BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: PROFESSIONAL STUDIES--BUSINESS CONCENTRATION

The SACE offers a professional studies major with a concentration in business.To earn this Bachelor of Science degree, students must complete their general education requirements and 39 credit hours, 30 hours of which are business courses. Additional hours of elective study may be required to complete the minimum of 124 credit hours needed to graduate.The business concentration is designed to meet the pre-requisites required by Oklahoma City University’s M.B.A. program, as well as M.B.A. programs of other universities.


Program Structure
The required business courses will be offered in an accelerated format.Classes will meet one evening per week for eight weeks during the spring and fall terms and during the summer I and summer II sessions, beginning every January,March,May, June,August,and October. Students may begin course work in any session. A minimum of 15 credit hours in the area of concentration must be earned through Oklahoma City University.


Track Requirements
30 total credit hours

Financial Accounting - ACCT 2113
Procedures and principles of financial accounting for sole proprietorship, partnerships, and corporations, as well as
financial statements and journal/ledger techniques.

Managerial Accounting - ACCT 2213
Procedures and principles of managerial accounting for analysis and decision-making within an enterprise; introduction to cost accounting. (Prerequisite: ACCT 2113)

Principles of Management and Organizations - MGMT 3123
This course introduces students to the concepts of managing the enterprise. This includes human behavior in the organization, including individuals, groups, and the enterprise itself. Also included is an overview of managing information systems, operations, and innovation. (Prerequisite: ECON 2113 and ACCT 2113)

Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON 2013
Following a general description of the subject matter of economics and basic concepts including supply and demand anlysis, this course develops the foundations of macroeconomics, Gross Domestic Product and its measurement, and theories of aggregate demand and aggragate supply. The monetary and banking systems and international trade and finance are also studied. These are all used to understand the causes and effects of changes in unemployment, inflation, economic growth rates, interest rates, exchange rates, and other economic variables.

Principles of Microeconomics - ECON 2113
This course studies the foundations of the supplies and demands of individual products and resources. It uses the theory of consumption to provide an understanding of the demand side of the market. Production and cost theory provide an understanding of the supply side. Combined, these show the effects of firm and consumer behavior on prices and outputs. Relations between firms within an industry are studied in perfectly and imperfectly competitive markets. This material is applied to consider the advantages and disadvantages of the market system, the effects of government policies, income distribution, economic efficiency, and other issues.

Business Statistics - ECON 2123
Collection and presentation of statistical data, studies of various statistical distribution and their application in business, introduction to probability theory, sampling hypotheses testing, and regression analysis and forecasting through the use of computerized statistical packages to manage real data bases. Proficiency with college-level algebra is expected. (Prerequisite: MATH 1503)

Marketing Principles - MKTG 3013
A survey of business activities and institutions involved in providing goods and services to consumers, including an emphasis on planning, product development, pricing, distribution, promotion and management of these activities. (Prerequisite: ECON 2113)

Business Finance - FIN 3023
Theoretical and procedural considerations in the administration of finances in the firm: discounted cash flow analysis, sources and uses of funds, working capital, capital budgeting, capital structure and costs of capital –Primary emphasis is on guiding principles and techniques of financial analysis. (Prerequisites: ECON 2113 and ACCT 2113)

Entrepreneurial Environment - MGMT 3413
This course examines the general issues related to starting a new business, introducinga new product or service, and creating a new market. The course focuses on how opportunities for accomplishing these objectives can be discovered and exploited. Topics coverd during the course include sources of funding, organizational issues, and new venture strategy. The course consists of combination of lectures, gues speakers, student presentations, and in-class exercises.

Management Information System - IT 3133
This course seeks to expand students’ working knowledge, gained in previous courses, of computer hardware. Computer software categories and applications are covered as are the use of tools such as management support systems (expert systems, decision support systems, executive information systems, and groupware) and Web browsers. Finally, the course examines the effects of computer systems upon humans with respect to information systems management. (Prerequisites: IT 1001 and IT 2213 or another computer language approved by the instructor)