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Edward M. Mazze, Dean
Shaw K. Chen, Associate Dean
Mark Higgins, Associate Dean
Peg Ferguson Boyd, Assistant Dean
Faculty: Professors Beauvais, Budnick, S. Chen, Comerford, Cooper, Della Bitta, deLodzia, N. Dholakia, R. Dholakia, Hickox, Higgins, Jarrett, E. Johnson, Laviano, Mangiameli, S. Martin, Matoney, Mazze, Mojena, Narasimhan, Overton, Scholl, Schwarzbach, Sink, Venkatesan, and Westin; Associate Professors Beckman, Boyle, Creed, Dash, Dugal, Dunn, Hazera, Y. Lee, Lehrer, Oppenheimer, D. Rosen, and Surprenant; Assistant Professors Graham, Hales, Hamilton, Leonard, Lin, Lloyd, McCray, Michayluk, Odabashian, Sheinin, Shin, Stuerke, Varki, Wang, Xue, and Yu.
The eight majors in the College of Business Administration allow students to develop competence in special fields of interest and prepare them to meet the changing complexities of life and leadership in the business community. Majors are offered in accounting, finance, financial services, general business administration, international business, management, management information systems, and marketing.
Basic courses required of all undergraduates at the University introduce the student to the humanities, social sciences, physical and biological sciences, letters, foreign language and culture, and the arts. The business curriculums develop the student’s professional capabilities through a broad group of business courses with specialization in one area of study. Business programs provide a strong foundation in accounting, information systems, finance, marketing, organization and management theory, operations management, and statistics. The college emphasizes behavioral studies and computer technology to meet the needs of the business community and society as a whole. Emphasis is placed on the total business environment as a part of the national and world economic structure. Theory, analysis, and decision making are stressed in all areas of learning.
The College of Business Administration is a professional school with courses in lower and upper divisions. The lower-division courses constitute those taught in the freshman and sophomore years; the upper-division courses constitute those taught in the junior and senior years. Courses taken by transfer students at the lower-division level may be applied to satisfying upper-division requirements only after successful completion of a validating examination. All 500- and 600-level courses in the college are open to matriculated graduate students only.
A student enrolled in this college must complete the curriculum in one of the majors and must obtain a cumulative quality point average of 2.00 or better for all required courses in the major. Students wishing permission to substitute required courses or waive other requirements may petition the college’s Scholastic Standing Committee. Petition forms are available in the Office of the Dean.
Admissions Requirements
All students are initially enrolled in University College, where they complete general education and business core courses. Core requirements include accounting, economics, management information systems, mathematics, and statistics. First-semester sophomores who complete a minimum of 42 credits with an overall grade point average of 2.40 or higher and who have a 2.40 or higher average in ACC 201; BAC 110, 120, 201; and ECN 201 will be admitted. Students not qualifying after the first semester of their sophomore year must still meet the requirements of an overall grade point average of 2.40 and a 2.40 or higher average in all lower division business core courses.
Students who have not satisfied entrance requirements may petition the Scholastic Standing Committee of the college for a waiver of those requirements during their fourth or succeeding semesters. Students in the University College business programs who have not met entrance requirements to the College of Business Administration are permitted to enroll only in 100- and 200-level business courses and in nonbusiness courses.
To ensure that business majors have access to required courses, a strict registration policy will be followed with regard to business courses. Highest priority will be given to students for whom a course is a program requirement, as stated in this catalog, followed by any student in the College of Business Administration.
Curriculum Requirements
The first two years are common to all majors in the college.
Freshman Year: 16 credits in the first semester and 15 credits in the second semester. All students must complete a behavioral science course from the following list: APG 203; PSY 103, 113; SOC 100, 204. BAC 110 and 120 are taken in alternate semesters, with the balance of credits in general education. Students majoring in international business are required to complete LET 151J and PSC 116.
Sophomore Year: 15 credits in each semester. The ACC 201, 202, ECN 201, 202, and BAC 201, 202 sequences are begun in the first semester and completed in the second. WRT 227 may be taken in either semester. The balance of credits is made up of general education requirements and free electives.
