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Choosing a Major Applied Business Studies Business Faculty Course Descriptions Accounting Accounting & Finance Advertising Applied Business Banking Business Studies CPA Exam Finance Human Resource Management Marketing New Ventures Real Estate License Small Business Development Applied Computing Systems & Technology Casino Resort Studies Distribution Courses Homeland Security Studies Humanities Independent Studies Internships Liberal Arts & Sciences Louisiana Studies Media Arts Paralegal Studies Social Sciences Degrees & Programs: Small Business Development You can earn an Associate of Arts, a Minor or a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Small Business Development. The following 37 credits are required for ALL four of the Applied Business Associates Degrees (Applied Business, Human Resource Development, Marketing and Small Business Development): Associate's Degree in Small Business Development Core Competencies Credits English 101 Writing or CSEN 125 Writing 4 Select one course from the following: Math PHIL 106 Critical Thinking PHIL 121 Elementary Symbolic Logic BSMT 325 Business Statistics CPST 107 Mathematics for Information Technology 3   Supporting Requirement Credits Oral Communications: Select one course from the following: SPEC 140 Intro to Public Speaking SPEC 311 Small Group Communications BSMT 225 Business Communication THEA 210 Fundamentals of Acting 3   Distribution Requirements Credits Humanities 6 Sciences 6 Social Sciences One course from the following is required: ECON 101 Introductory Microeconomics CSEC 100 Economics for Non-Majors CSEC 101 Introductory Microeconomics (online) 6   Writing Requirement Credits Designated writing course (CSEN 331 Business Report Writing recommended) 3   Major Requirements Credits BSAC 111 Elementary Accounting I 3 Select one course from the following: BSMT 231 Principles of Management BSMT 334 Managing Organizational Behavior 3 Select one course from the following: BSBL 340 Legal Aspects of Business BSBL 345 Commercial Law 3 BSMT 365 Developing a Small Business 3 BSMT 225 Business Communication 3 BSMK 320 Intro to Marketing Principles 3 BSMT 275 Introduction to Franchising 3 BSMT 375 Business Internship (taken in last year) 3   General Electives   As needed to total 60 credits (computer course recommended)   Total 60 Worksheet for AA in Small Business Development If prompted for a Network Password, click "CANCEL." Minor in Small Business Development (USBD)   Credits BSAC 111 Elementary Accounting I 3 Select one course from the following: BSMT 231 Principles of Management BSMT 334 Managing Organizational Behavior 3 BSMT 225 Business Communication 3 BSMT 365 Developing a Small Business 3 BSMT 275 Introduction to Franchising 3 BSMK 320 Intro to Marketing Principles 3 Total 18 Worksheet for Minor in Small Business Development If prompted for a Network Password, click "CANCEL." Small Business Development Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Students must have a 2.0 grade point average in all required coursework. Half of all the required 24 credits must be completed at Tulane. Courses taken for a Baccalaureate Degree will not be accepted for transfer credit towards the PBC program. Only those courses successfully completed, “C” or better, after a student received a Baccalaureate Degree will be considered for transfer credit.   Credits BSAC 111 Elementary Accounting I 3 Select one course from the following: BSMT 231 Principles of Management BSMT 334 Managing Organizational Behavior 3 Select one course from the following: BSBL 340 Legal Aspects of Business BSBL 345 Commercial Law 3 BSMT 365 Developing a Small Business 3 BSMT 225 Business Communication 3 BSMK 320 Intro to Marketing Principles 3 BSMT 275 Introduction to Franchising 3 BSMT 375 Business Internship (taken in last year) 3 Total 24 Worksheet for Post-Baccalaureate Certificates in Small Business Development There is a 27-credit limit on the number of business courses a student in the School of Continuing Studies may take. NOTE: Business courses at the School of Continuing Studies are not transferable to A.B. Freeman School of Business.
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