Updated 2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog | 20245

Business Administration, B.S. major
Indigenous Business

This program offers study in Indigenous business with coursework in finance, management, marketing, entrepreneurship, human resource management, and general business. It furthers the inclusion of Indigenous perspectives and demonstrates the significant impact that Native Americans have had on business, as well as, cultural contributions to management, leadership, marketing, economic development, and entrepreneurship. Course work includes logical thinking, communications skills, theoretical, technical and professional skills, and creative problem solving/decision-making.

Students majoring in Business Administration are
advised to complete at least one course in
Psychology, Sociology, or Anthropology as part of
their core curriculum requirements.

Required Credits: 67
Required GPA: 2.25

I REQUIRED COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• ACCT 2101 Principles of Accounting I (3 credits)
• ACCT 2102 Principles of Accounting II (3 credits)
• BUAD 2220 Legal Environment (3 credits)
• BUAD 2231 Business Statistics I (3 credits)
• BUAD 2280 Computer Business Applications (3 credits)
• BUAD 3223 Operations Management (3 credits)
• BUAD 3351 Management (3 credits)
• BUAD 3361 Marketing (3 credits)
• BUAD 3381 Management Information Systems (3 credits)
• BUAD 3771 Financial Management (3 credits)
• BUAD 4559 Strategic Management (3 credits)
• BUAD 4600 Senior Seminar: Business Administration (1 credit)
• ECON 2000 Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)
• ECON 2100 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits)
• MATH 1170 College Algebra (3 credits)

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• BUAD 3450 Indigenous Business (3 credits)
• BUAD 4550 Indigenous Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

Complete 15 credits (one 3 credit course from each
section); no course may be counted toward more
than one of the fields:

Finance: Select one

• BUAD 3772 Advanced Financial Management (3 credits)
• BUAD 3872 Investments (3 credits)

Management: Select one

• BUAD 4354 Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
• BUAD 4456 Human Resources Management (3 credits)

Marketing: Select one

• BUAD 3567 Consumer Behavior (3 credits)
• BUAD 3568 Professional Selling (3 credits)
• BUAD 4467 Marketing Research (3 credits)

Entrepreneurship: Select one

• BUAD 4458 Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
• BUAD 4469 Small Business Case Analysis (3 credits)

Human Resources Management: Select one

• BUAD 3420 Labor and Employment Relations (3 credits)
• BUAD 4456 Human Resources Management (3 credits)

REQUIRED ELECTIVE

Select one course from the following:

• LEAD 3500 Theories and Contexts of Leadership (3 credits)
• INST 4000 Nation Building and Leadership (3 credits)
• BUAD 3281 Management Science (3 credits)
• BUAD 3520 Business Ethics (3 credits)
• BUAD 4507 Talent Acquisition (3 credits)
• BUAD 4387 Strategic Information Management (3 credits)
• BUAD 4750 International Management (3 credits)

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES | BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, B.S.

1. Graduates will demonstrate a foundational knowledge in the field of business.

2. Graduates will utilize practical business tools.

3. Graduates will demonstrate professional communication skills

4. Graduates will collaborate effectively

5. Graduates will demonstrate ability to ethically address complex problems in a realistic business environment.

Suggested Semester Schedule | Business Administration, B.S.
Indigenous Business emphasis

Freshman: All Fields of Emphasis

• Psychology, Sociology or Anthropology
• Core Curriculum requirements

Sophomore: All Fields of Emphasis

• ACCT2101
• ACCT2102
• BUAD2220
• BUAD2231
• BUAD2280
• ECON2000
• ECON2100

Junior: All Fields of Emphasis

• BUAD3223
• BUAD3351
• BUAD3361
• BUAD3381
• BUAD3771

Senior: All Fields of Emphasis

• BUAD4600

Junior: Indigenous Business Field of Emphasis

• BUAD3450
• BUAD3772
  or BUAD3872
• BUAD3567
  or BUAD3568
  or BUAD4467

Senior: Indigenous Business Field of Emphasis

• BUAD3420
  or BUAD4456
• BUAD4550
• BUAD4354
  or BUAD4456
• BUAD4458
  or BUAD4469