General Education. Students are required to select and pass 39 credits of course work from the general education requirements as listed on pages 34-35. Specific requirements of the College of Business Administration in each group follow:
Group A. A minimum of three credits in literature.
Groups F, L, and N. Any course for which prerequisites have been met.
Group M. BAC 120 in the freshman year.
Group S. ECN 201, 202 in the sophomore year.
Group C. COM 100; WRT 104, 105, 106, 201, or 333 in the freshman year; WRT 227 in the sophomore year.
Electives. Free electives may be either professional or liberal electives. Professional electives are upper-level courses offered by departments in the College of Business Administration and by the Department of Economics. Liberal electives are courses offered by departments outside the College of Business Administration.
Business Honors Program. In cooperation with the University Honors Program, academically talented business students are able to enhance their intellectual development and strengthen their preparation by participating in the Business Honors Program.
Minors. College of Business Administration majors are encouraged to develop a nonbusiness minor. Special permission may be given for business majors to pursue a business minor as long as the number of credits for the business minor falls within the 50 percent rule of the AACSB, the International Association for Management Education. This rule requires that 50 percent of a student’s curriculum is chosen from general education requirements or courses in colleges other than the College of Business Administration.
International Business Studies Minor. In cooperation with URI’s Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, the College of Business Administration offers an opportunity for students to include an international emphasis within their undergraduate business major. The business requirements include a major in finance, general business administration, management, or marketing with professional electives in multinational finance, international dimensions of business, and international marketing. The student also develops a language component, choosing from French, German, Italian, or Spanish. In addition, studies in international politics, European history, and courses in history and literature of the target country are included. Following the junior or senior year, students have the opportunity to compete for professional internship positions with international firms.
Business Minor for Nonbusiness Students. The College of Business Administration offers a minor for nonbusiness students. The minor includes basic foundation courses that must be completed by all students, and upper-level courses selected from the various functional areas. Foundation courses include ACC 201, BAC 110, ECN 201, and MGT 110. Three other three-credit courses from the College of Business Administration are required; two of these must be at the 300 or 400 level. Students must meet all prerequisites.
Accounting
The College of Business Administration offers a curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree with a major in accounting. The college also offers the Master of Science (M.S.) degree, which provides the education recommended by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for the practice of public accounting.
The increased scope of governmental and business activities has greatly extended the field of accounting and has created an unprecedented demand for accountants in both government and industry. This curriculum has been designed to meet that demand.
In addition to providing a general cultural and business background, the curriculum offers specialized training in the fields of general accounting, cost accounting, and public accounting. It offers specific, basic training to students who wish to become industrial accountants, cost analysts, auditors, credit analysts, controllers, income tax consultants, teachers of specialized business subjects, certified public accountants, government cost inspectors, or government auditors.
The broad scope of the courses offers fundamental training in the accounting field of the student’s choice, whether this training is to be used as an aid to living or as a basis for graduate study.
Junior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
ACC 311 (3) and 321 (3), FIN 301 (3), MGT 301 (3), and one free elective (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
ACC 312 (3), 443 (3), MKT 301 (3), MSI 309 (3), and one professional elective (3).
Senior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
ACC 431 (3) and 461 (3), BSL 333 (3), one professional elective (3), and one free elective (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
ACC 415 (3), MGT 410 [capstone] (3), one professional elective (3), and two free electives (6).
Note: All accounting majors are required to complete a minimum of three credit hours in each of the following areas. Ethical Foundations: fulfilled by taking PHL 212 as a Letters general education requirement or as a free elective; or MGT 380 as either a professional elective or a free elective. Political Foundations: fulfilled by taking PSC 113, 116, or GEG 104 as a free elective.
Finance
The College of Business Administration offers a curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree with a major in finance. The college also offers the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree with an opportunity for specialization in finance and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree.
A major in finance prepares the student for managerial positions in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. The curriculum emphasizes both financial decision making and implementation.
Careers in finance are found in commercial banking and other financial institutions; security analysis, portfolio, and related investment management; corporate financial management leading to positions as treasurer, controller, and other financial administrative positions; and financial administration tasks in federal and state agencies as well as in the nonprofit sector in hospitals, nursing homes, and educational institutions.
