Baccalaureate degree-seeking students must meet a foreign language requirement prior to graduation. Students may fulfill the requirement by completing eight semester hours of the same foreign language or sign language. Alternative options that will be considered include the following:

1. Successful completion of two sequential high school credits in one foreign language as listed in Florida Statute 1007.262 at bit.ly/FS-foreign-language and DOE Board Rule 6A.10.02412 at bit.ly/FR-foreign-language. The student is responsible to send official high school transcripts to the Registrar’s Office for evaluation.
2. Submitting an English translated high school course-by-course transcript from a country of origin, exits test scores or certificates not acceptable. Students must have an English translation performed, at students’ expense, by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). Visit naces.org/members for a list of NACES members. Examples of acceptable services are Josef Silny & Associates at jsilny.com and World Education Services at wes.org.
3. Also, appropriate College Level Examination Program (CLEP) level one and two scores in French, German, and Spanish will be accepted.

Courses offered are in American Sign Language (ASL 1140  and ASL 1150 ), Brazilian Portuguese (POR 1120  and POR 1121 ), Chinese (CHI 1120  and CHI 1121 ), French (FRE 1120  and FRE 1121 ), French Conversation (FRE 2210  and FRE 2211 ), French Intermediate (FRE 2200  and FRE 2201 ), German (GER 1120  and GER 1121 ), German Intermediate (GER 2200  and GER 2201 ), Latin (LAT 1120  and LAT 1121 ), Spanish (SPN 1120  and SPN 1121 ), Spanish Conversation (SPN 2210  and SPN 2211 ), and Spanish Intermediate (SPN 2200  and SPN 2201 ) fulfill this eight credit hour requirement. Students may use the ASL prefix course combination to satisfy the foreign language requirements of the College.

Writing and Mathematical Skills Requirement

The Florida State Board of Education Rule regarding the required writing and mathematical skills was revised in December 2005. 6A-10.030 specifies the policies and procedures for implementing the requirement (Table 5).

Graduation Requirements

To receive a bachelor’s degree, students must:

1. Fulfill all academic requirements for the chosen program of study as outlined in the Florida State College at Jacksonville catalog and curriculum.
2. Earn minimum prescribed semester hours for the selected bachelor’s degree with at least a 2.0 (C) on a 4.0 scale for an all college cumulative grade point average. This includes Florida State College at Jacksonville college-credit semester hours and transferred credits (excluding developmental education) in lower and upper division courses;
3. Earn at least a C in each course used to satisfy the General Education Requirements and any other area designated with a C or higher in each course.
4. Earn a minimum of 25 percent of all credits counting toward the baccalaureate degree from Florida State College at Jacksonville (for example, a minimum of 30 credits for a 120-credit bachelor’s degree). Credit by examination and credit for prior learning do not count toward this residency requirement.
5. Fulfill the 36 college credit Florida General Education Requirements (note: 45 semester hours of required General Education for the B.S.N. degree and 51 semester hours of required General Education for the Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences degree), including the required core course options as listed in s. 1007.25(3) Florida Statue and State Board Rule 6A.14.0303;
6. Demonstrated competency in civic literacy in accordance with s. 1007.25, Florida Statutes (F.S.) at bit.ly/FS-gen-ed-courses and State Board of Education Rule 6A-10.02413, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.) at bit.ly/FR-civic-lit-comp. Pursuant to guidelines established by Senate Bill 1108, competency is demonstrated by completion of one of two civic literacy courses (either AMH 2020  or POS 2041 ) with a grade of C or higher AND by achievement of the standard score on a state-approved assessment;
7. Fulfill the Foreign Language requirement. Students may fulfill the requirement by demonstrating foreign language proficiency (at the intermediate level) equivalent to 2-years in high school or a sequence of two college credit courses in a single foreign language. Alternative options that will be considered include the following:
   1. Successful completion of two sequential high school credits in one foreign language as listed in s. 1007.262 Florida Statute and State Board Rule 6A.10.02412. The student is responsible for sending official high school transcripts to the Registrar’s office for evaluation.
   2. Submitting a transcript from the country of origin; exit test scores or certificates not acceptable. Students may be required to have an English translation performed, at students’ expense, by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) (visit naces.org/members for a list of NACES members). Examples of acceptable services are Josef Silny & Associates and World Education Services.
   3. Appropriate College Level Examination Program (CLEP) level one and two scores in French, German, and Spanish will also be accepted.
8. Fulfill all obligations, financial or otherwise, to the College before they may graduate.

 Note: Students are cautioned to pay particular attention to the following statements.

• A student’s graduation date will be the date of the end of the College term in which the student has fulfilled all academic requirements. (The removal of an incomplete grade does not affect students’ graduation dates, since the grade change is effective at the end of the term in which the incomplete grade was assigned rather than the term in which the incomplete work was made up.)
• Students who enter under the (2023/2024) catalog will be assigned to the degree or certificate requirements in effect during the 2023/2024 academic year. The student’s assigned catalog year will remain in effect as long as the student maintains continuous enrollment. Changes to requirements as mandated by law or by rule of the District Board of Trustees may supersede this provision.
• Many courses in this catalog have prerequisite requirements and/or corequisite courses listed in the course descriptions. Students are advised to be guided by these requirements.