School of Business Concentration Requirements

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Students majoring in Business Administration (128 hrs) must declare one of the concentration areas listed below. Students should review the course requirements and campus availability of each concentration area before making a selection. Students majoring in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business (120 hrs) can find the degree requirements in the School of Business section of this catalog.

Accounting (21 hrs)

Location: Hattiesburg Campus

ACC 3210 - Intermediate Accounting I 3 hrs
ACC 3220 - Intermediate Accounting II 3 hrs
ACC 3330 - Federal Income Tax Accounting 3 hrs
ACC 4210 - Advanced Accounting I 3 hrs
ACC 4220 - Advanced Accounting II 3 hrs
ACC 4330 - Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting 3 hrs
ACC 4710 - Auditing 3 hrs

Computer Information Systems (15 hrs)

Locations: Hattiesburg Campus, Tradition Campus

BUS 3030 - Programming II 3 hrs
BUS 3120 - Data Communication and Networks 3 hrs
BUS 4000 - System Analysis and Design 3 hrs
BUS 4020 - Database Management Systems 3 hrs
BUS 4860 - Management Information System Policy and Analysis 3 hrs

Finance (15 hrs)

Location: Hattiesburg Campus

BUS 3190 - Investments and Portfolio Analysis 3 hrs
BUS 4150 - International Finance 3 hrs
BUS 4190 - Senior Seminar in Finance 3 hrs
BUS 4480 - Management of Financial Institutions 3 hrs
Select 1 course:
ECO 3010 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 hrs
ECO 3070 - Money and Banking 3 hrs

Management/Marketing (15 hrs)

Location: Hattiesburg Campus, Tradition Campus

BUS 3180 - Human Resources Management 3 hrs
BUS 4140 - Small Business Management 3 hrs
BUS 4250 - Marketing Research 3 hrs
Select 1 course:
BUS 3220 - Sales and Advertising Management 3 hrs
BUS 3240 - Consumer Behavior 3 hrs
Select 1 course:
BUS 4120 - International Marketing 3 hrs
BUS 4150 - International Finance 3 hrs

Workforce Training and Management (18 hrs)

Location: Tradition Campus

BUS 3180 - Human Resources Management 3 hrs
BUS 4050 - Organization Development 3 hrs
BUS 4140 - Small Business Management 3 hrs
PSY 3180 - Social Psychology 3 hrs
PSY 3500 - Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology 3 hrs
PSY 4750 - Psychology of Workforce Training 3 hrs