Junior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
FIN 301 (3) and 331 (3), MGT 301 (3), MSI 309 (3), and one liberal elective (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
BSL 333 (3), FIN 322 (3), MKT 301 (3), one professional elective (3), and one liberal elective (3).
Senior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
Two finance electives (6),* FIN 452 (3), one professional elective (3), and one liberal elective (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
One finance elective (3),* MGT 410 [capstone] (3), two professional electives (6), and one free elective (3).
*Finance electives must be drawn from FIN 401, 420, 425, 433, 441, 455, and 460.
Financial Services
The College of Business Administration offers a curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree with a major in financial services. This curriculum provides highly skilled graduates for the financial services field, an industry important in the state of Rhode Island and the region.
In consultation with their advisors, students pursuing this program choose their professional electives from four concentrations: banking, financial planning, risk management and insurance, and mutual funds. Courses being offered as part of this degree are also of interest to other students in the College of Business Administration, as elective courses or for their own educational goals.
Junior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
FIN 301 (3) and 331 (3), MGT 301 (3), MKT 301 (3), and one liberal elective (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
BSL 333 (3), FIN 322 (3), MKT 341 (3), MIS 310 (3), and one liberal elective (3).
Senior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
MSI 309 (3), three professional electives (9), and one liberal elective (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
MGT 410 (3), seminar in financial services (FIN 491/492/493) (3), two professional electives (6), and one free elective (3).
General Business Administration
The College of Business Administration offers a curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree with a major in general business administration. This curriculum offers the student an opportunity to study all phases of business operation. It is particularly suitable for: 1) those students who are planning to operate their own businesses and are seeking a broad business background; 2) those who are preparing for positions in large organizations with training programs in which specialization is taught after employment; and 3) those who desire a general business background at the undergraduate level prior to taking more specialized graduate work.
Students who major in general business administration will be limited to a maximum of nine credits of professional electives in a specific business or economics major. A general business administration student should take a broad spectrum of courses and not concentrate in one special field of study. For students interested in courses offered outside the College of Business Administration, four professional electives may be taken from the 300- and 400-level courses offered in other colleges.
All general business administration majors are strongly encouraged to include in their program of study one of the following: three to six credits of internship, a three-credit course in community service or another course outside the management area that offers collaborative experience, a study abroad experience, or a minor.
Note: MGT 410 is the capstone experience in this program.
Junior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
FIN 301 (3), MGT 301 (3), MKT 301 (3), MSI 309 (3), and one free elective (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
BSL 333 (3), FIN elective (3), INS 301 (3), MKT elective (3), and one free elective (3).
Senior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
MGT 380 (3), two professional electives (6), and two free electives (6).
Second semester: 15 credits
MGT 410 [capstone] (3), three professional electives (9), and one free elective (3).
Note: One professional elective must be chosen from ECN 338, 344, FIN 452, MGT 453, or MKT 451.
International Business
The College of Business Adminstration offers a curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree with a major in international business. The curriculum is designed to prepare students to meet the challenges of an international career by achieving a high degree of proficiency in the language of another country as well as a background in its history, economy, politics, culture, and arts. In addition to the common body of knowledge required of all business students, international business majors will study business principles taught from a global perspective. A required internship abroad and/or study abroad experience is an essential part of the program.
Students are strongly encouraged to use professional and free electives to develop a specialization in one of the functional business areas such as accounting, finance, management, marketing, or management information systems.
Junior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
FIN 301 (3), MKT 301 (3), MGT 301 (3), MSI 309 (3), and one foreign language or culture course (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
Two professional electives (6), and three electives (9). (Study Abroad.)
Senior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
BSL 333 (3), FIN 452 (3), MKT 451 (3), one international business elective (3), and one course that is part of both the Letters and Foreign Culture general education divisions (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
MGT 410 [capstone] (3), one international business elective (3), two professional electives (6), and one free elective (3).
Note: International business electives must be chosen from BUS 354; COM 337; ECN 338, 344; FIN 455; MGT 453.
Management
The College of Business Administration offers a curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree with a major in management. The college also offers the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree with an opportunity for specialization in management and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree.
