BS in Business Administration, General Management Major with Sustainable Business Track

Sustainable Business

Students completing this track will be better prepared to identify green market opportunities and to manage organizations for the triple bottom lines of environmental, social, and financial performance. A concentration in "Sustainable Business" will be listed on their transcript. Students are encouraged to obtain a minor in Sustainability. Required courses in this track may not be available at night.

Non-business Core Requirements (17 credits):

Spreadsheet proficiency: demonstrated by passing ABU 190 - Spreadsheets and Problem Solving (3 general elective credits) with a grade of C or higher, or by successfully passing a School of Business spreadsheet proficiency exam.
*Proficiency should be demonstrated before enrolling in 300-level School of Business courses, and must be demonstrated to graduate.

ECO 101 - Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 credits)
ECO 102 - Introduction to Microeconomics (3 credits)
MAT 108 - College Algebra with C- or higher grade (4 credits). Substitutes include a C- or higher grade in MAT 140D or approved higher level math course, passing a CLEP exam, or passing the MAT 108 equivalency exam offered by Academic Assessment.
MAT 210 - Business Statistics with C-or higher grade (4 credits) or C- or higher grade in prior credit for MAT 120D or other approved statistics course.
THE 170 - Public Speaking (3 credits) or other approved course

Business Core Requirements (36 credits): 

A minimum of 50% of business core courses must be taken at USM, and the student's grade point average for the business core must be 2.33 or higher.
 

ACC 110 - Financial Acct. Information for Decision Making
ACC 211 - Managerial Acct. Information for Decision Making
BUS 260 - Marketing
BUS 275 - Applied Business Analysis
BUS 280 - Legal Environment of Business
BUS 340 - Managing Organizational Behavior
BUS 345 - Information Technology/Management Information Systems
BUS 370 - Management Science
BUS 375 - Production/Operations Management
FIN 320 - Basic Financial Management
BUS 450 - Business Policy and Strategy

Select one of the following international courses:
BUS 335 - International Business
BUS 361 - International Marketing
BUS 382 - International Business Law
FIN 330 - International Financial Management

Major Requirements (15 or more credits) At least 50% of credit hours applied to the major must be taken at USM. No more than 3 credits of internship can count toward ths major.

Major Requirements:

BUS 357 – Triple Bottom Line Marketing

Select 6 credits from:
BUS 391 – Internship in Sustainable Business
ECO 326 – Environmental Economics
ECO 327 – Natural Resource Economics
ESP 110 – Introduction to Nature Tourism
ESP 275 – Sustainability & Global Energy Systems [ESP 101/2K or permission for SB concentrators]

Project Courses (e.g., sustainable business projects in BUS 362/385/396/398/490 or ESP 450)*

General Electives:

23 credits for accounting majors, 27 credits for other majors

BUS 101: Getting Down to Business (3 credits) Optional first-year seminar, credits counted as general electives; strongly recommended for recent high school graduates with fewer than 24 credits.