English and Business Administration B.A. Degree

A cooperative program offered through the Departments of English and Business Administration

Courses Required for a B.A. Degree in English and Business Administration

English Preparation

ENG 1A	Freshman English	3
	and
ENG 1B	Freshman English	3
	or
ENG 5H	Freshman Honors English	3
HIS 1A	Western Civilization	3
HIS 1B	Western Civilization	3

30 additional units in English, at least 24 of which are upper division, including

ENG 181	Theory and Criticism	3
ENG 195	English Seminar	3
ENG 73	Shakespeare	3
	or
ENG 173	Shakespeare	3
ENG 105	Advanced Composition	3
	or
ENG 107	Professional Writing	3
ENG 143	English Literature: Beowulf to 1500	3
	or
ENG 144	English Literature: 1500 to 1700	3
ENG 145	American Literature: Beginnings to 1914	3
	or
ENG 146	American Literature: 1914 to Present	3
ENG 147	English Literature: 1700 to 1900	3
	or
ENG 148	Twentieth Century English and European Literature	3
ENG 161	Study of the Novel	3
	or
ENG 162	Study of Poetry	3
	or
ENG 163	Study of Drama	3
	In addition 6 units of English Electives	6

Business Administration Preparation

Lower Division Core Requirements

BUS 4	Business Foundations and Analysis	3
BUS 5	Business Law I	3
BUS 15A	Accounting Principles I	3
BUS 15B	Accounting Principles II	3
BUS 18	Professional Development and Presentations	3
BUS 21	The Essentials of Business Writing and Presentation	3
ECO 1	Microeconomics	3
MTH 28	Mathematical Analysis for Business	3
MTH 38	Elements of Probability and Statistics	3
Total Credit Hours:		24

*ECO 2 Macroeconomics is required as part of the lower division LACE General Education Central Core requirements.

Upper Division Core Requirements:

BUS 122	Management Communications	3
	or
BUS 183	Management Seminar	3
	or
BUS 106	Business Law II	3
BUS 130	Principles of Finance	3
BUS 131	Managerial Accounting	3
BUS 160	Principles of Marketing	3
BUS 177	Management Information Systems	3
BUS 185	Principles of Management	3
BUS 190	Business Administration Internship	3.0-6.0
BUS 191	Senior Seminar	3
BUS 192	Business Policy and Strategy	3
PHI 192	Business Ethics	3
Total Credit Hours:		30

Strongly Recommended:

PSY 1	Introduction to Psychology	3
SOC 1	Introduction to Sociology	3
PHI 5	Introduction to Logic	3

Plus General Education requirements and electives totaling 124 semester units, including the Language requirement.

*BUS 192 fulfills the capstone requirement for Business. Must be taken at Mount Saint Mary's University.

*ENG 195 fulfills the capstone requirement for English.

*Weekend College students are required to complete BUS 184 Organizational Behavior in lieu of BUS 190 Business Administration Internship and BUS 18 and BUS 4 are not required.

At least 12 upper division units must be completed in the MSMU English Program.

For students transferring in business courses upon admission to Mount Saint Mary’s University, at least 21 units of the upper division business courses must be completed at Mount Saint Mary’s University.

Once enrolled at Mount Saint Mary’s University, all upper division business courses must be completed at the University.