This curriculum is intended to provide the student with a background in the conceptual, analytical, and applied aspects of the management of organizations. The areas of study focus on decision making from the perspective of the policy sciences. Courses tend to cluster in the areas of behavioral science, including organizational theory, business law, general business administration and policy, and industrial and labor relations. Courses are carefully integrated to include an overall introduction to business administration, with a number of complementary areas of study in organizational theory and behavior, the management of human resources, industrial and labor relations, personnel administration, general business administration, and business law.
Careers in business, government, hospitals, and other organizations are open to students who have successfully completed the curriculum. These studies also provide a good background for graduate programs in management.
All management majors are strongly encouraged to include in their program of study one of the following: three to six credits of internship, a three-credit course in community service or another course outside management that offers collaborative experience, a study abroad experience, or a minor.
Junior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
MGT 301 (3), MKT 301 (3), MSI 309 (3), one liberal elective (3), and one free elective (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
FIN 301 (3), MGT 302 (3), 303 (3), one liberal elective (3), and one professional elective (3).
Senior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
BSL 333 (3), MGT 380 (3), two MGT electives (6), and one free elective (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
MGT 410 [capstone] (3), two MGT electives (6), one professional elective (3), and one liberal elective (3).
Note: If MGT 453 is not selected as a MGT elective, then one professional elective must be selected from ECN 338, FIN 452, MGT 453, or MKT 451.
Management Information Systems
The College of Business Administration offers a curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree with a major in management information systems. The college also offers the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree with an opportunity for specialization in management information systems and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree.
URI’s management information systems major reflects the advanced technologies used in business and industry today. Graduates earn a B.S. in business administration with an emphasis on computer applications, system analysis and design, and database management. Graduates will possess skills in the application of microcomputer software and related tools. They will understand the value of “information” and the various technologies used to help organizations use information.
MIS majors must receive a C or better in each prerequisite course for all management information systems courses counting toward the major. They must also receive a C or better in each MIS course required for completion of the major.
Junior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
MIS 320 (3), BSL 333 (3), FIN 301 (3), MSI 309 (3), and one liberal elective (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
MIS 440 (3), one major elective (3)*, MGT 301 (3), MKT 301 (3), and one professional elective (3).
Senior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
MIS 430 (3), one major elective (3), two professional electives (6), and one liberal elective (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
MIS 445 (3), MGT 410 (3), one professional elective (3), and two free electives (6).
*Major electives: BUS 493; MIS 310, 410, 420, 425, 435, 493, 495; MSI 350.
Marketing
The College of Business Administration offers a curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree with a major in marketing. Elective courses in the department expose students to career opportunities in advertising, product management, sales management, marketing research, and other facets of marketing management. The college also offers the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree with an opportunity for specialization in marketing and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree.
A major focus of marketing is determining product and service needs of consumers and industries. Marketing research, information systems, and analysis are used in the development and management of products and services, as well as the design and execution of communications, pricing, and distribution channels. Three unspecified but required marketing electives allow students to plan, in consultation with their advisors, an arrangement of courses to meet individual career objectives. With prior permission of the advisor and chairperson, one marketing elective may be replaced by a course outside the department to enhance career objectives.
Junior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
MGT 301 (3), MKT 301 (3), MSI 309 (3), one free elective (3), and one liberal elective (3).
Second semester: 15 credits
BSL 333 (3), FIN 301 (3), MKT 311 (3), 315 (3), and one free elective (3).
Senior YearFirst semester: 15 credits
One liberal elective (3); two marketing electives selected from MKT 405, 406, 442, 451, 461, 491, and 492 (6); one professional elective (3); and another professional elective (3) selected from ECN 338, 344, FIN 452, MGT 453, and MKT 451 (unless MKT 451 was taken as a marketing elective).
Second semester: 15 credits
MGT 410 [capstone] (3); MKT 409 (3); one professional elective (3); one liberal elective (3) selected from APG 203; COM 103, 200, 210, 220; PHL 212; PSY 113; SOC 100, 102, 204; WRT 300, 333; and one MKT elective (3) selected from MKT 405, 406, 442, 451, 461, 491, 492.
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