Curricula

Requirements for a Bachelor of Business Administration in
Management

For an overview of a particular course, click on its title. The Course Descriptions page lists all business courses. For one possible breakdown of the accounting major by semester, see the Plan of Study.

 

 Requirements   Credits 
   
 Management  

30 

      MSC 301. Management and Organizational Behavior 
      MSC 306. Production and Operations Management 
      MSC 310. International Management 
      MSC 322. Introduction to Management Science 
      MSC 413. Business Policy 
      BIS 420. Information and Decision Support Systems 
      BI 302A. Management Internship
      Management Electives*

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
9

   
 Other Business Courses 

21 

      ACCT 201. Introduction to Financial Accounting 
      ACCT 202. Introduction to Managerial Accounting
      BLX 210. Business Law I
      QMX 212. Statistical Applications for Business
      MKT 301. Principles of Marketing
      FIN 301. Corporation Finance
      BIS 310. Business Information Systems 

3
3
3
3
3
3
3

   
 Non-business Courses 

60 

 Economics
      ECO 101. Microeconomic Principles
      ECO 102. Macroeconomic Principles 

  
3
3

 Quantitative Reasoning 
      MATH 121. Finite Mathematics for Management & Social Sciences**
      MATH 122. Calculus for Management & Social Sciences**
      QMX 211. Introduction to Statistics 

  
3
3
3

 Technology
      IT 120. Introduction to Computers 

 
3

 Clare College (Core Curriculum at St. Bonaventure) †
      CLAR 101. The Intellectual Journey
      CLAR 110. Composition and Critical Thinking I 
      CLAR 111. Composition and Critical Thinking II
      Core Area Courses:
           CLAR 103. Foundations of the Western World
           CLAR 105. Inquiry in the Social World
           CLAR 206. Foundational Religious Texts of the Western World 
           CLAR 207. The Catholic-Franciscan Heritage
           CLAR 208. World Views
           CLAR 209. Arts and Literature
           CLAR 302 & CLRL 302. Inquiry in the Natural World
           CLAR 304. The Good Life
      CLAR 401. The University Forum 

 
3
3
3
 
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
2

 Non-business Electives 

6

   
 General Electives 

9 

   
 Total 

120 

 

* Management Major Electives: Two courses or at least six credits required among BIS 320, BIS 335, MSC 324, MSC 330, MSC 401, MSC 416, MSC 419, MSC 422, MSC 329, MSC 430, MSC 431, MSC 498, MSC 499, or BI 302B. Six additional credits required from any of the MSC electives above or ACCT 308, ACCT 305, ACCT 420, FIN 321, FIN 421, FIN 461, MKT 302, MKT 402, MKT 405 or BI 300A.
** May substitute MATH 151 for MATH 121 and 121. The remaining credits must be from non-business courses.

The Clare College curriculum also includes a three-credit quantitative reasoning requirement. Finance majors satisfy this requirement by passing any of the courses listed in the above table under Quantitative Reasoning.