Program: Business Administration, B.S. - William Carey University

Apr 17, 2025

2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

Requirements

A student who majors in the School of Business may earn the Bachelor of Science in Business (B.S.B.) degree, the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree, or the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree. Concentrations are available on the Hattiesburg campus in accounting, computer information systems, finance, international business, and management/marketing. Management/marketing, computer information systems, and workforce training and management concentrations are available on the Tradition campus.

The business administration major requires the completion of 120 hours for a concentration in international business and the completion of 128 hours for concentrations in accounting, computer information systems, finance, management/marketing, and workforce training and management. All students majoring in business administration must complete 45 hours of professional core requirements and 15-21 hours of a concentration area in business. See Core curricula requirements .

Professional Core Requirements

Students seeking an accounting concentration should take ACC 332 .

ACC 221 - Principles of Accounting I Credit Hours: 3
ACC 222 - Principles of Accounting II Credit Hours: 3
ACC 320 - Managerial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
or
ACC 332 - Cost Accounting Credit Hours: 3
BUS 209 - Legal Environment of Business I Credit Hours: 3
BUS 216 - Business and Economic Statistics Credit Hours: 3
BUS 299 - Service Learning for Business Credit Hours: 0
BUS 310 - Microcomputer Applications Credit Hours: 3
BUS 311 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3
BUS 313 - Business Communication Credit Hours: 3
BUS 314 - Principles of Management Credit Hours: 3
BUS 315 - Managerial Finance Credit Hours: 3
BUS 417 - Operations Management Credit Hours: 3
BUS 481 - Business Practicum I Credit Hours: 3
BUS 485 - Strategic Management Credit Hours: 3
ECO 201 - Principles of Economics I—Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECO 202 - Principles of Economics II—Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3

Concentration Requirements

Each student must select one of the following areas of concentration in business.

Accounting

Students planning to sit for the CPA exam are advised to also take BUS 410 . The concentration in accounting provides students the accounting education required for careers as professional accountants in financial institutions, government, industry, nonprofit organizations, and public practice. The program also prepares students for graduate study in business or accounting. Students desiring to sit łor the CPA exam in Mississippi must hold a baccalaureate degree of at least 120 collegiate-level semester hours. The 120 hours must include a minimum of 48 semester hours of upper division or graduate level accounting and business related courses. Accounting courses must be a minimum of 24 of the 48 hours and include at minimum three semester hours in: financial accounting, auditing, taxation, management/cost accounting, and government/not-for-profit accounting courses. Students should check state licensing laws for additional educational and experience requirements.

ACC 321 - Intermediate Accounting I Credit Hours: 3
ACC 322 - Intermediate Accounting II Credit Hours: 3
ACC 333 - Federal Income Tax Accounting Credit Hours: 3
ACC 421 - Advanced Accounting Credit Hours: 3
ACC 422 - Advanced Accounting II Credit Hours: 3
ACC 433 - Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting Credit Hours: 3
ACC 471 - Auditing Credit Hours: 3

Workforce Training and Management

William Carey University and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College have an articulation agreement for transfer of credit from the associate’s degree in workforce training and development at MGCCC to the bachelor’s degree in general studies with a concentration in workforce training and management through the School of Business at the Tradition campus. The requirements for this concentration in general studies will consist of the six courses required for a minor or concentration in workforce training and management. The concentration in workforce training and management is only available on the Tradition campus.

BUS 318 - Human Resources Management Credit Hours: 3
BUS 405 - Organization Development Credit Hours: 3
BUS 414 - Small Business Management Credit Hours: 3
PSY 318 - Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSY 350 - Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSY 475 - Psychology of Workforce Training Credit Hours: 3

Business Administration, B.S.

Requirements

Professional Core Requirements

Concentration Requirements

Accounting

Computer Information Systems

Finance

International Business

Management/Marketing

Workforce Training and Management