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Majors and Requirements

VSB offers undergraduate degree programs in accountancy,   business honors (through the Class of 2012), and business administration with majors in economics, finance, management, management information systems, and marketing. VSB also offers an international business co-major and real estate co-major. Students may choose to double major or to select a minor field of study.

Starting with the Class of 2012, only one degree will be awarded within VSB regardless of the number of majors completed. Students who have completed the requirements for more than one degree, e.g. BSA and BBA, must choose which degree to be awarded. Majors are listed on the transcript, but not on the diploma.

VSB Majors

Accountancy
Economics
Finance
Management

Management Information Systems
Marketing
International Business (Co-Major)
Real Estate (Co-Major)
Business Honors

Declaring a Major

VSB students are required to select a major sophomore year. To assist students in this process, the Clay Center at VSB offers advising and programs throughout the year, including the VSB Majors Forum, the VSB Majors Fair, the Academic Resource Fair, and Major Mondays which provide students with opportunities to gather information from faculty members and upperclass students. Additionally, students are encouraged to contact individual faculty members or academic area chairs to discuss the relationship between academic programs and personal and professional goals.

Double Majors

After initially declaring a major sophomore year, VSB students may add a second major or change a major or minor by clicking here to submit an on-line Change of Major/Minor form. The additional courses required for the second major must be fulfilled before a degree is granted.

Major Requirements

In addition to the core curriculum and business curriculum, each student must take courses specific to their declared major. These requirements are listed below.

Accountancy

Required courses:
ACC 2310 - Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 2320 - Intermediate Accounting II
ACC 2430 - Auditing
ACC 2360 - Federal Income Tax

Two of the following elective courses:
ACC 2340 - Accounting Info Systems
ACC 2410 - Accounting for Real Estate
ACC 2420 - International Accounting
ACC 2450 - Advanced Accounting
ACC 2470 - Cost Accounting
ACC 2480 - Advanced Taxes
ACC 3350 - Fraud Examination

Economics - VSB Students

Required courses:
ECO 2101 - Macro-Econ Theory
ECO 2102 - Micro-Econ Theory
and one of the following options:


Option #1
ECO 3132 - Research Methods in Economics
ECO 4132 - Seminar in Economics
Two economics elective courses numbered ECO 3000 or higher (except ECO 3108)

Option #2
ECO 2101 - Macro-Econ Theory
ECO 2102 - Micro-Econ Theory
ECO 3137 - Intro to Econometrics
Three economics elective courses numbered ECO 3000 or higher (except ECO 3108)
 

A&S Students (Bachelor of Arts in Economics)
Required courses:

ECO 1001 - Intro to Micro
ECO 1002 - Intro to Macro
ECO 2137 - Economic Statistics
ECO 2101 - Macro-Econ Theory
ECO 2102 - Micro-Econ Theory
ECO 3132 - Research Methods in Economics
ECO 4132 - Seminar in Economics

One semester of calculus (which is taken as part of the core requirements)

Four economics elective courses numbered 3000 or higher

Finance

Required courses:

FIN 2114 - Intermediate Corp Finance
FIN 2227 - Fixed Inc Markets & Valuation
FIN 2323 - Equity Markets and Valuation

Three of the following elective courses:
• Three finance elective courses (except FIN 3350, FIN 3360, and FIN 3470)
OR
• Two finance elective courses (except FIN 3350, FIN 3360, and FIN 3470) plus one of the following:
ACC 2310 - Intermediate Accounting I
ECO 2101 - Macro-Econ Theory
ECO 2102 - Micro-Econ Theory
ECO 3137 - Intro to Econometrics

Note: For students before the Class of 2013, RES 3150 - Real Estate Investments also fulfills a finance major elective course.

For students of the Class of 2013 and beyond, RES 3150 - Real Estate Investments will no longer fulfill a FIN major elective course.

Management

Required courses:

MGT 2155 - Organizational Behavior
MGT 2350 - Global Business Management
MGT 3160 - Business Decision Making

Three management elective courses.

Note: ENT 2020 - Entrepreneurship Mgt Management also fulfills a management major elective course.

Management Information Systems (MIS)

Required courses:

MIS 2020 - Prog for Adaptive Prob Solving
MIS 2030 - Database Management
MIS 2040 - Systems Analysis & Design

Three of the following elective courses:
ACC 2340 - Accounting Info Systems
MIS 3010 - Business Data Communications
MIS 3020 - Enterprise Systems & Appl
MIS 3030 - Enabling Tech in E-Business
MIS 3040 - MIS Seminar
MIS 3050 - CRM and Data Analytics
MIS 3060 - Bus Intelligence and Perf Mgmt
MIS 3090 - Special Topics in MIS
Other approved courses

Marketing

Required courses:

MKT 2197 - Marketing Research
MKT 2375 - Marketing Management

Four of the following elective courses:
MKT 2120 - Buyer Behavior
MKT 2220 - Advertising Management
MKT 2224 - Professional Selling
MKT 2225 - Sales Management
MKT 2230 - Marketing of Services
MKT 2235 - Sports Marketing
MKT 2280 - Internatl Market & Trade
MKT 2290 - Interactive Marketing
MKT 4132 - Seminar in Marketing
Understanding the Global Marketplace in the Post Bailout Economy

Note: For students in the Class of 2012 and 2013, ENT 2021 - Entrepreneurship Mkt also fulfills a marketing major elective. In addition, one of the following will fulfill a marketing major elective:
CHE 2900 - Global Pharmaceutical Industry
MGT 3170 - Data Mining
MIS 3050 - CRM and Data Analytics

For students in the Class of 2014 and beyond, one of the following will fulfill a marketing major elective:
CHE 2900 - Global Pharmaceutical Industry
ENT 2021 - Entrepreneurship Mkt
MGT 3170 - Data Mining
MIS 3050 - CRM and Data Analytics

International Business (Co-Major)

Required courses:

MGT 2350 - Global Business Management


Three courses selected from (must be from at least two different disciplines*):
ACC 2420 - International Accounting
BL 2160 - International Business Law
ECO 3109 - International Economics
ECO 3115 - Comparative Econ Systems
ECO 3127 - Econ Underdeveloped Area
ECO 4204 - Eco Lat Amer & Caribbean
FIN 2335 - Intl Financial Management
MGT 2208 - International Topics
MGT 2250 - Global Corp Responsibility
MGT 2352 - Business in Emerging Markets
MGT 2360 - Global Leadership
MGT 2370 - Global Business Ethics
MKT 2280 - Internatl Market & Trade
Approved IB elective

*IB co-majors are required to take an international course in their major discipline if such course is offered. An international course in each major is required if a student has more than one major. This course will also satisfy a major elective requirement.

One international History or international Social Science elective chosen from one of the following departments:
Geography and the Environment, History, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology.
 
Language requirement: Two semesters of a foreign language at the intermediate level if French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish OR two semesters of Arabic, Chinese, Hindustani, Japanese, or Russian at any level (if a student did not take any of these languages in high school for two years or more). Credits for a language may satisfy humanities and/or free electives.

Approved international experience.

Real Estate (Co-Major)

Required courses:

BL 2150 - Real Estate Princs Pracs
RES 3150 - Real Estate Investments
RES 4150 - Real Estate Development
RES 3250 - Advanced Real Estate Modeling

Plus one of the following:
ACC 2410 - Accounting for Real Estate
ECO 3140 - Urban Economics
FIN 2350 - Real Estate Capital Markets

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Ryan McCann
Class of 2009

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