Accredited Programs

The Arkansas Tech University School of Business offers students two degree programs with four major fields of study:

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with majors in:

Accounting

Economics & Finance

Management & Marketing

Bachelor of Science with a major in:

Business Education.

Program Overview

The Management & Marketing and Accounting majors are among the top ten majors at the university. The total number of majors in the School of Business represents approximately 10% of the on-campus undergraduate enrollment, yet graduates of the School account for 15% of the undergraduate degrees awarded annually.

While most courses in all the degree programs are taught on-campus during the day, all required courses for the Management & Marketing major are offered in a three year cycle in the evening or on-line to make this degree available to the nontraditional student.

The Curriculum

A student who majors in one of the bachelor of science degree programs in the School of Business must complete:

(1) The general education requirements as described in this catalog.

(2) The following business core requirements:

ACCT 2003-Accounting Principles I
COMS 1003 - Intro to Computer based systems
ACCT 2013-Accounting Principles II
ECON 2003-Principles of Economics I
ECON 2013-Principles of Economics II
BUAD 2033-Legal Environment of Business
BUAD 2053-Business Statistics
MGMT 2013-Management Productivity Tools
BUAD 3023-Business Communications
ACCT 3063-Managerial Accounting OR
ACCT 4023-Cost Accounting
ECON 3003-Money and Banking
ECON 3063-Business Finance
MKT 3043-Principles of Marketing
MGMT 3003-Management and Organizational Behavior
MGMT 3103-Production Management
MGMT 4013-Management Information Systems
MGMT 4083-Business Policy

(3) The following courses in the quantitative area:

MATH 1113-College Algebra ¹
MATH 2243-Calculus for Business and Economics

(4) Requirements that are listed on the following pages under each major.

(5) Sufficient elective hours to bring the student's total hours to 124 (the number required for graduation).

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¹ Students who have two years of high school Algebra with a grade of "C" or better and a math ACT score of 22 or above may omit College Algebra and enroll directly in Math 2243, Calculus for Business and Economics.