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Business Administration Major

College of Professional Studies and Social Sciences
Degree, BS, Business Administration
Department Chair Fred J. Croop, MBA, CMA, CPA
Program Director John Kachurick, DBA

Faculty

Mary B. Carden, Assistant Professor of Business, BS Misericordia University; MA New York University; MBA University of Scranton

Fred J. Croop, Associate Professor of Business, BS, MBA Wilkes University; CMA Institute of Certified Management Accountants; CPA Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Deron G. Grabel, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, BS Springfield College; MS Lehman College

John L. Kachurick, Associate Professor of Business and Organizational Management, BA King’s College; MBA Wilkes University; MS Misericordia University; DBA Nova University

John Mellon, Associate Professor of Business, BS The Pennsylvania State University; MBA University of New Haven; EdD George Washington University

Allen C. Minor, Assistant Professor of Business, BS University of Baltimore; MS University of South Carolina; DBA Nova Southeastern University; J.D. University of Baltimore,

Donald C. Skiff, Associate Professor of Business, BA Parsons College; MBA Youngstown State University

Students who major in business administration choose to focus on a specific area of business. The business administration major allows students to choose a minor sequence in areas such as management, accounting, marketing, or management information systems. The major requires all students to take at least 12 required courses, at least 15 credits in the minor sequence, and 18 credits in free electives. Majors must complete the 48-credit university core as required by all students.

The business administration major permits students to freely fashion their studies to meet their professional and personal needs. The curriculum contains sufficient flexibility to meet most needs and expectations of students, both those who intend to go on to graduate school and those who seek immediate entrance into the profession. Students in the major need to work very closely with their advisor in the selection of courses. While business administration majors may choose a minor sequence in marketing or management, they may not declare a marketing or management minor. Marketing, management, accounting and information technology majors cannot choose business administration as a second major.

The major permits students to take an aggressively quantitative or qualitative track or an equal balance between the “management by numbers” position and the “management through people” concept. Students are given instruction in business writing and presentation skills.

Sequence of Required Courses

First Year

First Semester	Total Credits	15	Second Semester	Total Credits	15
	Core	3		Core	3
	Core	3		Core	3
	Core	3		Core	3
BUS 105	Basic Technology	3	BUS 107	Essential Communications	3
BUS 208	Principles of Management	3	BUS 269	Principles of Marketing	3

Sophomore Year

First Semester	Total Credits	15	Second Semester	Total Credits	15
	Core	3		Core	3
	Core	3		Core	3
BUS 207	Contemporary Economics	3		Minor Sequence Course	3
ACC 101	Principles of Accounting	3	MIS 110	Intro to Information Systems	3
	Elective	3		Elective	3

Junior Year

First Semester	Total Credits	15	Second Semester	Total Credits	15
	Core	3		Core	3
	Core	3		Core	3
	Minor Sequence Course	3		Minor Sequence Course	3
BUS 352	Business Law	3		Elective	3
	Elective	3	BUS 360	Management of Human Resources	3

Senior Year

First Semester	Total Credits	15	Second Semester	Total Credits	15
	Core	3		Core	3
	Free elective	3	BUS 306	Organizational Behavior	3
	Minor Sequence Course	3		Minor Sequence Course	3
BUS 371	Finance	3		Elective	3
BUS 415	International Business	3		Elective	3

Total required for graduation 120 credits

Business Administration Major

With a Sequence (Choose 5 from one area)

Management Courses

BUS 205 Macroeconomics
BUS 206 Microeconomics
BUS 350 Money and Banking
BUS 360 Management of Human Resource
BUS 406 Current Issues and Trends in Business
BUS 420 Small Business Management
BUS 465 Special Topics in Business
BUS 472 Business Administration Internship
BUS 491 Seminar in Business Policies (required)
ACC 311 Managerial Accounting

Marketing Courses

BUS 304 Sales and Sales Management
BUS 401 Channel Strategies
BUS 335 Retail Buying
BUS 340 Advertising and Sales Promotion
BUS 345 Consumer Behavior
BUS 421 Special Topics in Marketing
BUS 321 Product/Service Marketing
BUS 450 Marketing Research
BUS 402 Pricing Strategies
BUS 403 Strategic Marketing (required)

Accounting Courses

ACC 310 Cost Accounting
ACC 340 Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 341 Intermediate Accounting II
ACC 342 Intermediate Accounting III
ACC 401 Taxes I
ACC 402 Taxes II
ACC 410 Auditing
ACC 440 Advanced Financial Accounting
ACC 472 Accounting Internship (required)
ACC 480 Independent Study
ACC 485 Special Topics in Accounting

MIS Courses

MIS 101 Programming I
MIS 121 Programming II
MIS 200 Systems Anal., Design and Implementation.
MIS 220 Applied Networking Design
MIS 221 Introduction to Computer Systems
MIS 231 Introduction to File Processing
MIS 232 Data Structures
MIS 310 Managerial Applications in Object Oriented Programming I
MIS 311 Managerial Applications in Object Oriented Programming II
MIS 312 Software Engineering
MIS 420 Teleprocessing
MIS 432 Data Base Mgmt. Systems Design
MIS 491 Information Tech. Management (required)

Select Specialization Minor

The Select Specialization is available only to transfer students with a minimum of 15 completed credit hours (grade of "C" or better) in a business-related field not offered at Misericordia University. Students with credits in a business-related field not offered at Misericordia University may apply those credits as a minor in the Business Administration major.

Accounting Course Descriptions (ACC) Business Course Descriptions (BUS) Management Information Systems Course Descriptions (MIS)